Very large flap holster for discussion

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Very large flap holster , does anyone have any suggestions as to what it would have been for. If a revolver it must have been a massive one as the holster measures 380 mm long and 200 mm across the top .

[rickystl]

Hello

I'll take a wild guess that it may have been made for the Mauser C96 Semi-Auto pistol from the 1890's. It looks like it would be a good fit due to the wide width and narrow barrel section. If so, it would be a nice find. Apparently, this pistol remained popular from the 1890's through the 1930's. Anyway, just my best guess at the moment.

Rick

[fernando]

Moving this topic to the Miscellania section .

[fernando]

And by the way, i don't know how this holster would fit a Mauser .

[kahnjar1]

The shape is all wrong for the C96 as the magazine would not fit into the holster properly. Pic of a C96 holster attached. It is much more squared off to take the gun properly. These also came as a wooden holster which doubled as a detachable shoulder stock.
My guess as to the subject holster would be for a Gasser Montenegren revolver which is a very big beast. Barrel length of these is 235mm with an overall length of 375mm which would fit with what you have. They weighed 1.3kg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasser_M1870
I assume that there is no sign of any marks on the leather?

Stu

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

The shape is all wrong for the C96 as the magazine would not fit into the holster properly. Pic of a C96 holster attached. It is much more squared off to take the gun properly. These also came as a wooden holster which doubled as a detachable shoulder stock.
My guess as to the subject holster would be for a Gasser Montenegren revolver which is a very big beast. Barrel length of these is 235mm with an overall length of 375mm which would fit with what you have. They weighed 1.3kg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasser_M1870
I assume that there is no sign of any marks on the leather?

Stu

Thanks , yes that would be a good candidate ! I can find no markings on it.