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 model number 07 Askins style holster is not in my 1970 or 1979 catalogs but I've seen it listed before. Size number 24 for S&W N-frame revolvers. The owner likely had it for the nice Highway Patrolman that I know he owned 30 years ago.
Red puts it in the S&W Leathergoods era, after Wolfram but before G&G. Note the metal shank goes to the top of the belt loop, but only in front of the belt to allow for the screw opening back for attachment to D-ring belts.
Red provided the catalog picture showing the shank of the Wolfram ending below the belt in the fashion of the original Myres Askins holster. I added the picture of the flap holster to show the Wolfram snap loop.
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B07 24.
B for black. The model number 07 Askins style holster is not in my 1970 or 1979 catalogs but I've seen it listed before. Size number 24 for S&W N-frame revolvers. The owner likely had it for the nice Highway Patrolman that I know he owned 30 years ago.
Red puts it in the S&W Leathergoods era, after Wolfram but before G&G. Note the metal shank goes to the top of the belt loop, but only in front of the belt to allow for the screw opening back for attachment to D-ring belts.
Red provided the catalog picture showing the shank of the Wolfram ending below the belt in the fashion of the original Myres Askins holster. I added the picture of the flap holster to show the Wolfram snap loop.
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