It seems to me that vintage 5 inch N frame holsters aren't easy to come by. I just purchased what appears to be an early Bianchi Cyclone for a 5 inch S&W 44, without the full lug. There doesn't seem to have been many 5 inch 44s made that weren't full lug. What can you leather gurus out there tell me?
. '44' is how we designated N frame in those days; later we switched to 'large revovler'. Imagine the difficulties in having holsters in stock for excellent customer service, if we made one for 27s and another for 29s -- and then had to stock each in plain black and plain tan; basket black and basket tan; lined and unlined; and then all of those in right hand and left hand! We even provided the 4" for the 3-1/2" and the 6-1/2" for 6" on the N frames. Mind boggling otherwise.
