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Old 01-30-2012, 09:52 AM
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I recently picked up an older holster with the following markings;


Koslosky's
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Palmer,Alaska

97
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4 1/2

It is a single loop holster.
Trying to figure out what it would have been made for...RM 4 & 1/2 ????????
Will try to get a pic later.
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I'll double check when I get home but that might be
an AE Nelson made holster. He made holsters for gun shops
& sporting goods stores all over the west. I think 97
was one of his model numbers- I'll check when I get home tonight.
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It could be for the ideal handgun for bear country - The 97 Magnum.
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Use to be an old Reited AK State Trooper who made holsters, can't for the live of me remember his name. I think his initals was T.S.

He made this holster for me when I retired from the Anchorage Police Department. Does excellent work and I think some of his holsters were sold in local shops.

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4-1/2 was a standard length for the New Service.
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Here is a pic of it.
Lee I plumb forgot about a NS in .357.

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