In either case the engagement is entirely automatic, with no operator guidance needed.

The production model was a true machine pistol, which meant it could be fired on full automatic with one hand.

Now, timing is automatic, with times recorded to the hundredth of a second.

On the floor of the seat in front of him was a loaded automatic, with the safety off.

A revolver, not an automatic with the bullets buried away in the handle.

The small automatic with the black tube on it made two flat dull sounds.

It took a strong hand to manage so large an automatic with precision, particularly after a shot had been fired.

Inside was an automatic with two boxes of shells.

The Shadow reached the door and opened it while he dangled the automatic with one finger.

He appeared to be operating on automatic, with his mind elsewhere.