Colt New Service

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 WW1. 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.

Colt New Service Revolver - .45 acp. The Army would adopt its own version of the New Service, called the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring.

Colt New Service Revolver - .45 LC. The military version of this revolver is the M1909 (also chambered for .45 Long Colt)

Model 1909 Colt Army Revolver - .45 LC. This Model is stamped Property of U.S. Government.

Colt New Service - .38 special

Colt New Service - .44-40

Colt New Service 1935-1936 - .357 magnum.

Colt M1917 in moon clipped - .45 ACP.

Colt New Service - .38 Colt

Colt New Service - .45 caliber

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)

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The Colt New Service revolver can be seen in the following films and television shows used by the following actors:

Films

• 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 chamber 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.