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In typical Texas fashion, Harris County commissioners fire their .45 Colt pistols instead of using shovels. This was to honor the name of Houston's first major league baseball team, the Colt .45s, who would play in the Astrodome.

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Really cool pic! (y)

A great bar/friend bet is what was the original team name of the Houston Astros? I don't think anyone has ever gotten it right.

Trivia: The Colt 45's never played in the Astrodome. The name change happened at the very end of 1964 and it was the Houston Astros who first played in the Astrodome for the '65 season.
 
Looks like revolvers to me not pistols..... 😁

When I was a kid my friend's dad had "cowboy" guns. Being a kid who loved westerns and having many cap guns I got excited when my friend sad his dad was coming downstairs to watch tv with us (I believe it was a Baltimore Colts game at that) and he was bring down Colt 45s! I was pretty disappointed when he came down with a six pack of Colt 45 in a bucket of ice.
 
In typical Texas fashion, Harris County commissioners fire their .45 Colt pistols instead of using shovels. This was to honor the name of Houston's first major league baseball team, the Colt .45s, who would play in the Astrodome.

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Love it...if that happened today, most of the onlookers would either faint or initiate a SWAT call out...
 
I grew up calling all handguns pistols and did not realized my 'error' until I came here on the internet.
You are not in error. All handguns are pistols. A "revolver" is a specific type of pistol. The definition of a revolver is a "revolving pistol". That's just historic knowledge.

These days some people say ".45 Long Colt". Some people criticize the categorization. You can call a "Colt 45", and some people will think you are talking about a 1911, in .45 ACP. Adding the term "Long", although technically not correct, is merely a way to better describe what you are talking about.

Another disputed term is to call a lead projectile a "boolit". Those in the know understand that you are referring to a custom made projectile that you cast out of lead yourself. Some people criticize that terminology as well.

What irritates me the most is when people post with absolutely horrible spilling and grammare, or write a whole page with a single run-on sentence with no punctuation. I realize that not everybody uses spell-check, and some are less educated, but so what?

Why can't we all just get along?
 
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From the old professional bball team.
I think the name was inspired by the old shot tower that was and still is a fixture downtown. Back in the late 40's it was a more prominent building before it was eclipsed by high rises. Gotta love the motion lines at the end of the cartridge.
Yup from Baltimore to Wash DC......only to be renamed as bullets are a scary thing.....so they renamed the Bullets to Wizards.....then Wizards was a offensive term.......but they kept it......:oops:
You are not in error.

Depends where you worked or trained......in NAVY/USMC SAMI school a 1911 is a pistol....a M36 is a revolver.......actually a question on the Navy Ordnance rating exams.......:unsure:

So who's in error? Military or civilian?.......is Mr. Owl still available?.....but then he never did accurately answer the how many licks question....
 
I grew up calling all handguns pistols and did not realized my 'error' until I came here on the internet.
Same here but I've also slipped into calling them guns from time to time which makes me feel like a media personality.
 
Looks like revolvers to me not pistols..... 😁

When I was a kid my friend's dad had "cowboy" guns. Being a kid who loved westerns and having many cap guns I got excited when my friend sad his dad was coming downstairs to watch tv with us (I believe it was a Baltimore Colts game at that) and he was bring down Colt 45s! I was pretty disappointed when he came down with a six pack of Colt 45 in a bucket of ice.
All handguns are pistols.... Dueling pistols, flintlock pistols, cap and ball pistols, etc.
 
Depends where you worked or trained......in NAVY/USMC SAMI school a 1911 is a pistol....a M36 is a revolver.......actually a question on the Navy Ordnance rating exams.......:unsure:

So who's in error? Military or civilian?.......
Nobody is in error. A 1911 IS a pistol and a 36 IS a revolver.

You can't call a 1911 a revolver, but you CAN call a 36 by either designation.

Personally, all the guys at my club call a 36 a "wheelgun", and of course the 1911 is simply called a 1911.
 
In typical Texas fashion, Harris County commissioners fire their .45 Colt pistols instead of using shovels. This was to honor the name of Houston's first major league baseball team, the Colt .45s, who would play in the Astrodome.

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I remember seeing this on the evening news, it was a huge thing for Texas. I can't recall if Houston was the only MLB team in Texas then. After the astrodome was finished it was open for tours daily, it seemed like everyone in town was driving two hours to take a tour.
 
Figured I'd add this fuel to the fire.....I know, Capt Obvious and firearms 101 stuff to most but thought it relevant:

Revolver vs Pistol
"Alright, so we've covered the difference between a handgun vs pistol. But, what is the difference between a pistol and a revolver?

This is where things get a little (more) complicated.

When you look at a semi-automatic pistol vs revolver side-by-side, it's immediately evident that these two firearms are not the same. A semi-automatic pistol has a single, internal, unmoving chamber that must be fed each time a shot is fired. A revolver, on the other hand, has a cylinder with multiple chambers often capable of holding six cartridges at a time.

So, as we discussed above, while a revolver could technically be considered a type of pistol, these firearms are distinct in their design. A revolver is a handgun with a rotating chamber that holds multiple rounds, and there really are no variations from that. And if you stick to the traditional definition of a pistol, it's a semi-automatic firearm that has a single, unmoving chamber. … Simple, right?"

- Mikayla Blair
Vedder Holster
 

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