Recent Examples on the WebThat’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024 Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.—Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024 Gray tattoos could now be seen running up both arms, with the ones on the right — a skeleton with a six-shooter, a skull hovering over a line of bullets — coming from a time several years ago when Michalek thought that limb might be blown off.—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023 In 1971, a multi-museum spree in Connecticut led to the loss of a painfully rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver: the holy grail of gun collectors everywhere, inscribed into the 19th-century history of Connecticut and Texas as the world’s first six-shooter.—Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
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