Four Post-Soviet Pistols Used by Russian Military & Law Enforcement

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<div data-cycle-hash="olympus-digital-camera-62" data-cycle-desc="Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-18: The GSh-18 is a short-recoil-operated, locked-breech pistol with a polymer frame and a stamped-steel slide that has a separate breechblock insert. It uses a rotating barrel with 10 radial lugs to lock it to the slide. This provides an extremely strong lockup, which is necessary to fire high-pressure 7N21 and 7N31 loads. The trigger is a double-action-only (DAO) design with a pre-cocked striker (like a Glock). The pistol has no manual safeties, and it's equipped with an automatic trigger safety and a firing pin block safety. The magazine release button is at the base of the triggerguard. The small hole at the front of the triggerguard, which initially puzzled many observers, is used to mount a proprietary laser-aiming module. The front sight is mounted on the slide, and the rear unit is mounted on the removable breechblock, which is set into the rear of the slide." data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“>