There is no difference. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol.
For the first shot, a single action auto, like the 1911A1 .45 auto, must have the hammer cocked manually. A double action auto, like the P38 can be fired by pulling the trigger without cocking the hammer. Trigger pull alone causes hammer to rise and fall.
They refer to this handgun as the browning model BDA (browning double action auto) pistol.
While there ARE specialized target auto pistol that are in caliber .38 Special, they are quite rare. The .38 Auto, and the .38 Super are both different cartridges from the .38 Special, and do not interchange. For everyday purposes, the .38 Special is a revolver cartridge, and the .38 Auto a semi auto pistol cartridge.
A "gun" generically refers to any firearm. A "pistol" generally refers to any hand gun. Minor addition: "Pistol" is used colloquially used to refer to any handgun, but technically, it refers to a semi-auto handgun as opposed to a revolver.
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No. The Glock is an auto pistol. With the exception of the .357 Sig, auto pistols do not shoot .357 cartridges.
The first production semi auto pistol was the Mauser c/96 "broomhandle" pistol.
A single action pistol, such as the 191A1 .45 Auto, requires that the hammer be cocked before the first shot. A Double Action pistol does not need to have the hammer cocked- pulling the trigger causes the hammer to rise and fall. Some are DAO- Double Action Only- the hammer cannot BE cocked, and must be fired from a "hammer down" position. These include the Para-Ordnance LDA pistols.
Yes, and there are many single action semi auto pistols out there. The M1911, for instance, and earlier examples of the Browning P35 Hi Power.
No, there is not.
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