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Shooting iron   /ʃˈutɪŋ ˈaɪərn/   Listen
Shooting iron

noun
1.
A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.  Synonyms: handgun, pistol, side arm.






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"Shooting iron" Quotes from Famous Books



... just as easy as I scattered them, and seeing there was but two of us—I and my horse—they had summoned sufficient courage to come back and seek revenge. There was a good sized crowd of them, every one with some kind of shooting iron, and I saw at once that they meant business. I hated to have to hurt some of them but I could see I would have to or be taken myself, and perhaps strung up to ornament a telegraph pole. This pleasant ...
— The Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" • Nat Love



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