gunplay

Quill’s guns will overheat if you continually depress the trigger, but by tapping the trigger at just the right moment, he can pull off a Gears-of-War-style active reload, which adds a rhythmic quality to the gunplay.
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Over time, the patterns of gunplay and stabbings reminded Slutkin of the diseases crossing rural Africa.
Using Strategies Reserved for Disease Outbreak, Activists Try to “Cure” Urban Violence|Sarah Kunst|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the paying public seems to like simulated gunplay now as much as it did back in 1968.
Hollywood, Shootings, and ‘2 Guns’: When Is Stylized Violence Obscene?|Michael Daly|July 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And, yes, Black Friday provides the spectacle of gunplay, arrests, and casual violence.
Black Friday Doesn’t Matter: Every Day Is Cyber Monday|Daniel Gross|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST

I distinctly remember one camping trip at age 12 that broke out into frightening gunplay.
Former Virginia Tech Professor: The Rising Toll of America's Gun Culture|Roland Lazenby|December 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He was a keen boy with a hair-trigger balance, and in a gunplay he would be apt to beat the best of them all.
Gunman's Reckoning|Max Brand
If she were with him, not even Lord Nick in his madness would force on a gunplay in the presence of a woman, no doubt.
Gunman's Reckoning|Max Brand
Russell foresaw a laugh at his expense and curbed himself, the sooner for his new-found consideration for Sandy's gunplay.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn
There were men among them who had fought with gunplay and who had killed but, as they were cheats, so they were cravens, at heart.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn
This was to be better than any gunplay, a gladiatorial combat to delight the hearts of frontiersmen.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for gunplay

gunplay

/ (ˈɡʌnˌpleɪ) /

noun

mainly US the use of firearms, as by criminals

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