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"...I just want to do something kind of PC for the BP revolver..."___________________Which gets us back to the first question.IMO, if the pistols holster was used in the 1850-1860s it would probably be a full flap style with the gun almost completely enclosed.I am guessing, but I suspect the full flap holster remained popular thru the 1880s.The 1851 .36 caliber Colt was "Brought out in 1850 and manufactured thru 1873: 214348 were made in Hartford..." ("Flaydermans Guide", 6th ed p75) so there is no doubt they were used during the early Cattle era.As I recall, Wild Bill Hikcock carried a pair of them. (No dammet, I wasn't there.)
"...I just want to do something kind of PC for the BP revolver..."
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Which gets us back to the first question.
IMO, if the pistols holster was used in the 1850-1860s it would probably be a full flap style with the gun almost completely enclosed.
I am guessing, but I suspect the full flap holster remained popular thru the 1880s.
The 1851 .36 caliber Colt was "Brought out in 1850 and manufactured thru 1873: 214348 were made in Hartford..." ("Flaydermans Guide", 6th ed p75) so there is no doubt they were used during the early Cattle era.
As I recall, Wild Bill Hikcock carried a pair of them. (No dammet, I wasn't there.)
