And a Colt Detective Special is a double-action pistol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Echo Burning]

The pistol was a Nagant, a double-action, and the hammer was cocked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stalin's Ghost]

I think the first double-action auto pistol was the Walther Model PP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are there bouble action semi-autos] Reference

I only fire it single-action, but Bob tries both single & double-action.    From Wordnik.com.  [dogsolitude Diary Entry] Reference

Other factors: Some people simply like to shoot double-action revolvers.    From Wordnik.com.  [David E.] Reference

In other words, be careful during rapid fire or double-action double-taps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bad Shells] Reference

Ever so slowly I began to squeeze the trigger of the double-action revolver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will]

Tyrone brought the K-frame revolver up and squeezed off two shots, double-action.    From Wordnik.com.  [State Of War]

Swarthout should know that Remington never made a double-action .44 revolver, ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Final Word on the Best Western Debate] Reference

A double-action pump and a pair of fins are included — all you need to get going.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reach More Fish from a Float Tube] Reference

He ground off the hammer spur and slicked up the innards for a flawless double-action pull.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Memorable Gun: Colt New Service Revolver] Reference

Fifteen minutes later he was back with a Browning, double-action .380 and a box of bullets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Respect The Jux] Reference

Don't you go to setting double-action ears like mine, Mary, because you are not old enough to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference

The double-action is smooth, and Bob tells me to fire more since I'm considering buying one of these.    From Wordnik.com.  [dogsolitude Diary Entry] Reference

It was a double-action apparatus, made entirely of bamboo, except the pistons, which were of feathers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

The amount of pressure needed to fire a pistol single action is significantly less than in double-action mode.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Warrior]

If you are talking about double-action auto pistols, there are many, including some "double-action-only" types.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are there bouble action semi-autos] Reference

He picks up a stainless-steel Baretta 92, a top-of-the-line double-action pistol with a tritium front post sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Predator]

For exhibition purposes a small, easily running, double-action pump might be worked by the spindle of a gramophone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things To Make] Reference

Extra care must be taken to ensure focus during the zoom with double-action lenses (singly-controlled focus and zoom).    From Wordnik.com.  [How to shoot holiday lights] Reference

The 92 fires double-action on the first shot after pulling the slide, and single-action for the remainder of the magazine.    From Wordnik.com.  [dogsolitude Diary Entry] Reference

It was a new S&W .41 Magnum, a heavy duty double-action revolver with almost four times the stopping power of a .38 Special.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modesty Blaise]

This type pistol can be carried with a round in the chamber and have the same degree of safety as the double-action revolver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are there bouble action semi-autos] Reference

A double-action revolver is better than a semi-automatic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

I've never shot a double-action semi before, but this convinced me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of Arms and the Law] Reference

This was the first commercially available "self-cocker" double-action pistol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

The car sported an extra leaf in the rear springs and Lovejoy double-action shocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [AugustaChronicle.com: Latest News & Blogs] Reference

It was the neatest, automatic, self-cocking, double-action sort of a funeral I ever saw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Nights] Reference

The .357 Magnum was overpenetrative and difficult to control in rapid double-action fire.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He picked up a pair of double-action snips and broke the padlock’s U.    From Wordnik.com.  [TOO MANY MURDERS] Reference

The double-action revolver isn't a problem, but the self-loading pistols ... ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Scout]

"This is a double-action, Boy," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prayers To Broken Stones]

These are double-action semiautomatic pistols.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Warrior]