shooting iron

Then, as Purdee's laughter still jarred the air, he drew a "shooting-iron" from his pocket.

But first I want that shooting-iron; it might go off by accident and hurt some one badly.'

But if you'll take your hand off me and put down that shooting-iron, I'll help you hunt it, if there is one.

The actual fact was that, although every man of us had some sort of a "shooting-iron," they were not formidable.