Adam-12 and Farrant grips

[SG-688]

I had also seen this ...:

ADAM-12 Equipment |

"The Most Popular Holster with ADAM-12 Fans
.....
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I've seen that web page. A bunch of the statements about the grips and holsters - Highway Patrol, JAT - come from my posts here and the Adam 12 page on imfdb.org. I should get a royalty. (Also on another A-12 fan site.) The site ... confused ... quite a bit of it, though. Safariland originated the Velcro belt system. I have never before seen a claim that JAT did.

Did Mac ever draw his revolver, let alone reholster?? [I take it back. Mac is shooting in that garage scene.]

I think the video below the Highway Patrol photo is from the scene re-enacting Newhall as a training exercise.


[I've been to California ... and I was a cop ... but not LAPD. Just another Adam 12 fan.]

 

[SG-688]

A 1950's fish hook hammer.


"Reed's" Farrant stocks had a distinctive striped figure. Hard to get a screen shot; they always stand with their hands over the guns.


Poor quality, but the best I can do. It's a dark scene indoors.: Martin Milner performing a one hand re-holster with a clam shell.

 

[shawn mccarver]

I have never understood those who say one-handed re-holstering with the clam shell is difficult.

Malloy never had a problem, nor did Reed.

I have a Safety Speed brand in my collection and one-handed re-holstering is easy. Remember, re-holstering rarely has to be done in a hurry - or so they say.

 

[shawn mccarver]

SG-688: Excellent info. Thank you!

My 1972 Law Enforcement Handgun Digest by Dean Grennell and Mason Williams (the one with the Colt Detective Special on the cover) has an article or portion of a chapter devoted to the Safariland Buckleless system, and that always convinced me that Safariland had invented the system. Just how JAT could have gotten in on the action when it was presumably patented is beyond me.

Thank you.

 

[SG-688]

The 1970's clam shell with the plastic plug - as opposed to the earlier metal piece - might make a difference on re-holstering. In the videos, the boys have to twist the revolver when drawing, like some security holsters with a trigger guard plug. The older versions may not have had as much of a shelf supporting the revolver.

Also a note, from other threads and other times... the Jewett Safety Holster Co. clam shell design Speed Holster was patented in ... 1933.
"Speed" for ...speed... and "Safety" for allegedly being snatch resistant.

Added 1971 Safariland and 1965 Cake Co ads. I bought my first Safariland buckleless belt in 1969.

 

[robbt]

hi guys , it appears we all have a safety speed or one of the other clam shell pop open ,clamshel holsters, we post them ??
I am game , robbt

 

[SG-688]

Malloy w/ Mdl 15 & clam shell holster, Reed & Mac.

 

[SG-688]

Safariland patent

The always reliable Txshooter has found the Neale Perkins patent for the Safariland buckleless Velcro belt system. Thank you.

1972 N. A. PERKINS 3,664,560

https://www.google.com/patents/US36...a=X&ei=f0TFVJO_J4jigwS6pYCIAw&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw

 

[SG-688]

J.A.T.

From another retired LAPD officer: http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/398349-l-county-sheriff-holster-id.html

.... Several companies made the Clam Shell holster including Safety Speed. My older brother (LAPD) was issued a Clam Shell made by the Jicarillo Apache Tribe, it was marked "JAT". ....

Thank you, Larry.

 

[OIF2]

When I went through the Academy in '84 I was issued the "Bruce Brown" velcro belt, marked "Safariland". It was brand-new. We also got dump pouches, which everyone immediately replaced with speed loaders and black leather pouches for them (HKS). Holster was a Bianchi break-front that I later replaced with a Hoyt. Mucho better.
Bob