A better Smith & Wesson Leather Co holster fit chart G&G too

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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've made a combined chart in word and pdf formats that is searchable for holster code numbers.
I left in the many numbers with no fit code attached. More may turn up later!!
This is not a chart for holster model numbers.

The chart numbers overlap to a dazzling degree with the same number used for Colt and S&W handguns of different frame sizes. S&W would shove revolvers as disparate as a K frame and Colt New Service into the same holster. So, the answer to the question "What does my holster fit?" may not be simple. The catalog charts also make no distinction for handguns with fixed or adjustable sights.

It is S&W Leather, so I've noted the appropriate S&W handguns first with Colt, Dan Wesson (DW), High Standard (HS) et.al. to follow. Multiple brands such as Taurus and Rossi are omitted for brevity. Apply the codes for similar S&W frame sizes.

The S&W holster marking system is similar to the pre-1980 Bucheimer system with the prefix B for black and end letters W for basket weave, CL for Clarino, C for carved. Blanks for brown and/or plain. The first number is for the holster model and the second number is the fit code.

The example given on the second page of the catalog is B 02 - 32 W
A black basket weave model 02 holster for a 2 inch K frame.

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S&W Leather Company holster fit codes

01 =
02 =
03 =
04 = Colt, Ruger, Hi-Standard .22 & CF SA 4 ¾ in
05 = Colt, Ruger, Hi-Standard .22 & CF SA 4 ¾ in, 5 ½ in
06 = Colt .22 & CF SA 6 in, Iver Johnson 6 in
07 = Colt .22 & CF SA, Ruger 7 ½ in
08 = Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 7 ½ in
09 =
10 =
11 =
12 =
13 =
14=
15 =
16 =
17 =
18 =
19 =
20 =
21 =
22 =
23 =
24 = S&W L, N frame, Colt, Ruger SS, GP100, DW, HS, Webley 3 ½ in, 4 in
25 =
26 = S&W N frame, Colt, Ruger SS, GP100, DW, HS, H&R, Webley 5, 6, 6 ½ in
27 =
28 = S&W K, L, N frame, Colt MKV, DW, Ruger SS, GP100, 6 in, 7 ½, 8 3/8 in
29 =
30 =
31 =
32 = S&W K frame, Colt D, Colt E, I, MKIII, Ruger SS 2 in, 2 ½ in
33 =
34 = S&W K frame, Colt D, Colt E, I, MKIII, Ruger SS, GP100 4 in
35 = S&W K frame, Colt D, Colt E 5 in
36 = S&W K frame, Colt E, I, MKIII, Ruger SS, GP100, IJ, Enfield 6 in
37 =
38 = S&W K frame, Colt MKV 8 3/8 in
39 = S&W Model 39 / 59, Colt Commander, Star BKS
40 =
41 =
42 = Colt D frame 2 in
43 = Colt D frame 3 in
44 = Colt E, I, MKIII frame 4 in
45 = S&W .45, 10 mm Auto, Colt Government Model, Beretta 92, Ruger P85/90
46 = Colt E, I, MKIII, frame New Service 6 in
47 =
48 =
49 =
50 =
51 =
52 = S&W K frame, Colt MKIII 2, 2 ½ in
53 =
54 =
55 =
56 =
57 =
58 =
59 = S&W 9, 10, .40, .45 Auto, Colt Comm., Glock, Ruger P85/90, Star
60 =
61 = S&W M-61 .22 Auto, .25 Auto
62 = S&W J frame, Charter Arms, Colt D, H&R 2 in
63 = S&W J frame, Charter Arms, Colt D 3 in
64 = S&W J frame, Colt D, Charter Arms H&R, IJ 3 ½ in, 4 in
65 =
66 = S&W J frame, H&R, Rossi, IJ 6 in
67 =
68 =
69 =
70 =
71 =
72 = S&W J frame (Bodyguard, Centennial), Colt D 2 in
73 =
74 = Ruger GP100 4 in
75 =
76 =
77 =
78 =
79 =
80 = .25 Auto
81 =
82 = Browning, Colt, Ruger .22 4 ½ in
83 = S&W Model 41, 46, Ruger .22, S&W 52 5 in
84 = S&W Model 41, 78 & 79 7 in, Browning, Beretta, Colt .22 6 in
85 = Colt Government Model, Star, Llama 5 in
86 = Walther PP/PPK/PPKs, Beretta, Browning, Star, Astra, Detonics, IJ TP22/25
87 = Star FM 4 ½ in
88 =
89 = Browning 9 mm 4 ¾ in, Colt GM 5 in
90 =
91 =
92 = Beretta 92, 96 w/ C, F, D suffix
93 =
94 = S&W L frame 4 in
95 =
96 = S&W L frame 6 in
97 =
98 =
99 =
220 = Sig Sauer 220
226 = Sig Sauer 220, 226
228 = Sig Sauer 228
450 = S&W .45, 10 mm Auto
469 = S&W 469
590 = S&W .45, 10 mm Auto
645 = S&W 645
1006 = S&W 45, 10 mm Auto, Ruger P90
2000 = Colt All American 2000
G17 = Glock G17, G19, G22, G23
G19 = Glock G19, G23
G20 = Glock 20, 21
P85 = Ruger P85, P90


