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bill m · 08-14-2001, 01:48 PM

I have a slightly different opinion on the dated holsters. I think most of the left over WWI holsters were used in the Weimar military and police. I personally do not think a 1915 dated holster was ever issued with a byf 41 Luger. My opinion is that the date of the holster should be fairly close to the date of the gun and perferrable the same date. As I mentioned in my above message, I think the 1934 holsters were issued with the G-date Lugers (1935), but from then on, things were usually one date ealier or one date later. There are no doubt exceptions to all of this, but to have a 1940 code 42 Luger issued with a 1936 holster just doesn't seem reasonable to me. There were thousands of Lugers made each year and thousands of holsters. If they were being issued, the overlap would not be 100,000's of thousands of holsters. I'll stick with the same year date as it makes it all very simple.

08-14-2001, 01:48 PM	#12
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Left over WWI Holsters I have a slightly different opinion on the dated holsters. I think most of the left over WWI holsters were used in the Weimar military and police. I personally do not think a 1915 dated holster was ever issued with a byf 41 Luger. My opinion is that the date of the holster should be fairly close to the date of the gun and perferrable the same date. As I mentioned in my above message, I think the 1934 holsters were issued with the G-date Lugers (1935), but from then on, things were usually one date ealier or one date later. There are no doubt exceptions to all of this, but to have a 1940 code 42 Luger issued with a 1936 holster just doesn't seem reasonable to me. There were thousands of Lugers made each year and thousands of holsters. If they were being issued, the overlap would not be 100,000's of thousands of holsters. I'll stick with the same year date as it makes it all very simple.