I’m not buying anywhere near the number of holsters I used to but couldn’t pass this one up. It is a model 980 S.D. Myres holster, cataloged before
W.W. II as being made for “ a .22-K Smith & Wesson pistol.” In my 1951 catalog they added the K38 and the Colt Officers Model to the description.
I’ve long referred to this as a McGivern holster but can’t remember why-the catalogs don’t call it that and I even went through Sandra Myres’
thesis on the history of the company but couldn’t find a reference. Ed McGivern was an honorary pallbearer for Tio Sam ( along with FBI agent Jelly Bryce and
Walter Sanborn and Harold O. Austin of Smith & Wesson ). Ed loaned his photo and testimonial to the Myres catalogs but didn’t mention this model.
Mine doesn’t have a maker’s mark but I’m confident it’s a Myres, the stamp on the back could mean it was one of Ed’s or that it is indeed
a McGivern model . Thanks, David.
My M&P Target fits it too.
Regards,
W.W. II as being made for “ a .22-K Smith & Wesson pistol.” In my 1951 catalog they added the K38 and the Colt Officers Model to the description.
I’ve long referred to this as a McGivern holster but can’t remember why-the catalogs don’t call it that and I even went through Sandra Myres’
thesis on the history of the company but couldn’t find a reference. Ed McGivern was an honorary pallbearer for Tio Sam ( along with FBI agent Jelly Bryce and
Walter Sanborn and Harold O. Austin of Smith & Wesson ). Ed loaned his photo and testimonial to the Myres catalogs but didn’t mention this model.
Mine doesn’t have a maker’s mark but I’m confident it’s a Myres, the stamp on the back could mean it was one of Ed’s or that it is indeed
a McGivern model . Thanks, David.
My M&P Target fits it too.
Regards,
