How do I fix this?

[LilProblems]

Hi Can someone please help me figure out what I am doing wrong here? I am trying to write the code for a plasma pistol but I have an error that reads
Error 1 error C2228: left of '.pressTrigger' must have class/struct/union

I know it is because oldPistol is not a class or struct but how do I fix this without screwing up my whole program? Here is my code that has the problem:

Code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class plasmaPistolClass
{
private:  
        int ammo;                       
        int rateOfFire;        
        int destructivePower;   
public:  
        bool safetyOn;  
        int maxAmmo;   
        void pressTrigger(void);  
        void load(int nmbrOfBolts);  
        void setDestructivePower(int powerSetting);  
        int showDestructivePower(void);  
        void setRateOfFire(int boltsPerTriggerPress);  
        int showRateOfFire(void);   
        int ammoRemaining(void);  

 
      plasmaPistolClass();  
     
      plasmaPistolClass(int,int);
};   

int main()
{
    plasmaPistolClass oldPistol();
    plasmaPistolClass newPistol(7,75);
	cout << "Firing Old pistol" << endl;
	oldPistol.pressTrigger();   //ehis is where the error shows up at
    system("pause");    
    return 0;
}

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Banfa]

This

plasmaPistolCla ss oldPistol();

should be this

plasmaPistolCla ss oldPistol;

The way you have the compiler thinks you are declaring a function, oldPistol, returning plasmaPistolCla ss so oldPistol is a function not a variable.

[LilProblems]

I fixed that part just to generate a new problem

int main()
{
plasmaPistolCla ss oldPistol;
plasmaPistolCla ss newPistol(7,75) ;
cout << "Firing Old pistol" << endl;
oldPistol.press Trigger;
system("pause") ;
return 0;

The error is this:
error C3867: 'plasmaPistolCl ass::pressTrigg er': function call missing argument list; use '&plasmaPistolC lass::pressTrig ger' to create a pointer to member

but we haven't learned anything about pointers yet so I am not sure what to do to fix this,

[Banfa]

lol, I said

This

plasmaPistolCla ss oldPistol();

should be this

plasmaPistolCla ss oldPistol;

not

This

oldPistol.press Trigger();

should be this

oldPistol.press Trigger;

The first is instantiation and gets confused as a function declaration with the () the second is a function call and is not valid without the ().

Only change the thing I said to change.

[LilProblems]

Thank you, Banfa. That corrected the problem so that it will compile now but I have a lot more deeper problems than that. The output is way off. Actually most of it does not even show when I run it. So back to the drawing board I go.
Your help is extremely appreciated.