The name Pistol Pete has been used for more than a century, first for Oklahoma cowboy Frank Eaton and later for basketball star Pete Maravich, whose shooting made the nickname famous in American sports. That long sporting association is why the phrase still signals a fearless shooter online. Short clips carrying the name spread through meme pages, streams and soundboards, where creators reuse it as a ready made label for anyone acting like a marksman, and it remains popular because the alliteration is instantly memorable.