seven-shooters

He commanded a picked corps, armed with Spencer carbines - seven-shooters - that had been assigned by Sheridan to the special duty of looking for me.

The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, 1917

Having no seven-shooters to send, he was compelled to dishonor the requisitions of the expectant "traveler, sailor, hunter, fisherman, etc."

The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Arthur Cheney Train 1910

In due time, however, the "factory" went into operation, and the seven-shooters were actually produced.

The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Arthur Cheney Train 1910

They displays a heap of insolence for nothin 'but cavalry an' no big guns; but as they fights like infantry an 'is armed with Spencer seven-shooters besides, the play ain't so owdacious neither.

Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

"Moody has four pistols, all of them seven-shooters," said the detective, who seemed to be determined effectually to counteract the influence of the blunder he had made.

All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Oliver Optic 1859

He was as ready to fight a dozen as one, and once had actually "held up" the United States army at Fort Concho, beating a masterly retreat backwards with his face to the foe, holding a troop in check with his two seven-shooters that seemed to point in every direction at once, making every man in the company feel, with a shiver up his back, that he individually was "covered," and would be the first to drop if firing actually began.

Revenge! Robert Barr 1881