The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol designed to be cheaply and quickly mass produced.
The pistols are unique in appearance compared to normal guns and each events has its own pistols designed specifically for the job.
The most popular handgun choices however are larger caliber versions of rimfire semi-automatic pistols originally designed for 25 metre standard pistol.
This camblock was used on all P-series pistols designed afterward.
The fixed barrel design is considered to promote greater accuracy over pistols designed around an articulating barrel design.
During these tests, on January 7, 1931, the potential of a pistol designed by Fedor Tokarev was noted.
After prolonged competition the Army, acting as the agent for the other services, selected a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol designed by Beretta, the Italian gun manufacturer.
Like all pistols designed for the 25 metre center-fire pistol event, it has fully adjustable sights, trigger and anatomically shaped grip.
The P-64 is a Polish 9mm semi-automatic pistol designed to fire the 9x18mm Makarov cartridge.
The Dreyse Model 1907 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Louis Schmeisser.