JPG of the chart catalog pages and a PDF of the combined fit chart are attached.

 

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Gould & Goodrich holster chart

Scans of the fit chart pages from the 1988 Gould & Goodrich holster catalog supplied by our Canadian friend who worked with S&W.

 

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1992 Gould & Goodrich

Scans of the fit chart pages from the 1992 Gould & Goodrich holster catalog supplied by our Canadian friend who worked with S&W.

Out of room so I will leave out the page with various portable radio sizes!!

 

[gunbarrel]

Thank you!

 

[SG-688]

I'll try a few pages of the catalog. A little cleaner than usually seen.

 

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Next 5 pages from the 1976 catalog

 

[SG-688]

Another 5 from the 1976 S&W Leather catalog. All familiar but I hope a little prettier.

 

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And then the rest from the 1976 S&W Leather catalog. The previously posted fit charts make up the other pages.

I'll add the combined fit chart PDF again for posterity.

 

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G&G and some history

Covers of the 1988 and 1992 G&G - Gould & Goodrich catalogs and that portable police radio fit chart I left out before.

Next we need a quick history of S&W leather and G&G.
OK ... Santa is late with the package, so here's my short summary to be replaced later with better...

After WWII, Wallace “Wally” Wolfram was a police officer and holster maker in New Mexico and then Monrovia, California -- where he was a friend to John Bianchi. He sold holsters under Wolfram, Wolf and Blazer brands and was also one of the makers supplying holsters to Colt. In the late 1960’s, a series of business transactions ended with the Wolfram Leather Company acquired by S&W to form the S&W Leather operation in 1969.

Holster designer Al “Kip” Kippen went from Heiser, to Colorado Saddlery, then to Bucheimer and then to S&W Leather.

S&W moved the holster company to Massachusetts and then North Carolina. In 1985, S&W sold the holster business to managers Robert Gould and Jon Goodrich – Gould & Goodrich Leather Company.

S&W holsters designs were a mix of all of the above with a few even labeled “S&W by Bianchi.”

 

[DGNY]

Thank you for these posts of holster charts, particularly of yesteryear. Most appreciated and useful for those who enjoy the quest!

 

[Heinz]

Thank you! That was a lot of work. I am printing it off for my resource binder.

 

[rednichols]

Covers of the 1988 and 1992 G&G - Gould & Goodrich catalogs and that portable police radio fit chart I left out before.

Next we need a quick history of S&W leather and G&G.
OK ... Santa is late with the package, so here's my short summary to be replaced later with better...

After WWII, Wallace “Wally” Wolfram was a police officer and holster maker in New Mexico and then Monrovia, California -- where he was a friend to John Bianchi. He sold holsters under Wolfram, Wolf and Blazer brands and was also one of the makers supplying holsters to Colt. In the late 1960’s, a series of business transactions ended with the Wolfram Leather Company acquired by S&W to form the S&W Leather operation in 1969.

Holster designer Al “Kip” Kippen went from Heiser, to Colorado Saddlery, then to Bucheimer and then to S&W Leather.

S&W moved the holster company to Massachusetts and then North Carolina. In 1985, S&W sold the holster business to managers Robert Gould and Jon Goodrich – Gould & Goodrich Leather Company.

S&W holsters designs were a mix of all of the above with a few even labeled “S&W by Bianchi.”

A very good summary. G&G has been owned by Point Blank Ents. since 2017; Bob Gould stepped down at G&G in 2012 and it was his successor who sold to PB Ents.

Also worth noting that virtually the only way to distinguish a Blazer by Wally, and an S&W by that owner, and a Shoemaker is the maker's mark on the backside. Wally made the Colt-branded and S&W branded gunleather of the 1960s that is identical to his Blazer range, and Colt gunleather of other designs was made by Hunter, by Ojala of all people, and by Courtlandt; all of which have model numbers prefixed in Colt's catalogs/price lists with the maker's first letter (W,H,O,C).