Which preposition to use with shooters

in Occurrences 9%

Hullo!" Uncle Jake slipped on to the verandah, six-shooter in hand.

from Occurrences 5%

He looks like pretty much of a man to me, and the sheriff says he's a square shooter from the word go.

into Occurrences 3%

Here's a pistol," added the Irishman, shoving a five-shooter into the hand of the astonished lad, "and ivery barrel is loaded, and it niver misses fire, as the victims can tell ye as have been hit by the same.

on Occurrences 3%

Sharp-shooters on both sides have had instructions to aim at officers.

of Occurrences 3%

Captain Shooter of the First now commanded the battalion.

against Occurrences 2%

Quick as a flash Mouse prodded the cold steel muzzle of a six-shooter against his ear.

as Occurrences 2%

You might as well try to stop one of these fellows with a pea-shooter as with a service revolver.

at Occurrences 2%

It was already extremely cold for the seasonthe big pond in the court was frozen hard, and the wind whistled about our ears when we drove in an open carriage to join the shooters at breakfast.

than Occurrences 2%

Modern firearms are rarely seen in the bazaars, except cheap German and French muzzle-loaders, more dangerous to the shooter than to the object aimed at.

behind Occurrences 1%

A race now began for the coveted position, and General Stuart, with his dismounted sharp-shooters behind improvised breastworks, harassed and impeded the Federal advance, at every step, throughout the night.

like Occurrences 1%

Then they will guess that we have got pistols, and the redskins hate six-shooters like poison.

before Occurrences 1%

"I've seen six-shooters before now," said the girl, evading the proffered weapon and its suggestion.

along Occurrences 1%

All day long the fire of muskets and cannonthen, from sunset to dawn, the curving fire of the roaring mortars, and the steady, never-ceasing crack of the sharp-shooters along the front.

over Occurrences 1%

All the heelers to the play now jumped their horses forward, holding their six-shooters over their heads, ratcheting the cylinders of their revolvers by cocking and lowering the hammers, as if nothing but a fight would satisfy their demand for gore.

with Occurrences 1%

he took his six-shooter with him.

to Occurrences 1%

As the race was being run and every eye was centred on the outcome, a stranger present put a six-shooter to a very interested spectator's ear, and informed him that he was a prisoner.

for Occurrences 1%

He finely discriminated between the man in search of employment, the harmless tramp who had fallen a victim to the wanderlust, the sneaking rogue who "toted" a six-shooter for the special purpose of killing human beings, preferring railroad employees and hoboes, and the rascal who had trained other people's sons to beg a living for him, exactly as an Italian organ grinder would train a performing monkey or bear.

Which preposition to use with  shooters