Very large flap holster for discussion

rickystl · 31st March 2019, 05:04 PM

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 · 31st March 2019, 08:19 PM

Moving this topic to the Miscellania section

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fernando · 31st March 2019, 08:21 PM

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

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kahnjar1 · 31st March 2019, 08:31 PM

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

thinreadline · 31st March 2019, 10:34 PM

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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.

P14 · 1st April 2019, 07:10 PM

Mars pistol holster?

rickystl · 2nd April 2019, 04:38 PM

Yes. It looks like the Gasser would be a better guess. Agreed.

Rick

31st March 2019, 05:04 PM	#1
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,633	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 Attached Images

31st March 2019, 08:31 PM	#4
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,800	Not C96 IMHO 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 Attached Images Last edited by kahnjar1; 31st March 2019 at 08:52 PM.

1st April 2019, 07:10 PM	#6
P14 Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: UK Posts: 7	Mars pistol holster? Last edited by Robert; 2nd April 2019 at 08:10 AM. Reason: Please post your photos directly to the forum. The use of links is not allowed. If they are too large resize them to fit the format.

31st March 2019, 08:19 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Moving this topic to the Miscellania section .

31st March 2019, 08:21 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	And by the way, i don't know how this holster would fit a Mauser .

2nd April 2019, 04:38 PM	#7
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,633	Yes. It looks like the Gasser would be a better guess. Agreed. Rick