service revolver

service revolver (plural service revolvers)

1. (possibly dated) A handgun of the revolver type, issued to a police officer or member of the military for use in the course of his or her official duties.
   • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, ch. 5:

     "Have you any arms?"

     "I have my old service revolver and a few cartridges."

   • 1915, Rex Ellingwood Beach, Heart of the Sunset, ch. 7:

     "Look what the general gave me," and he proudly displayed Longorio's service revolver. Around Jose's waist was the cartridge-belt and holster that went with the weapon.

   • 1995 September 4, "Two Officers Argue, And One Is Shot," New York Times (retrieved 7 March 2018):

     The policewoman, Kimberly Greenleaf, 34, apparently struggled with Officer Thomas Marchitto, 37, before she shot him once in the neck with her .38-caliber service revolver.

   • 2013 August 7, "Brazilian teenager kills police officer parents and extended family ," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 7 March 2018):

     The teen died from a shot to the left temple, his father's police-issue service revolver found nearby.

• service pistol