Standard pistol can be used:
- As a synonym for sport pistol about a .22-caliber handgun commonly used in shooting sports
- About the 25 metre standard pistol event, using such a pistol
- For the unrelated Standard Pistol class in PPC 1500 competitions
Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or pistol:
“As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.”
—Myriam Miedzian, U.S. author. Boys Will Be Boys, ch. 1 (1991)
“Johnson did not answer ...; but talking for victory and determined to be master of the field, he had recourse to the device which Goldsmith imputed to him in the witty words of one of Cibber’s comedies. “There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.””
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)