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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 That’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
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