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[[Image:Colt New Army .357.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Service 1935-1936 - .357 Magnum.]] | [[Image:Colt New Army .357.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Service 1935-1936 - .357 Magnum.]] | ||
[[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|right|450px|New Service chambered in .455 Eley.]] | [[Image:Colt_New_Service.jpg|thumb|right|450px|New Service chambered in .455 Eley.]] | ||
[[Image:Hc-9289.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Army & Navy, US revolver from 1892 until adoption of M1909]] | [[Image:Hc-9289.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Army & Navy (38 LC), US revolver from 1892 until adoption of M1909 New Service variant. Differences: semicircular front sight, two rows of notches at rear of cylinder, mainspring strain screw on front of grip strap]] | ||
[[Image:ColtNewService.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Service - .45 caliber]] | [[Image:ColtNewService.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Colt New Service - .45 caliber]] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 20 March 2010
The Colt New Service was produced for government contracts and civilian sales between 1898 and 1944. It came in a plethora of popular calibers available during its lengthy production run and was also available in a number of finishes and barrel lengths. The revolver was most commonly chambered in a variety of .45 caliber rounds, including ACP and Colt. It served American forces during the First World War and accompanied many police officers in their duties throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
They were built in .45 Colt, .44-40, .38-40, .38 Special, .455 Webley and, eventually, .357 Magnum. The most numerous model was that in .455 Webley for issue to the British military in World War 1. The US Army also used the New Service in .45 Colt as the M1909, adopted temporarily to replace the failed series of .38 Long Colt revolvers used since 1889, until the semi-automatic M1911 pistol then under testing was ready for service. A variant chambered in .45ACP using half-moon clips, the M1917, would be introduced during WW1 to supplement short supplies of M1911s.
Specifications
Type: Revolver
Caliber: .45 Colt, .455 Webley, .44-40, .44 Special, .38-40, .357 Magnum, others
Capacity: 6 round cylinder
Fire Modes: Single shot (Double Action Revolver)
The Colt New Service revolver can be seen in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:
Films
- Mia Farrow as Jacqueline de Bellefort in Death on the Nile (1978)
- Multiple characters in Last Man Standing (1996)
- Paul Reynolds as Chris Craig in Let Him Have It - (.455 British Service and with shortened barrel) (1991)
- Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney), Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), nameless gangster (Sam Raimi) and others in Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier/The Joker in Batman (1989)
- Death Hunt (1981)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
- Frank Hamer (Denver Pyle), Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Trevor Bardette as Art Huck in The Big Sleep (1946)
- David Niven and Gary Cooper in The Real Glory (1939)
- The Death Kiss (1932)
- The Racketeer (1929)
- Steve Kanaly as United States Marine Corp Capt. Jerome in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- Used by gang members in Death Wish 3 (1985)
Television
- Seen in a chest holster on Mail Call.
Video Games
- A double-action revolver with a swing out cylinder and an ejector rod is seen in a promotional screenshot for Red Dead Redemption. It may also be a Colt Police Positive. Both would be accurate, as the game is set in 1908.