Pistols and revolvers are part of our lives. Developing, handguns went from simple flint pistols to modern submachine guns, from six-shot examples of the Wild West to perfect Olympic medalists, from huge Le Ma pistol revolvers to effective colts of 1911, from rare, ornate antique weapons to everyday semi-automatic. On the pages of a beautifully illustrated book, most of the typical pistols of yesterday and today are presented.