View Single Post
Unread 01-28-2013, 10:21 PM   #14
sheepherder
Lifer
Lifetime Forum
Patron
 
sheepherder's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal...
Posts: 8,197
Thanks: 1,416
Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by CAP Black View Post
Dear Crnaruka:
Your holster is very interesting. If you look at a book on Lugers by Datik (sp) which was published in the 1950's you will find a picture of a wooden holster that closely resembles yours.
Jack
Datig does show a holster-stock on pg 179 but it is more 'parallel', not tapered like the OP's. Datig's looks more like a Mauser holster-stock in that regard. Datig even states that it is 'Mauser Type' and that it is 8"...
__________________
I like my coffee the
way I like my women...
...Cold and bitter...
sheepherder is offline   Reply With Quote