The palm and fingers wrapped around a curved handle which was capped by wooden grips for sturdier hold. A rotating cylinder was set within a solid metal frame with the hammer spur protruding from the rear of the frame to be managed by the thumb. First use of the New Service revolver was in the 1898 Spanish-American War.ĭesign of the New Service was quite conventional as revolvers went.
Some also found there way onto the battlefields of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Amazingly, the New Service line managed to see operational use from 1898 into 1946, encompassing World War 1 (1914-1918) and World War 2 (1939-1945) as well as a plethora of other conflicts in between. The New Service line would end up being produced from 1898 to 1946 to the tune of over 356,000 examples by the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. 45 Colt cartridge was a round-nose bullet designed in 1872 with a rimmed case to which the United States Army adopted the cartridge as standard in 1873, remaining as such for nearly 20 years before being supplanted. 45 Colt cartridge as the Model 1898 - better known as the "Colt New Service". In 1898, Colt Firearms unveiled a new six-shot revolver chambered for the.
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