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<blockquote data-quote="trbii" data-source="post: 3631942" data-attributes="member: 2449"><p>My understanding of the holsters being built for the Colt SAA style revolvers back then was that they were generously sized, simple, sturdy, open topped. Now considered “bucket holsters”. No retention features, so hammer “tie down” leather strings were a common fix for civilian use. U.S. Army Cavalry used full flap holsters during the civil war, then onward through the Indian wars, Spanish American war (Roosevelt’s Rough Riders), WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and so on. I read the hand gun bearer through the late 1800’s kept the tie down looped over his hammer spur while riding, then thumbed it off after his feet hit the ground. If a mountain lion or bear rushed him while in camp, he was ready. The holsters that really needed a leg strap to keep it in place during a fast, emergency draw was the soft, calfskin, thin unsuitable models like they had Buck Cannon carrying on most of the old episode of High Chaparral in the late 1960’s. Supposedly, the calfskin holsters would clamp down, squeeze, drag and impede the fast draw attempt horribly. To the writers of that western you have to give them credit for practicle type reality script/plot lines. Not a lot of fast drawing, silly gun fights. A lot of battle scenes with the Apache’s and Mexican bandits showing a lot of shooting, and missing. From horseback and ground positions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trbii, post: 3631942, member: 2449"] My understanding of the holsters being built for the Colt SAA style revolvers back then was that they were generously sized, simple, sturdy, open topped. Now considered “bucket holsters”. No retention features, so hammer “tie down” leather strings were a common fix for civilian use. U.S. Army Cavalry used full flap holsters during the civil war, then onward through the Indian wars, Spanish American war (Roosevelt’s Rough Riders), WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and so on. I read the hand gun bearer through the late 1800’s kept the tie down looped over his hammer spur while riding, then thumbed it off after his feet hit the ground. If a mountain lion or bear rushed him while in camp, he was ready. The holsters that really needed a leg strap to keep it in place during a fast, emergency draw was the soft, calfskin, thin unsuitable models like they had Buck Cannon carrying on most of the old episode of High Chaparral in the late 1960’s. Supposedly, the calfskin holsters would clamp down, squeeze, drag and impede the fast draw attempt horribly. To the writers of that western you have to give them credit for practicle type reality script/plot lines. Not a lot of fast drawing, silly gun fights. A lot of battle scenes with the Apache’s and Mexican bandits showing a lot of shooting, and missing. From horseback and ground positions. [/QUOTE]
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