Cross draw Luger holsters

Major Tom · 05-04-2023, 08:13 AM

All photos I've seen show the Luger holster on the left hip. Why? Was it because they used their left hand to use the pull up strap?

ithacaartist · 05-04-2023, 05:49 PM

With the belt usually worn relatively high, cross drawing the pistol is easier. Left hand on the pull up strap also makes sense.

calibrator · 06-18-2023, 12:42 PM

I bought one of these 12+yrs ago. Sat unused in a draw since day one, and have no use for it. It was left hand so the Cavalry could swing a sword in the right hand;

https://www.cmrfirearms.com/pistols-...fn7-p-487.html

Vlim · 06-19-2023, 05:47 AM

Always fun to see them worn incorrectly in the majority of war movies.

05-04-2023, 08:13 AM	#1
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 228 Times in 125 Posts	Cross draw Luger holsters All photos I've seen show the Luger holster on the left hip. Why? Was it because they used their left hand to use the pull up strap? __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

05-04-2023, 05:49 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,369 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	With the belt usually worn relatively high, cross drawing the pistol is easier. Left hand on the pull up strap also makes sense. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

06-18-2023, 12:42 PM	#3
calibrator User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cave Creek Posts: 315 Thanks: 55 Thanked 243 Times in 93 Posts	I bought one of these 12+yrs ago. Sat unused in a draw since day one, and have no use for it. It was left hand so the Cavalry could swing a sword in the right hand; https://www.cmrfirearms.com/pistols-...fn7-p-487.html

06-19-2023, 05:47 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Always fun to see them worn incorrectly in the majority of war movies.