shooting-iron

And if anybody took a notion to shoot him up, why, his luck saw him through, and the other man's shooting-iron missed fire, or exploded, or threw wild, or such like, till it seemed as if he sure did bear a charmed life; and so he did till a pore yeller tamale of a fool dog did for him what the law of the land couldn't do.

The Passing of Cock-Eye Blacklock 1995

As soon as he saw who it was, he grabbed for his shooting-iron; but just as he got hold of the handle, I dealt him a blow in the neck and he fell over against the counter, but I soon grabbed him and hit him a butt with my head.

Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

"Put that blarsted shooting-iron awiy!" he snarled at Mortimer,

Okewood of the Secret Service Valentine Williams 1914

They are spry enough with a knife, but you show them the business end of a shooting-iron, and they'll streak like rabbits for the nearest hole.

Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman 1901

It was not until he had roused up everybody around, broken in the basement door with an ax, gotten into the kitchen with his cursed savage dogs and shooting-iron, and seized me by the collar, that he recognized me -- and then he wanted me to explain it!

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900

"Be quiet, my jewel, till I pick up your shooting-iron," said Grady, who wanted to take back the rifle as a prize and a trophy, but feared that his nimble captive would escape him while he reached for it.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

So much of my Tennessee shooting-blood rose to my face that it is a wonder it didn't drip; but I was cold enough to have hit at forty paces if I had had a shooting-iron in my hand.

The Melting of Molly Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

They are spry enough with a knife, but you show them the business end of a shooting-iron, and they'll streak like rabbits for the nearest hole.

Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman 1893

Then, as Purdee's laughter still jarred the air, he drew a "shooting-iron" from his pocket.

The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

And if anybody took a notion to shoot him up, why, his luck saw him through, and the other man's shooting-iron missed fire, or exploded, or threw wild, or such like, till it seemed as if he sure did bear a charmed life; and so he did till a pore yeller tamale of a fool dog did for him what the law of the land couldn't do.

A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886