70s-80s duty holster question

[turnerriver]

Does anyone know the make and model of this holster?

A number of makers made this style, as Ameshawki noted they weren't popular much past the 1950's and '60's.
I did check my Bucheimer catalogs and didn't find a look alike, Clark and Lewis were the most common of these. The Hoyt catalog cut is from a 1935 brochure.

Lewis and Clark holsters

Bucheimer and other makers offered this type of spring holster.

Regards,

 

[greenrunner]

I used a Safety Speed clamshell holster for my LAPD M67 for about 5 years, until they authorized semi-autos, from about 1981-86. That, IMO, was a great holster! Very lightweight -- I tried a Hoyt breakfront-drop holster for about a week and that thing weighed a ton, so I sold it. The clamshell also had a very fast draw. In particular, you could get your weapon out super fast while sitting in a car without any weird arm or shoulder movements that broadcast what you were doing. LAPD in 1981 had issued us non-drop breakfront holsters (Safarilands?) but I put mine aside as soon as I graduated the Academy. There were some other maker knockoff clamshells out there but IIRC LAPD outlawed those -- only the Safety Speed was authorized. The finger-in-the-trigger-guard thing that seems to freak out modern cops was no problem -- what freaks me out is cops today running around with those striker fired things, which I think are prevalent because some female cops and some men don't have the hand strength to fire a revolver or DA/SA handgun effectively.

 

[greenrunner]

Hopefully these photos come through.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Hopefully these photos come through.

That is the Safety Speed all right. Is that Daryl Gates?

 

[greenrunner]

Yes, that's Gates circa 1983 or 84.

 

[LazyH]

The model 19 Smolt I bought from a Sacramento County Deputy came with a Tex Shoemaker 75k6 break front holster. The same one shown above by 4T5guy but in 6".

 

[WardenRoss]

...This was not a big concern in the 1970s. We were trained to draw with finger inside the trigger guard. We also trained on "prepping" or "staging" the double-action trigger, basically pulling the trigger enough to revolve the cylinder and holding at that point during final sight alignment before applying the last bit of pressure to cause the hammer to fall (similar to the single-action mode of firing).

Difficult transition for many of us. Old habits are tough to overcome.

Glad you posted this as we were taught to draw the revolver with finger on the trigger. Extend both arms, hands meeting about chest level, with a slap and quick grip. Raise to eye level all while pulling the trigger. The revolver should fire when your arms stop at eye level. One quick and smooth motion.

But, we were forbidden from staging the cylinder. Big no-no. This was because guys would stage their revolver (unknowingly, under stress) when holding someone at gun point. ....Whoops! Pulled it a little too far....

Side story....about the time Glocks took over and the no-finger-on-trigger rule came out. I was shooting in a match at the academy with my SIG P220 and of course I shot it like I describe above, finger on trigger, long double-action, revolver like, first shot.

Range Officer saw me and ejected me screaming "FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER NUMB NUTS!" Think...R. Lee Ermey, Gunny.

Confusing times for me.


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[lawandorder]

The cross draw holster posted by Sgt. Rock is made by Hoyt.