Holster Question

[MikeM.]

Can anyone help me figure out what would be the most authentic style holster for a 1862 Colt Pocket Navy revolver that would have been used by an Arkansas Confederate Soldier??? If so, can anyone recommend a vendor/maker???? Thanks....Mike McSpadden

[forrestcav]

Re: Holster Question

if i'm correct the pocket pistol is a small gentleman's pistol in the .31 caliber range? My thinking would be to use a slim jim type holster.

[GWagner]

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I made a slim jim for mine from a free online pattern.

It is attached here. Use the one for the small revolver. It works great for that model. make sure you print it on tabloid paper...13X17...or it will be too small. Also, trim it to length on the bottom before sewing.

[David Fox]

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Most-all of this sort of revolver I've seen offered with an original belt holster had a holster of a vaguely military pattern with the leather flap extention secured by a flat loop sewn to the holster body, over the revolver's cylinder. Both butt front and butt to the rear configuration.

[GWagner]

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Here is an original with a Wells Fargo in it.

http://ocyoung.com/images/RBinHolst2.jpg

Something ele to keep in mind is this was a "pocket" pistol. I sometimes carry mine in my sack coat pocket.

[tsgalloway]

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Here's an original rig of mine. The holster is made for a Colt "Root" revolver. Mine is a .28 caliber, but the "Root" revolver was also produced in .31 caliber.

[tsgalloway]

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To add: This belt w/ holster, cap box and revolver came from a family in Tennesee. The cap box is most likely of Confederate origin given the construction and design.

[PogueMahone]

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Heck, I made my own by folding a piece of paper around the pistol and getting an outline started. I traced that out, cut along the lines and folded it over and stapled the sides and slipped in the pistol to verify the fit, then pulled the staples and used it as a pattern on the leather. I made the belt loop by eyeballing it. It isn't fancy and it isn't based off an original, but I figure it looks like what someone might have made for themselves back then from an old chunk of leather. I probably spent more time thinking about how to do it than actually doing it. The hardest part was guessing where the belt loop should go since I had to stitch it on the back before I stitched the holster closed.

Fun little project, especially if you like to cuss.

[MikeM.]

Re: Holster Question

Thanks to all...Mike McSpadden