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The Frontiersman’s Mexican Loop Holster

by | Aug 1, 2008 | Art, Guns and Culture

From the mid-1870's to today, this gunleather form is still the classic Western holster.
"Before leaving the train, I had prudently strapped to my waist a new (how distressingly new) Colt’s six-shooter, that looked and felt a yard long ... the rig I had taken so much time in selecting and felt so proud of [was] quickly consigned to the scrap heap ... [My] pistol had to be stripped of its flap holster and rehabited in the


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