A starting pistol or starter pistol is a blank handgun or, more recently, an electronic toy gun or device with a button connected to a sound system that...
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account for competitors' abilities, such as a visual signal instead of a starting pistol in races for the deaf. Paralympic athletics has been one of the sports...
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The Mall, London (section Starting pistol incident)
Mall is used. In 1981, Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots from a starting pistol near Queen Elizabeth II as she and her entourage were making their...
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time from the firing of the starting pistol, but the mat time shows the time the shoe crossed a sensing mat at the start line to the time the shoe crossed...
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Gas pistols are prevalent in European countries with strict gun control laws. Gas pistols are also used in weapons training, and as starting pistols, flare...
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an Australian barrister. In 1994, he fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) in protest of the...
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Osa (handgun) (redirect from Osa (pistol))
Russian non-lethal pistols that can be also used as a flare gun, a flashbang gun, or a starting pistol. The system consists of the pistol (2-4 cartridges...
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Röhm Gesellschaft (section Starting pistols)
its product line and began to produce gas alarm guns, flare guns, starting pistols and handguns. Röhm's product line of firearms was primarily established...
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Beretta M9 (redirect from M9 Pistol)
Beretta M9, officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is the designation for the Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed...
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railing. The riders take a neutralised lap before the starting pistol is fired for the official start. A lapped rider must leave the race once they are overtaken...
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