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jmra wrote:So, if you are reloading 44 mags do you use a pistol primer or a revolver primer?

Depends on what you are going to shoot them in. Don't want to screw up and load it in the wrong thing!!

Actually, you need to go to the real definition and ask Mr. Webster.

pis·tol
[pis-tl] Show IPA noun, verb, pis·toled, pis·tol·ing or ( especially British ) pis·tolled, pis·tol·ling.
noun
1.
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.

re·volv·er
[ri-vol-ver] Show IPA
noun
1.
a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading

So, pistol covers both. Revolver only covers them, as a semi-automatic covers those. There are also single-shot pistols.

The real term would be handgun

hand·gun
[hand-guhn] Show IPA
noun
any firearm that can be held and fired with one hand; a revolver or a pistol.