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Colt New Service
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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 through both World Wars and accompanied many police officers in their duties throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
They were built in .45 Colt,.45 ACP, .44-40, .44 Russian, .38-40, .38 Special, .455 Webley, .41 Colt 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 World War I to supplement short supplies of M1911s. Over 151,000 were delivered - the largest variant in New Service production of approximately 356,000.
Colt New Service Revolver - .45 ACP. The Army adopted a version of the New Service, the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring in WWI.
Specifications
(1898–1946)
- Type: Revolver
- Caliber(s): .45 Colt, .455 Webley/Ely,.476 Ely,.45 ACP, .44-40, .44 Special, .44 Russian .38-40, .357 Magnum, .38 Spl, others
- Weight: Various
- Length: Various
- Barrel length(s):(Factory standard with lengths over and under available by special order) 4",4.5".5",5.5",6".7.5"
- Capacity: 6-round cylinder
- Fire Modes: SA/DA
The Colt New Service and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Henry | Richard Speight, Jr. | Duggan | Ivory grips | 2021 |
| J. Edgar | F.B.I. agents | 2011 | ||
| Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Thug | 2010 | ||
| Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Robbery Suspec t | 2010 | ||
| Public Enemies | Sioux Falls vigilante | 2009 | ||
| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | IRA | 2006 | ||
| Serpent's Path | Show Aikawa | Naomi Niijima | 1998 | |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | Tatsuo Miyashita | |||
| Yûrei Yanagi | Hiyama | |||
| Anaconda | Danny Trejo | 1997 | ||
| Last Man Standing | Multiple characters | 1996 | ||
| The Quest | Louis Mandylor | Riggi | 1996 | |
| The Quest | Emilio Migliozzi | Riggi's henchman | 1996 | |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Tom Sizemore | Dewitt Albright | 1995 | |
| Batman Forever | David U. Hodges | Shooter | 1995 | |
| Vampire in Brooklyn | Eddie Murphy | Guido | 1995 | |
| Arizona Dream | Johnny Depp | Axel Blackmar | 1993 | |
| Arizona Dream | Lili Taylor | Grace Stalker | 1993 | |
| Red Rock West | Timothy Carhart | Deputy Matt Greytack | 1993 | |
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | E.E. Bell | Fragoso | 1993 | |
| Hoffa | Robert Prosky | Billy Flynn | 1992 | |
| Beyond the Law | Brian Law | Young Dan Saxton | 1992 | |
| Of Mice and Men | Gary Sinise | George | 1992 | |
| Of Mice and Men | Richard Riehle | Carlson | 1992 | |
| Deep Cover | Glynn Turman | Russell Stevens Sr. | 1992 | |
| Let Him Have It | Paul Reynolds | Chris Craig | .455 British Service with short barrel | 1991 |
| Miller's Crossing | Albert Finney | Leo O'Bannon | 1990 | |
| Miller's Crossing | Gabriel Byrne | Tom Reagan | 1990 | |
| Harlem Nights | Danny Aiello | Det. Cantone | 1989 | |
| Batman | Jack Nicholson | Jack Napier/The Joker | 1989 | |
| Mississippi Burning | Brad Dourif | Deputy Clinton Pell | Bone carved grip | 1988 |
| The Blue Iguana | Flea | Floyd | 1988 | |
| The Untouchables | Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers | 1987 | ||
| Near Dark | Tony Pierce | Highway Youth | 1987 | |
| Death Wish 3 | Gang Members | 1985 | ||
| Yes, Madam! (Huang jia shi jie) | Robber | 1985 | ||
| Johnny Dangerously | Joe Piscopo | Danny Vermin | With custom long barrel, as ".88 Magnum revolver" | 1984 |
| Against All Odds | Alex Karras | Hank Sully | 1984 | |
| Against All Odds | Rachel Ward | Jessie Wyler | 1984 | |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | gun runner | 1983 | ||
