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Originally Posted by SG-688
How about the small flap as a rear sight protector - not the hammer dog ear: is that still credited to Wally?
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Indeed I have proposed that this little tab was first used by Wally; i.e., I've not seen it on any other holster makers' work until his Blazer and Colt holsters appeared with it at least by 1960. And then it became standard on revolver holsters thereafter.
I expect, given the era, that it was a byproduct of the earliest hammer guard, used by Myres and then by Gaylord and then Bianchi; which was a vertical tab in the same spot, that extended upwards and surrounded the hammer. But that would have only suited fixed sights. So with the growing interest in adjustable sights fostered by Keith, I suppose; the hammer guard had to be trimmed until the sight would fit and be protected. Voila, the rear sight tab.