Very pistol vs handgun

Very pistol and handgun both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Very pistol	Yes	No	No	No
handgun	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, handgun is a hypernym of Very pistol; that is, handgun is a word with a broader meaning than Very pistol:

Other hypernyms of Very pistol include pistol, shooting iron, side arm.

Very pistol (noun)	handgun (noun)
a pistol for firing Very-light flares	a firearm that is held and fired with one hand