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Scans of the holster pages from the 1960 Boyt catalog courtesy of our Canadian friend. The catalog has many more pages of gun cases and such, as the black cover with a long rifle case attests. Omitting that for space, but the cover is included in the attached PDF that also has slightly...

A friend of a friend asked me to look at a recent S&W .41 Magnum. The carry up is the worst I've seen on a revolver that wasn't a Colt!! When cocked slowly, the cylinder does not rotate far enough for the cylinder stop to lock in place. That's on all six chambers. Cocked quickly, inertia does...

My Canadian correspondent has some papers that came from another collector who bought them from H.P. White when that company ended. In 1957, data on S&W barrel specifications were provided by Fred Miller at the request of Burton Munhall. I've combined the separate data cards to meet the...

My Canadian correspondent is curious about the possible maker of a pair of white grips presumed to be a polymer of some sort that he's had for years. They're mounted here on a pre-model 39 just for effect; they didn't come with the pistol. The 4 digit serial number letters to January, 1956...

I’m helping a friend with a rough condition New Zealand marked 1942 S&W M&P that started life as a 5 inch .38 S&W. Besides the probable reaming to .38 Special, the cylinder has damage that makes it unusable. On top of the good lock work with a smooth DA/SA, what makes the thing worthy of...

I've found a 1976 S&W holster fit chart that is much easier to read than the orange blobs from earlier years. I've added codes from Gould & Goodrich (G&G) catalogs that use the same system but include newer handguns such as the S&W L frame & 645, Ruger GP100 and Glock. Then, as with Bucheimer...

I know --- I should have taken a picture. At the local show last weekend, a dealer friend bought an 8 3/8 inch K-22 as new in the box from a walk-in. 87K serial number 17-4. That's special as it is, but the revolver also sported a pair of nice but not spectacular smooth S&W target stocks...

This question calls for the expertise of John Hurst friend OIF2. This pair of checkered 2-piece J frame grips were presented to me as having been made by Guy Hogue. The backstory is that they came from a retired LAPD officer who remembers them as being by Guy Hogue. The pictures are from the...

Helping clear out an estate, I found a Bull-X - CSJ High Performance box full of cast lead bullets that may or may not actually be Bull-X products; there's no label of any sort on the box except for the Bull-X company information. A Bull-X chart shows nothing heavier than 180 grains. These...

Ads for this "holster safety latch" design turned up in some 1943 gun magazines. A search found patent number 2,349,376 SAFETY LATCH FOR PISTOL HOLSTERS submitted by Frederick A. Ray, Van Nuys, California in 1942 and granted in 1944. In function, it seems to be essentially an Audley finger...

My paternal grandfather was a pack rat, a trait I've picked up somewhat. OK - a lot. This 32 page 4x6 WWI era pamphlet published by the Prudential insurance company was in my dad's box of "army stuff" that I got out as often as I could when visiting my grandparents. I guess at the date as...

A local shop has a 6 inch blue Astra .44 Magnum DA revolver on the shelf looking for all the world like a model 29 at first glance. I was surprised how good it looked. The dealer mentioned last year that he had a "Terminator" that he couldn't sell despite many lookers, so I expected to see a 3...

As we all know, our friend Red Nichols retired earlier this year, closed up his holster operation and mostly withdrew from the Internet, although he has continued to post to his holsterguys blog as the mood strikes. Recently he asked me if I'd like to have his early Bianchi Bruce Nelson M&P...

Jeff Cooper fans will remember California officer and competition shooter Elden Carl who was declared by Cooper to be one of the “five masters” of pistol shooting. Elden and Thell Reed are the only two left, Cooper, Jack Weaver and Ray Chapman having passed a way over the last few years. As a...

I'm holding a cut-off/shortened basketweave Heiser 510 on a 61 drop loop belt for a friend until I can send it along to him. Besides the crude shortening, it's notable for having a thong instead of a the safety strap (stitch holes visible) and a cut-out to clear an adjustable rear sight...

Digging in Joe Kent's holster box last week for a Clark cross draw -- more on that later -- we found this floral carved Colorado Saddlery holster marked Combat 4 and 198x with the last digit over-stamped and indecipherable by me. Red suggested that "Combat 4" would have been hand written with...

From the estate of a cowboy shooter - a Hunter 1060 holster marked F8 for a Ruger Blackhawk. Rather than the usual cowboy pattern, the body of the holster is screwed to the fender which then attaches to a buscadero belt slot with the snap flap. The real find was the 1998 catalog. No scan...

While helping with an estate, I turned up this S&W stamped Askins style border patrol holster - squished and covered in splotches of mold. I threw it away. ... But then I had second thoughts, fished it out of the trash, cleaned and reshaped it to look presentable. B07 24. B for black. The...

-db- and I may be the only ones to enjoy this. I took pictures of my solitary 1978 vintage HKS 10B speedloader for a young friend who enjoys picking up ancient history from the old guys, so might as well post them here too. The 10B has a dual action knob. Turning the knob will release the...

A long delayed project, I've scanned a few of my grandfather's pictures from his 1917 WWI training camp that one note describes as Houston, Texas. He always said that his 1903, which had been "on the border", was exceptionally accurate and all the other soldiers wanted to shoot it for score...