[John Sabato]

Speaking of underarm 'jackass' type shoulder rigs... I have a question that I have been meaning to ask for a long time.

Back in the mid 60's there was a show on TV called "I SPY" with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby... you can still probably catch it once in while on TVLAND or Nickelodeon... Anyway, Robert Cult played an American espionage agent and he carried a Walther P-38 variant... perhaps with a shortened barrel in a shoulder rig that carried the gun butt forward and hanging down under his arm. I was never able to determine what kind of latch or mechanism kept this gun in the holster but I do know that on camera all he had to do was insert it and it stayed there... there was no fumbling with a strap to secure it... and as far as I could tell, there was nothing behind the gunbutt that held it in...

Does anyone in this crowd, especially our holster guru Jerry know anything about how that holster was constructed in such a way to make that gun available yet secure enough not to fall out while running? I have owned excellent revolver holsters that were worn under the arm virtually upside down but the gun is retained by elastic holding a leather pocket around the curve in the trigger guard... this approach won't work with a P-38 or Luger...

Any insight would be appreciated.