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In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms.—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 After scoring the touchdown, Hill ran up the tunnel just beyond the end zone before returning with finger-six-shooters firing.—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025 The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025 Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—New Atlas, 11 June 2025 Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025 The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025 The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025 One look at the bottle, whose stopper resembles an Old West-style six-shooter, confirms it.—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025