service revolvers
Officers' standard firearms
Service revolvers are handguns issued to military or police personnel as standard sidearms.
The term typically refers to revolvers rather than semiautomatic pistols, evoking an earlier era of law enforcement and military equipment: He carried the same service revolver for thirty years on the force.
The phrase often appears in period pieces or historical contexts.
- six shooterRevolver holding half-dozen rounds
- handgunFirearm for single-hand use
- side armPersonal weapon worn holstered
- duty weaponOfficially issued firearm
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
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