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bill m · 11-19-2001, 03:37 PM

hi jon,

I like to try and match the same date of holster to the gun. It makes it easier and less confusing to keep everything straight. From what I have observed and read, I think one year back or one year ahead is more realistic. I do not feel a 1939 dated Luger would be issued with a 1934, 1935, 1936, or 1937 dated holster. My opinion is that, as Bill stated, the Lugers were issued seperately in wooden crates, but the German's would not have a huge inventory held over. They had a very good estimate of what Luger production was going to be for each month and year, and put contracts out for only a certain amount of holsters. No doubt there was some overlap, but at 85,000 to 135,000 Lugers being produced in the later years, I feel they stayed fairly even in holsters to Lugers and did not have huge stockpiles of either. It is sure possible that some holster dated 1935 was not issued until 1941, but you'll have a hard time explaining it to most people. And, on that note, why do you seldom ever see a really, really nice 1934 or 1935 dated holster? Because they were issued early and saw more years of use.

11-19-2001, 03:37 PM	#6
bill m User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 385 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: matching luger and holster date fact or fiction hi jon, I like to try and match the same date of holster to the gun. It makes it easier and less confusing to keep everything straight. From what I have observed and read, I think one year back or one year ahead is more realistic. I do not feel a 1939 dated Luger would be issued with a 1934, 1935, 1936, or 1937 dated holster. My opinion is that, as Bill stated, the Lugers were issued seperately in wooden crates, but the German's would not have a huge inventory held over. They had a very good estimate of what Luger production was going to be for each month and year, and put contracts out for only a certain amount of holsters. No doubt there was some overlap, but at 85,000 to 135,000 Lugers being produced in the later years, I feel they stayed fairly even in holsters to Lugers and did not have huge stockpiles of either. It is sure possible that some holster dated 1935 was not issued until 1941, but you'll have a hard time explaining it to most people. And, on that note, why do you seldom ever see a really, really nice 1934 or 1935 dated holster? Because they were issued early and saw more years of use.