| Under Fire | Nicaraguan Rebels | 1983 | ||
| Death Hunt | Andrew Stevens | RCMP Contable Adams | 1981 | |
| Death Hunt | Lee Marvin | RCMP Sergeant Millen | 1981 | |
| Caboblanco | Fernando Rey | Police Captain Terredo | 1980 | |
| Airplane! | 1980 | |||
| The Hunter | Ben Johnson | Sheriff Strong | nickel plated, stag grips | 1980 |
| Death on the Nile | Mia Farrow | Jacqueline de Bellefort | 1978 | |
| The White Buffalo | Charles Bronson | Wild Bill Hickok | Mocked up as Single Action Army with stag horn grips | 1977 |
| Silver Streak | Clifton James | Sheriff Oliver Chauncey | 1976 | |
| Silver Streak | Richard Pryor | Grover T. Muldoon | 1976 | |
| Silver Streak | Gene Wilder | George Caldwell | 1976 | |
| The Muthers | John Montgomery | "Turko" | 1976 | |
| The Last Hard Men | Charlton Heston | Sam Burgade | 1976 | |
| The Last Hard Men | Michael Parks | Sheriff Noel Nye | 1976 | |
| The Last Hard Men | Thalmus Rasulala | George Weed | 1976 | |
| The Last Hard Men | Christopher Mitchum | Hal Brickman | 1976 | |
| The Wind and the Lion | Steve Kanaly | U.S. Marine Corp Capt. Jerome | 1975 | |
| Bite The Bullet | Gene Hackman | Sam Clayton | 1975 | |
| Big Bad Mama | Tom Skerritt | Fred Dillard | M1909 | 1974 |
| Susan Sennett | Billie Jean | M1917 | ||
| Black Caesar | assassin | 1973 | ||
| The Sting | Joe Tornatore | Black Gloved Gunman | 1973 | |
| Dillinger | Harry Dean Stanton | Homer Van Meter | 1973 | |
| Warren Oates | John Dillinger | |||
| The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | Bob Saint-Clair | Suppressed | 1973 |
| The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) | Jacqueline Bisset | Tatiana | 1973 | |
| Prime Cut | Gregory Walcott | Weenie | 1972 | |
| Dirty Money | Bank teller | 1972 | ||
| Manhunt in Milan (La mala ordina) | Woody Strode | Frank Webster | 1972 | |
| El Topo | Julian de Meriche | The priest | 1970 | |
| Robert John | El Topo's Son | |||
| Valerie Jodorowsky | A townswoman | |||
| José Luis Gonzales de León | A townsman | |||
| The Wild Bunch | Albert Dekker | Pat Harrigan | 1969 | |
| You Can't Win 'Em All | Charles Bronson | Josh Corey | 1970 | |
| 100 Rifles | Jim Brown | Lyedecker | 1969 | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Faye Dunaway | Bonnie Parker | Colt | 1967 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Warren Beatty | Clyde Barrow | Colt | 1967 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Denver Pyle | Frank Hamer | Colt | 1967 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Gene Hackman | Buck Barrow | Colt | 1967 |
| The Professionals | Jack Palance | Jesus Raza | 1966 | |
| The Professionals | Robert Ryan | Hans Ehrengard | 1966 | |
| The Heroes of Telemark | Kirk Douglas | Dr. Rolf Pedersen | 1965 | |
| Viva Maria! | Carlos López Moctezuma | Ródriguez | 1965 | |
| Viva Maria! | Mexican soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Viva Maria! | Mexican rebels | 1965 | ||
| Lonely Are the Brave | Walter Matthau | Sheriff Morey Johnson | 1962 | |
| Pretty Boy Floyd | John Ericson | Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd | 1960 | |
| Santiago | Alan Ladd | Caleb "Cash" Adams | Mocked up as Single Action Army | 1956 |
| Paul Fix | Trasker | |||
| Lloyd Nolan | Clay Pike | |||
| Frank DeKova | Jingo | |||
| Clegg Hoyt | Dutch | |||
| Hell Below Zero | Stanley Baker | Erik Bland | 1954 | |
| Ivan Craig | Larsen | |||
| Alan Ladd | Duncan Craig | |||
| The Nuremberg Express | Miroslav Homola | Agent Nowak | 1954 | |
| Son of Paleface | Roy Rogers | Roy Barton | with a stock and rifle's barrel | 1952 |
| White Heat | Jarrett Gang member | 1949 | ||
