Are Peppermills and Shoulder Holsteres a Historically Correct Combination?

[WaddWatsonEllis]

HI,

I am a reenactor in Old Sacramento and wish to make a shoulder rig to go with my Ethan Allen Pepppermill under my shoulder. Verdad?

(Historical pics are much more supportive)

[St. George]

Shoulder holsters came late - cartridge revolver late.

The Ethan Allen was primarily a coat pocket weapon - not a holstered sidearm.

Scouts Out!

[Abilene]

A pepperbox might be in your pocket.  I'm thinking a peppermill would be in the picnic basket 

[ChuckBurrows]

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with St George since there are some existing examples of pre-Civil war shoulder rigs used by gamblers and other ne'er do wells. Many/most were made similar to skeletonized vest with built in holster pockets.

I thought I had the image scanned but apparently not. I'll try and look it up (if my chemo brain will remember!) later and scan the image. The pistols carried were a couple of screw barrel types.

[Blair]

Check out page # 154 in "Packing Iron".
This rig maybe better suited to what is called a "Transitional Revolvers". (a transition from the pepper box type revolver to something more like a true revolver)
My best,
Blair