pistol

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Then, less than four years ago, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Pistol Pete was a seven-time champion at the All England Club.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Back on March 27, a black cat wandered onto a broad green field at the Sheriff’s Pistol Range in Kern County.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

Pistol Pete played for LSU from 1967-70 and, like Woodard, in the era preceding the 3-point shot.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

We’d eat graveyard snow cones—lime, orange, grape, cherry mixed together—and pacos from the Crystal Pistol booth—seasoned beef in a cocoon of hot fry bread, the orange grease squirting and burning the insides of our cheeks.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth