The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word AIR RIFLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AIR RIFLE
- Weapon to reveal with search
- One is fired: character to get sack
- One’s fired successor mentioning loot
- Dipping into a sack, I take weapon
- Arm frailer when broken: one pinned
- One’s triggered to show anger with pent-up force
- Being frailer, I fired weapon
- Favoured offspring reportedly given sack — that is fired
- Gun show flier rewritten
- Tune with a groove might be used for pest control?
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The straight part
We know that "One is fired" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one is fired = air rifle.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.