Starting pistol
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starting-pistol-207-17303227
title:
Starting pistol
text:
A starting pistol or starter pistol is a blank handgun or, more recently, an electronic toy gun or device with a button connected to a sound system that is fired to start track and field races as well as some competitive swimming races. Traditional starter guns cannot fire real ammunition without first being extensively modified: Blank shells or caps are used to prevent expelling projectiles, and only a small amount of smoke can be seen when shot. In most places, trying to modify the replica is
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of pistol
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pistol
date created:
2006-04-26T05:17:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:15:27Z
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