Using a gun or rifle (8)

I believe the answer is:

shooting

(Other definitions for shooting that I've seen before include "Producing growth" , "One kind of star" , "gunfire" , "Using a gun" , "- Jacket; - star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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