Texas Ranger Museum Holsters

[max]

If I am not mistaken, the museum in San Antonio is located at the site of the former Lone Star Brewery. I was stationed at San Antonio in 71 after my return from Vietnam. My wife, infant son, and I spent a lot of time at the brewery as they had a large gun and western collection.

They were good to service men and didn't mind if we came in and drank "samples". My wife drank orange pop and my son mostly slept. Last time I was in Texas, I ordered a Lone Star and the bartender said "Are you sure?" I told him they treated me well when I had no money and I like the beer.

 

[boykinlp]

That date is consistent with my estimation of the Sterling company's existence. I've copies of gun-related articles in Popular Mechanics in the Thirties.

How about a scan of the page showing Arthur Hill's holster? That combined with the date events of his book will add up to more than we know now. The tiniest bits of info, such as the inventor's name being mentioned in the Sterling brochure confirming my estimation that Wyeth was its maker.

I am posting this picture and information for my friend "lawandorder".

"The holster was used by Texas Ranger Arthur Hill, a Ranger from 1 September 1947 until he retired on 31 July 1974."

Here is the rig:

 

[rednichols]

Yup, that's a Sterling. The earliest ones, I surmise, are the ones like Lone Wolf's that have the spring inserted between two layers for form the forward opening, while the later ones have a sleeve on the outside. I also surmise the springs are different, with the early one straight up the front and the later ones curved and inserted at the main seam. That latter method also was taken up by Clark and by Lewis; here's the Bucheimer-Clark:

 

[Hawg Rider]

Thanks for posting, Papa Lee. I could kick myself for not visiting these two museums. The wife and I recently took a scenic road trip from Florida around the Gulf of Mexico and into East and Central Texas. We spent a couple of days in San Antonio on the River Walk, and I saw the Buckhorn Saloon & TR Museum...but we passed by and did not go in. After that we visited some friends outside of Austin for a couple of days and drove up to Waco because the girls wanted to see "Magnolia". My buddy and I would have much preferred to see the TR Hall of Fame! Next time we're visiting Texas I'll be sure to go to these two museums.