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That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
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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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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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“Six-shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-shooter. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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