Colt New Service - Wikipedia
The Colt New Service is a large frame, large caliber, double-action revolver made by Colt from 1898 until 1941. Made in various calibers, the .45 Colt version with a 5½" barrel, was adopted by the U.S. Armed Forces as the Model 1909 .
The Colt New Service: A Look Back | An Official Journal Of The NRA
Apr 8, 2021 · To foreign markets, Colt chambered the New Service in .450 Boxer, .455 Webley, and .476 Enfield. The New Service was an immediate hit. Backcountry travelers and law officers liked the robust...
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The Colt New Service Revolver - Colt Fever
This was the Colt New Service, and would be Colt's large frame revolver until WWII. The New Service was an immediate hit with military and civilian buyers wanting a large, powerful revolver with the new swing-out cylinder design.
The Colt New Service Revolver - Shooting Times
Jan 3, 2011 · The Colt New Service was a dominant player in the large-caliber revolver market for four decades. The New Service was loaded by swinging out the cylinder to the left and inserting six cartridges. Pushing in on the ejector rod extracted all six cases at once.
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Rough History Reborn: Colt New Service Revolvers
The New Service was introduced in 1898, 10 years after Colt’s first swing-out cylinder Army and Navy models. It was basically a large frame version of the earlier revolvers and shared the same lock work, including the small breakage-prone leaf springs that remained standard until replaced by coil springs a decade later.
The Colt New Service Revolver: A 20th-Century Favorite
Jul 29, 2018 · Developed during the twilight years of the 19th century, the Colt New Service revolver became a 20th-century favorite for military, law-enforcement and civilian users.
Colt New Service - GUNS Magazine
The Colt New Service was a great improvement over the 1878 double action. Ask shooters to name Colt ’s most popular large frame sixgun prior to World War II and most will come back with “Single Action Army,” with more than 357,000 being produced from 1873 to 1941.
Colts New Service - GUNS Magazine
Although the legendary Colt 1911 was the standard handgun issued to America’s doughboys during World War I, Colt also produced some 151,700 New Service sixguns in the same caliber as a “substitute standard” due to the shortage of John Browning’s most famous fighting tool.