A shot of whiskey??

[green69rt]

A SHOT OF WHISKEY' 
- In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents, so did a glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash, he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink. This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.

[RallyeMike]

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shot-whiskey-origin/

[green69rt]

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shot-whiskey-origin/

Aww! I crushed,  And even if it's not true it sounds good.  Thanks RM, I'll stop spreading it around.

Googled it and came up with several other explanations......


It Refers to Buckshot
Another theory says that families who hunted their own game would place a "shot glass" on the table with dinner so diners had somewhere to dispose of the buckshot picked from their meat.

It Comes from Quill Pen Holders
Back when every desk was equipped with quill pens and ink, writers needed somewhere to store their feathery writing devices. A "shot glass" filled with lead shot would hold them in place, ready for that next treatise on colonial drinking habits.

It's Named for a German Scientist
Chemist and glass technologist Friedrich Otto Schott opened a glassworks factory in the 1880s, where he helped develop tougher glass for scientific work (which subsequently lent itself to shot glasses tough enough to withstand general bar wear and tear). Americans, being uneducated Americans, simplified the moniker to "shot glass" when it arrived stateside.

Now that's enough time wasted on such...back to our cars!

[RallyeMike]

 

Now that's enough time wasted on such...back to our cars!

Fine for you. I'm going back to my shots