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Bandits | 1949 | ||
| The Paleface | Thug | 1948 | ||
| Raw Deal (1948) | Curt Conway | Spider | 1948 | |
| The Big Sleep | Trevor Bardette | Art Huck | 1946 | |
| Dillinger | Lawrence Tierney | John Dillinger | 1945 | |
| Marc Lawrence | Doc Madison | |||
| The Fighting Seabees | Japanese officers | 1944 | ||
| Air Force | Japanese officers | 1943 | ||
| Somewhere in France | Various characters | 1942 | ||
| Across the Pacific | Richard Loo | First Officer Miyuma | 1951 | |
| Across the Pacific | Sydney Greenstreet | Doctor Lorenz | 1951 | |
| The Pearl of Death | Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes | 1944 | |
| Went the Day Well? | David Farrar | Lieutenant Jung a.k.a. Lieutenant Maxwell | 1942 | |
| Went the Day Well? | Johnnie Schofield | Joe Garbett | 1942 | |
| Went the Day Well? | Valerie Taylor | Nora Ashton | 1942 | |
| Went the Day Well? | Extras | British Army/Home Guard Soldiers | 1942 | |
| Went the Day Well? | Extras | German Paratroopers | 1942 | |
| Satan Met a Lady | Maynard Holmes | Kenneth | 1936 | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1934 | |||
| Heroes for Sale | railroad detective | 1933 | ||
| Pardon Us | Prisoners | 1931 | ||
| The Gold Rush | Tom Murray | Black Larsen | 1925 | |
| The Gold Rush | bounty hunters | 1925 | ||
| Back to God's Country | Nell Shipman | Dolores LeBeau | 1919 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilligan's Island (TV Series) | Russell Johnson | The Professor | "The Sound of Quacking" (S1E7) | 1964 |
| Dragnet | "The Shooting Board" (S2E21) | 1967 - 1970 | ||
| M*A*S*H | Loretta Swit | Maj. Margaret Houlihan | "The Gun" (S04E13) | 1975 |
| M*A*S*H | Larry Linville | Maj. Frank Burns | "The Gun" (S04E13) | 1975 |
| Fantômas | Jacques Dufilho | Inspecteur Juve | Ep.3 | 1980 |
| The Greatest American Hero | Red West | Cliff | 1981 - 1983 | |
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | Celia Gregory | Nadia Massino | 1983 | |
| Lonesome Dove | Bandito | 1989 | ||
| Gilligan's Island (TV Series) | Alan Hale Jr. | The Skipper | pilot episode (filmed in 1963) | 1992 |
| Rough Riders | William Katt | Edward Marshall | 1997 | |
| The X-Files - Season 7 | Eric Nenninger | Jared Chirp | "Signs and Wonders" (S7E09) | 2000 |
| Band of Brothers | Matthew Leitch | Floyd "Tab" Talbert | 2001 | |
| Firefly | Matthew Ferreira | Nathaniel Grange | "Safe" (S01E05) | 2002 |
| Mail Call | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | 2002 - 2009 | |
| Foyle's War - Season 2 | Laurence Fox | Simon Walker | "War Games" (S2E03) | 2003 |
| Foyle's War - Season 3 | Nigel Terry | Hugh Jackson | "They Fought in the Fields" (S3E03) | 2004 |
| Ghost Whisperer | David Eigenberg | Hank Dale | "The Crossing" (S1E02) | 2005 |
| The Unit | Various characters | 2006 - 2009 | ||
| Meteor | criminal | 2009 | ||
| Boardwalk Empire | Gangsters | 2010 - | ||
| The Pacific | Joseph Mazzello | Eugene Sledge | 2010 | |
| Falling Skies - Season 1 | Drew Roy | Hal Mason | "The Armory" (S1E02) | 2011 - |
| Revolution - Season 1 | "Chained Heat" (S1E02) | 2012 | ||
| Longmire - Season 1 | Robert Taylor | Walt Longmire | "A Damn Shame" (S1E03), mocked up as Single Action Army | 2012 |
| SAS Rogue Heroes | Jack O'Connell | Paddy Mayne | Likely the British .455 Webley variant | 2022 |
| César Dombe | Augustin Jordan |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout: New Vegas | Police Pistol | Dead Money DLC | 2012 |
| Enlisted | 2021 | ||
| Beyond The Wire | "Colt New Service" | 2022 |
See Also
- Colt's Manufacturing Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Colt.