jimgoldth
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The spring type belt holster has been made for many years. Most people think of them as cross draw holsters. I recently bought a well used one by C. A, HOFFMAN & SON MFRS. ARLINGTON CAL. model 22 size 4.
Vintage - show'em if ya got'em
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jimgoldth
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I found this well made holster of a very plain style and looked up the seller's mark. WARSHAL'S SPORTING GOODS CO. 1000 1ST. AVE. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104. Model 46 It was made for a S&W COMBAT 4". Note how there is a bulge to clear the rear sight. This Business starts in 1922 and the building was sold around 1995 and torn down to build a hotel in 2000. Sometime between the 2 dates Warshal's Sporting Goods went out of business.
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The metalwork at the muzzle is new to me
. Expecting it's modern, and in what's known as the Hardin style in left hand, that modern company made its products from 1980 into today. Show us its EPS mark and it can be dated better; there was a much earlier (100 years earlier), unrelated company of the same name that w/b an unlikely source of your holster.
Jim, that holster was made by A.E. Nelson of Scio, Oregon. They are still making holsters, largely police equipment. They made holsters for a large number of western sporting goods and gun shops and even made leather goods with the Abercrombie & Fitch logo. I have a 1950's era catalog and a number of examples of Nelson's work, if I remember correctly the company was started in the 1940's and remains family owned and operated.
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turnerriver
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I found this well made holster of a very plain style and looked up the seller's mark. WARSHAL'S SPORTING GOODS CO. 1000 1ST. AVE. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104. Model 46 It was made for a S&W COMBAT 4". Note how there is a bulge to clear the rear sight. This Business starts in 1922 and the building was sold around 1995 and torn down to build a hotel in 2000. Sometime between the 2 dates Warshal's Sporting Goods went out of business.
Posted these in another thread but they fit this thread so here they are again. S. D. Myres jockstrap design with forward cant, goatskin lined and fully laced. One fits an N frame with 3.5" or 4" barrel and the other fits a K frame (or Colt OM) with 6" barrel.
And then this more mundane pair of S. D. Myres holsters that came with my 4.5" matched & consecutive Reg# Registered Magnum pair.
And then this more mundane pair of S. D. Myres holsters that came with my 4.5" matched & consecutive Reg# Registered Magnum pair.
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Need some help
I don't know what gun this rig goes to and need some help. As you can see it is a Lawrence 27L L6 holster. The L is for laced.
It appears to be set for a semi auto rather than revolver. No N frame with a bull barrel will fit. The barrel will not enter as the sheath narrows. Even teh barrel of a K Frame with a 6" barrel will not fit due to the front target sights.
Any answers?
tipoc
I don't know what gun this rig goes to and need some help. As you can see it is a Lawrence 27L L6 holster. The L is for laced.
It appears to be set for a semi auto rather than revolver. No N frame with a bull barrel will fit. The barrel will not enter as the sheath narrows. Even teh barrel of a K Frame with a 6" barrel will not fit due to the front target sights.
Any answers?
tipoc
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38 M&P with a beautiful carved Heiser.
Vintage
I think you can't have a "homage to holsters" thread without recognizing Roy Baker's contribution: The Pancake Holster. The first holster I ever bough for my first four inch Model 19 was a Roy Baker Pancake. When I started as a full time law enforcement agent I was issued one for my 2.5 inch Model 66-1.
Some seem not to like them and find fault; however, I have never found a better concealment holster, particularly for large N frame revolvers than Baker's Pancake. Its been copied, but I have not found an actual improvement.
Simply my opinion.
I think you can't have a "homage to holsters" thread without recognizing Roy Baker's contribution: The Pancake Holster. The first holster I ever bough for my first four inch Model 19 was a Roy Baker Pancake. When I started as a full time law enforcement agent I was issued one for my 2.5 inch Model 66-1.
Some seem not to like them and find fault; however, I have never found a better concealment holster, particularly for large N frame revolvers than Baker's Pancake. Its been copied, but I have not found an actual improvement.
Simply my opinion.
jimgoldth
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Back in the1980s VIKING holsters were an option in the local gun shops. They were well made holsters from Mexico. I recently received this basket weave holster. The stamping reads HAND MADE BY VIKING MEXICO 58. It fits like a glove on a Colt SA Scout 4 5/8" 22.
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jimgoldth
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I have liked shoulder holsters for concealed carry. Others have complained that they could never wear a Shoulder Holster for more than 5 minutes. I have had quite a few over the years by many different companies. I recently picked up this REDHEAD 1808R spring shoulder holster and like my first (a long gone Bauer Bros. Shoulder Holster) this holster works well with either a 1911 .45 or a 4" S&W K Frame Revolver.
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Here's a holster and revolver that would fit the bill on horseback out in the back country or in a car in town. A Colorado Saddlery swivel holster with tie down holes, made for a Colt New Service.
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turnerriver
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turnerriver
I believe some of the best vintage holsters, still available at reasonable
prices on the auction sites, are the Hunter series 1100. 1100s are plain,
1200s are basket-weave, and 1300s are floral carved. I have picked up
a few lately, shown here, left to right:
3100 size 11 with my 4" Model 19
3100 size 30 with my 4" Model 10
3100 size 50 OE* with my 7.5" Colt Cavalry replica.
3100 size unmarked and not on chart, for Ruger New Model Super
Blackhawk 5.5" barrel.
1100 size 40 OE* a plain one for comparison, shown with 4.75" Single
Action Army replica.
OE* = Open End
prices on the auction sites, are the Hunter series 1100. 1100s are plain,
1200s are basket-weave, and 1300s are floral carved. I have picked up
a few lately, shown here, left to right:
3100 size 11 with my 4" Model 19
3100 size 30 with my 4" Model 10
3100 size 50 OE* with my 7.5" Colt Cavalry replica.
3100 size unmarked and not on chart, for Ruger New Model Super
Blackhawk 5.5" barrel.
1100 size 40 OE* a plain one for comparison, shown with 4.75" Single
Action Army replica.
OE* = Open End
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Love these old threads with legs.
Still in the box.
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This 1947 K-22 has been with this holster for the same amount of time.
Still in the box.
anthropology jobs washington dcThis 1947 K-22 has been with this holster for the same amount of time.
Beautiful Phil! I too love the simplicity of the Hunter holsters. Got my 4" M63 loaded up and ready for a hike in the woods on this sunny Michigan day. [emoji41]
jimgoldth
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The Berns-Martin Lighting is the first of the spring retained upside down small gun shoulder holsters. This one holding a pre model 40 S&W 2".
I'm a little late to the thread, but here's my contribution. Don't know much about the holsters, other than the name Bucheimer on the first one. It came with the 1917 Model of 1905 Hand Ejector 4th Change shown. The number on it is 4021. The second is a holster I picked up for my Colt 1908 Vest Pocket. Bought it off a seller from Kansas, no markings of any kind on it. Any info on these would be appreciated.
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With the U S Military holsters that are in this thread here is one of the later old time military leather holsters. U S Marked holster for a M&P 4" revolver made by BOYT and stamped M R T JAN 1962
Under the flap is a circle with an eagle holding 3 arrows with 3 stars at the top. Below the numbers 11377
Under the flap is a circle with an eagle holding 3 arrows with 3 stars at the top. Below the numbers 11377
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