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This definition is technically correct ".......having the barrel integral with chamber....and at my age grew up calling semi-autos pistols and revolvers revolvers.....and of course single shots of all types pistols. But the language evolves, whether we like it or not , so it seems pistol and handgun have become synonymous to most. My own daughter, well educated and a stickler ( Is that a legitimate word?) for word usage would feel comfortable calling a revolver a pistol and does, she shoots her Sig 239 better than I shoot my 228. I certainly do not try to correct her !! LOL ( Not a word). I will stick with pistols and revolvers........The world really is changing. I grew up with a hand crank party line telephone, rural Alabama at it's best and write this on a home assembled computer cobbed together from NewEgg parts ordered online, that can reach Kai Petri instantly !

I was taught to write, believe it or not,

I am and remain your obedient servant,

Gaines

 

Or not ...
Looking at Pistol - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary it states:

Note the "broadly" part.
Pistol | Define Pistol at Dictionary.com on the other hand states:

and pistol - definition of pistol by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. states:

Which obviously do not support your defintion. Then pistol - Definition of pistol states:

In general it does not appear that the restrictive definition is well accepted as "THE" definition or even the principle one.