shooting iron

n. a pistol. (Cowboy and folksy.) Millard “Shorty” Wilson always carried his shooting iron with him, except for one fateful day back in ’92—1892, that is. He pulled out his shooting iron and got down to cleaning it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rufino	roo-FEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Iida	EE:-dah	Finnish
Gore	[gɔ:r]
Calanthia	kə-LAN-thee-ə	English (Rare)
Kornel	KAWR-nel (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Slovak
Wassa	-	Anglo-Saxon