When I came across this old holster the seller didn't know who
made it. A little brilliant detective work on my part and I found
out it is a Bucheimer Combat model. Model 1025 means it was
made for a model 10 with 2" barrel.
I only have 27 "dog ear" holsters in my collection, so I figured
I needed this one. The style was called "semi-shoulder holster".
It was made and offered by several makers. Hunter called it
their Combat Action Holster. I also have a Brauer Brothers,
but it doesn't have the dog ear.
There is a flaw in the semi-shoulder holster style, in my opinion.
It came in two parts. There is a part that I will call a contraption,
that you clip onto you belt. Then the pouch part snaps into the
part you have clipped on your belt.
jimgoldth has good pictures of both parts on the thread called
BUCHEIMER holster. His post is #12.
Most of the weight of the gun, including the cylinder, is elevated
quite high up to almost where a normal shoulder holster would
be carried. The gun, and the holster, invariably tips outward.
So that, in my opinion, is the flaw.
Fortunately, the ones I have seen, were made with a belt
tunnel on the back of the pouch, so there was the option to
discard the "contraption".
I suspect that most people, who owned this type holster,
probably discarded the "contraption", and wore the holster
on their belt in the cross-draw position. I know that's what
I did.
Photo on the left are 25 of my "dog ear" holsters in the last
group photo that I made. Left to right, top row: Barranti,
Gaylord, Seventrees, Brauer Brothers, Heiser, Lawrence,
Ball, Lobo, and Bianchi.
Left to right 2nd row: Safariland, Rybka, Shipley, Sparks,
Bell-Charter-Oak, Myres, Bucheimer Hank Sloan, and
Chisholm's Trail.
Left to right 3rd row: Wolfram Wolf, Wolfram Blazer, Wolfram
made for Colt. Wolfram made for S&W, Maverick, No Name,
Heiser for Evaluators, and Crump.
2nd photo from left is a little Mexican carved by Myres.
3rd photo from left is a basket weave by Tex Shoemaker.
4th from left is the subject Bucheimer Combat model, with my
model 10 with 2" barrel, Puma Prince knife, and Milt Sparks
gun belt.
5th photo from left is the back of the Bucheimer Combat.
You can see the 1025 number. 1015 would be for J Frames.