Gordon's Gun Closet

Ride with us, eternal, shiny, and chrome, as we take a whirlwind tour of Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller’s 2015 masterpiece of movie making. When it comes to firearms there’s one consistent thing about post-apocalyptic films, and that is that there’s usually a wide variety of them to talk about. This is no exception. Show notes and links: Machine-guns: light, medium, heavy, or sub? (Lindybeige at youtube.com) Mad Max: Fury Road - Internet Movie Firearms Database (imfdb.org)

Welcome to the very first peek into Gordon’s Gun Closet, where we hope to entertain and educate while chatting about a noteworthy weapon of history, distant or recent. This week we take a look at the ups and downs of the Colt New Service revolver, the quintessential handgun of late 19th and early 20th century Armies. Show notes and links: hickok45 - Colt New Service Revolver Chapter 2 (youtu.be) The X-Files - Season 10 - Internet Movie Firearms Database (imfdb.org) Foyle's War (foyleswar.com) Colt New Service Colt M1877 Colt M1878 - "Double-Action Army" Colt M1889 - "New Navy" Military history of Canada - the Canadian Expeditionary Force to the South African War, 1899 North-West Mounted Police M1911 pistol M1917 revolver Colt "Shooting Master" (coltautos.com) American Rifleman | A Look Back: The Colt New Service Revolver (americanrifleman.org)