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- 04: Modern Firearms Manufacture
- 05: Small Arms Ammunition
- 06: Evidence Handling Procedures
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- 08: Examination of Firearms
- 09: Cartridge and Shotshell Examination
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Autoloading - Full Automatic Pistols
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Glock G18 full automatic pistol
With a single trigger pull, pistols in full automatic mode (with trigger fully depressed and cartridges in the feed system) do the following:
- Feed cartridges
- Fire the shot
- Extract and eject cartridge cases
- Continue the cycle (until ammunition is depleted or trigger is released)
Full automatic pistols fall into two categories:
- Full automatic by design, with a selector switch that allows the shooter to fire in the full or semiautomatic mode
- Semiautomatic pistol modified to fire full automatic
