shooting iron

noun

: firearm
especially : handgun

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After all, no one wants to lug a 9-pound shooting iron in the squirrel woods. T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2019 The occasion was a routine refusal of the Court to intervene in a highly technical California case involving that state’s ten-day waiting period for the purchase of shooting irons. Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shooting iron was in 1775

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“Shooting iron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20iron. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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