shown50
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I'm looking for some help on the age of a cartridge belt and possibly a holster as well. I bought these off eBay for basically nothing to use as a display with some of my large frame top break S&W(44 DA 6", 44-40 DA 4", 44-40 NM3 Frontier 6")at home.
The holster and belt aren't nearly old enough to be period correct but that doesn't bother me.
The belt is marked Warren with a diamond around it. The only information I can find online is about the Warren leather goods company that made holsters in WW2. Are these the same companies? The belt is 42" long end to end and has 30 loops for ammo. I believe the loops are for 38 special or 357 magnum. I fit 28 44 Russian rounds easily but wasn't possible to fit 2 more to make it 30. The buckle has the anchor for North&Judd.
The holster that came with the belt is a Bauer Brothers from St. Louis. It doesn't have the moose logo I've seen on some other holsters for sale so I'm not sure what era it is. It's marked H37 and I think that's supposed to fit a 3.5" 357 per an old holster chart I found. It fits my 4" DA 44-40.
I also bought this left hand Bauer Bros holster, it's marked M30 and has a leg tie down on it. It was super cheap, hoping to find a cheap right hand version too.
The holster and belt aren't nearly old enough to be period correct but that doesn't bother me.
The belt is marked Warren with a diamond around it. The only information I can find online is about the Warren leather goods company that made holsters in WW2. Are these the same companies? The belt is 42" long end to end and has 30 loops for ammo. I believe the loops are for 38 special or 357 magnum. I fit 28 44 Russian rounds easily but wasn't possible to fit 2 more to make it 30. The buckle has the anchor for North&Judd.
The holster that came with the belt is a Bauer Brothers from St. Louis. It doesn't have the moose logo I've seen on some other holsters for sale so I'm not sure what era it is. It's marked H37 and I think that's supposed to fit a 3.5" 357 per an old holster chart I found. It fits my 4" DA 44-40.
I also bought this left hand Bauer Bros holster, it's marked M30 and has a leg tie down on it. It was super cheap, hoping to find a cheap right hand version too.