bdq holster and spair magazine observation

[lugerholsterrepair]

Jon, I have worked on many luger holsters with this problem. Generally the cutout is too close to the rear. I have found the holsters with dates from the 1940's to be afflicted the worst. I believe the quality of the saddlers at this time was somewhat diminished due to the strains of the war effort. Probably has to do with conscripted slave labor as well. Having built a few luger holsters from scratch I can tell you this area is very difficult to put together even if you try real hard. The holster is started here and if quickly sewn by machine I can easily see how this could happen. When taking holsters apart to repair them I notice this strip of leather on the back of the mag pouch can be shoved in too far, or the magizine slot is simply cut out off center, or both. It is surprising to me to see the many variations in luger holsters. The Germans were obsessive about quality and that is what the waffen ampt stamp is all about. An acceptance stamp declaring the holster is correctly made. Again I have only noticed this problem on the WW2 war era holsters. It is fairly common in my estimation. Jerry