Heiser western holster for Broomhandle

GunClick Rick · January 14, 2010, 01:10:16 PM

Do you measure a Luger barrel different than others?If i go from the flair where it connects to the frame it 3 1/4 inches i can't get 4 out of it..

Dalton Masterson · January 14, 2010, 01:26:52 PM

Rick, imagine closing the chamber, and putting a dowel into the barrel to touch the face of the bolt. That is what you measure.
Its a 4".
DM

GunClick Rick · January 14, 2010, 03:00:36 PM

OK.i thought about that but wasn't sure.Thanks Dalton preciate it.I have never had one and have not shot this one yet ,my cuzz did but i haven't yet..

Zip Wyatt · January 18, 2010, 10:32:21 AM

Isn't there an early 20th century photo somewhere of a cowpoke with a luger on his belt?

Zip

Dalton Masterson · January 18, 2010, 10:51:06 AM

I have seen one with a broomhandle on his belt. The holster has a ton of spots, and looks really cool. Wish I knew where I had seen it now. I think the guy was leaning against a bar or store counter.
Judging by the clothes of the others in the store, I would say 1920 or 1930 in this pic.

Hope someone finds it and the Luger one.
DM

GunClick Rick · January 18, 2010, 11:18:56 AM

Was'nt it a Luger that got Tom Horn recaptured after he broke jail?Found it in the jailhouse and couldn't operate the new fangled thang.

Zip Wyatt · January 18, 2010, 12:30:16 PM

Dalton - I've seen the broomhandle one too.

Rick - I believe ole Tom escaped with a Browning 1900 semi-auto.

Zip Wyatt · January 18, 2010, 12:53:39 PM

Her's the broomhandle photo:

Zip Wyatt · January 18, 2010, 12:56:16 PM

Here is a female solder during the Mexican revolution with a luger and holster

Zip Wyatt · January 18, 2010, 12:59:02 PM

Another Luger rig - I was lucky to find the three-mag holder.

Forty Rod · January 18, 2010, 02:11:35 PM

Quote from: Zip Wyatt on January 18, 2010, 12:53:39 PM
Her's the broomhandle photo:

This guy will never get on plane with all that metal, and he should make every effort to avoid anyplace with magnets. Bis ones can snatch him right up and little ones can beat him to death.

Beware grandma's refrigerator!

GunClick Rick · January 18, 2010, 08:49:45 PM

Got his initials in spots too,JS,wonder who he was and what that leather girdle was all about? $:-\$

Excerpt:

In August 1903, while his appeal was pending, Horn with another inmate of the jail, Jim McCloud, attacked Deputy Proctor, broke into the Sheriff's office and stole an automatic pistol. Leslie Snow came upon the scene and gave the alarm. In the meantime Horn and McCloud made it out onto the street with McCloud and Horn heading in opposite directions. Horn first headed east on 19th Street one block to Capitol, the Courthouse being on the corner of 19th and Ferguson [now Carey]. Horn then headed north on Capitol and then east on 20th being chased by a passerby, O. M. Eldrich. Eldrich fired at Horn and Horn attempted to fire the automatic at Eldrich. Apparently Horn was unfamiliar with the safety on the automatic and was unable to fire the gun. Pedestrians then overpowered Horn and he was returned to the jail

Yep it was a Browning :)I'll be durn.. $:-\$

GunClick Rick · January 18, 2010, 09:09:00 PM

Quote from: Zip Wyatt on January 18, 2010, 12:59:02 PM
Another Luger rig - I was lucky to find the three-mag holder.

OOOOeeeeyyy!!!!! Better go to the pawn shop and see if i can find a mag pouch..

GunClick Rick · January 19, 2010, 10:41:17 PM

Nice rig man..

Marshal Will Wingam · January 19, 2010, 11:20:17 PM

That's a cool rig, Zip. It has a really clean look. That '87 Winchester is no slouch, either.

Forty Rod · January 23, 2010, 11:44:51 AM

Quote from: Zip Wyatt on January 18, 2010, 12:59:02 PM
Another Luger rig - I was lucky to find the three-mag holder.

This pic has been driving me nuts. Finally I remembered where I'd seen a holster similar to that: in my closet. Two of them, in fact.

Both are by Eubanks Pioneer Leather Co, Boise, Idaho.

Both are reddish-russet, basket weave stamped, and laced in natural rawhide like yours.

One is a 1963-1964 for a Ruger .22 auto. It's a junker and I haven't had the gun in 40 years.

The other has a matching cartridge belt for the Ruger Bearcat I bought for my wife in July, 1965 right after we got married. Belt has 38 loops for .22, is 1 3/4" wide and sized for a 22"waist, and has a square brass buckle. It's hardly been used, and yes... she still has the gun.

Zip Wyatt · January 23, 2010, 03:11:30 PM

The one in my photo was sold by Abercrombie and Fitch and (supposedly) was made by Heiser. "Luger" was written on it.

GunClick Rick · January 23, 2010, 04:51:50 PM

There's a name for ya.Sort of like Tiffany~

Forty Rod · January 23, 2010, 05:55:58 PM

Quote from: GunClick Rick on January 23, 2010, 04:51:50 PM
There's a name for ya.Sort of like Tiffany~

Yeah, used to be. Now it's just one more place selling over-priced impractical clothes to skinny assed teenagers.

Mine don't have that mush info.

The Bearcat is marked with the maker's name / cartouche and RBC and some numbers.

The one for the auto can't be read any more but it's RS something and some numbers.