Utility pistol
As for Pistols or use revolver handguns are called, which are designed to so that they can carry in everyday life. A utility pistol is not primarily designed for the highest precision in target competition, but rather to be carried safely for a long time and to be able to fire reliably and sufficiently precise shots, even under adverse environmental conditions and under great situational stress. The primary target group are military personnel , police and security forces , private security and military companies or hunters . In application of the applicable restrictions in gun law , utility pistols can also be carried for everyday self-defense. Utility pistols introduced into the military are referred to as orderly pistols, and by the police as service pistols.
The term is used especially in the Federal Republic of Germany in sport shooting in order to be able to distinguish the utility pistols from special sport pistols. According to the sports regulations of the German Shooting Federation (DSB), such pistols or revolvers must :
- a trigger weight between 1,000 and 1,500 g,
- a caliber of 9 mm Para , .45 ACP , .357 Magnum or .44 Magnum ,
- and a barrel length of maximum 153 mm for utility pistols or a maximum of 220 mm for utility revolvers
have to be considered a utility pistol or utility revolver. For shooting in the discipline of utility pistols and utility revolvers, shooting and competition rules are laid down, and the performance badge and the master marksman's badge of the DSB (365 rings with 40 shots) can be acquired with the utility pistol.
In some shooting sports associations, the utility pistols may not be modified compared to the original condition, for example at the Kyffhäuserbund in the discipline utility pistols, only weapons without technical changes are allowed that were or are carried in competition condition in a "regular police or army unit".
Common utility pistols include the Austrian Glock 17 , the Czech ČZ 75 and the German Walther P99 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Sieverts , Hans Joachim Schneider : Concise Dictionary of Criminology Volume 2, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1976, page 167 [1]
- ↑ a b Sports regulations of the German Schützenbund eV , status 2001, rules for pistols - pistol table . ( Online ( Memento from June 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); PDF; 847 kB)
- ↑ DSB championship marksman badge (PDF; 20 kB), 5.3 juniors / adults, from 18 years, class 2.50
- ↑ Kyffhäuserbund RLP ( MS Excel ; 50 kB), GK-K1