Thread: Original holster for 1917?
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Old 09-01-2008, 09:21 AM
shawn mccarver shawn mccarver is offline
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Originally posted by Northfield Gun:
Am I reading this right?, the holster is marked S&W 1917 but it has a pat. date of 1914??? is this like the story of the chicken and the egg? or is SW1917 just a model.

James Davis
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The Audley retention holster was patented in 1914. The patented feature is the retention tab that secures on the trigger guard of the revolver. The revolver is released by pressing in on the spring steel tab. This particular holster was made for the S&W 1917 revolver. Neither the patent date nor the model of revolver the holster fits has anything to do with when this particular holster was made.
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