sixshooters

Frontier lawman's weapons

Sixshooters is the plural of six-shooter, a revolver with a cylinder holding six cartridges.

The term evokes the American Old West, where such revolvers were standard: The outlaws drew their sixshooters.

Also spelled six-shooters.

firearm

revolver

Pistol with rotating chamber

hammer · trigger · holster · cartridge · ammunition · caliber · sidearm · reload · chamber · grip

duel

showdown

Decisive final confrontation

faceoff · paces · challenge · antagonists · grudge · retribution · vengeance · deadly · marksmanship · draw

wildwest

cowboy

Mounted cattle herder

saloon · frontier · holdup · stagecoach · desperado · marshal · bandits · quickdraw · rustlers · wanted

Opposites
firearm mechanism

sixshooterssemiautomatics

Guns firing once per pull

automatic weapons · machine guns · submachine guns · assault rifles · Glocks

historical/technological era

sixshooterslaser guns

Weapons emitting focused light

ray guns · plasma rifles · phasers · blasters · railguns

weapon type

sixshootersswords

Edged fighting weapons

knives · bows and arrows · spears · clubs · fists

Family

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