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Unknown USAF holster
Hello forum friends, i have found it today in internet.
Do you have any information concerning this holsters?
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I believe I have seen this style of holster in black. It appears to be for a 2” K frame, either an M13 or the rarer model 56.
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USAF Air Crew holster, for the M13 Aircrewman revolver. Usually black but also in brown.
They usually have a strap / harness with them.
odd model 13 Aircrewman style flap holster
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Correct, and the shoulder strap to that holster is what Lee Harvey Oswald used to fashion a sling from for his 91/38 Carcano short rifle.... From what I remember, it baffled the Warren Commission where the sling came from for awhile until somebody figured it out.
That fact alone drove the prices of these rigs through the roof.
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Have seen and used the Black.
Never actually seen the Brown.
Here’s a Thud Pilot wearing one.
SEA Early on, deployment probably from Wichita.
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That's either an early Air Crewman holster or a reproduction. Most of the US military made the switch from brown to black leather in the mid-1950's. I've read that the USAF made the change around 1950. Older holsters that were serviceable were dyed black.
That one looks awfully clean for a 74 year old holster. I would expect at least some verdigris and corrosion on the hardware.
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Must be an old one; maybe old stock, since it looks new. I say that because starting in 1956 all US military leatherwork had to be black.
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An interesting discussion about the history of the strap and the USAF M13 holster in regard to the strap found on the Oswald Carcano rifle. I will make no personal comments about it. Oswald's rifle sling - an exercise in factoid-busting - JFK Assassination Debate - The Education Forum. Note the mention made about the Service Manufacturing Co. of Yonkers NY.
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