sixshooter

Frontier lawman's weapon

A sixshooter is a revolver with a cylinder holding six cartridges—the iconic handgun of the American West.

The term evokes cowboys, gunslingers, and frontier justice: He drew his sixshooter and fired.

Also spelled six-shooter.

revolver

pistol

Compact one-handed firearm

  • handgunFirearm for single-hand use
  • firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
  • sidearmPersonal weapon carried holstered

wheelgun · cylinder · chamber · barrel · trigger · hammer · grip · holster · caliber · magnum

western

cowboy

Mounted cattle herder

duel · frontier · saloon · holster · quickdraw · showdown · bandit · desperado · marshal · shootout

ammo

bullets

Firearm projectiles

ammunition · caliber · powder · primer · casing · brass · lead · copper · reload · cylinder

Opposites
firearm type/configuration

sixshootermachine gun

Continuous-fire arm

artillery · rifle · long gun · shotgun · cannon

ammunition capacity

sixshooterlaser weapon

Device firing focused light

automatic pistol · semi-automatic · Glock · phaser · plasma rifle

technological era

sixshooterGlock

Austrian pistol manufacturer

laser weapon · phaser · ray gun · flintlock · arquebus

Family

six, shooter, shoot, shot, shooting, shoots, shooters, sixth, sixfold

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG