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REVOLVER HOLSTERS, COLT'S CALIBER .38 AND CALIBER .45, LONG AND SUORT 



BARREL. 



(Plate XI.) 



There are three revolver holsters of the same general design. They 

 are for the Colt's caliber .38, the Colt's caliber .45 long-barrel, and 

 the Colt's caliber ,.45 short-barrel revolvers. 



All of these are made of russet collar leather, weighing 9 to 9h 

 ounces per square foot. 



The parts are — 

 1 body. 

 1 billet. 

 1 loop. 



1 holster button, washer, and safe. 

 1 ring, stud, and washer. 



The body is stamped on the front with the letters "U. S.," sur- 

 rounded b}'' an oval, and is punched near the bottom on the inside 

 with a small hole for drainage. A bronzed button for fastening the 

 billet is riveted to the body, the inside washer being covered by a 

 leather safe, stitched in place. The seam at the top of the body is 

 reinforced by a piece of leather stitched inside across the seam. 

 A circular bottom is sewed in flush wdth the body, and into this is 

 riveted an eye and ring, of bronzed brass, for attaching the elk-skin 

 leg thongs. 



The billet is fastened to the body mth three No. 12 brass belt 

 rivets, to the loop with two, and is provided with a hole and slit for 

 button. 



The loop is doubled and stitched to the body, the stitching being 

 reinforced by three No. 12 brass rivets passing through both thick- 

 nesses and the body, and three tlirough the inner fold and body in 

 addition to the two which fasten it to the flap. The loop is made 

 large enough to pass over the woven rifle cartridge belt when filled 

 with cartridges. 



CARTRIDGE BELT, MODEL OF 1903, FOR .30 CALIBER MAGAZINE RIFLE, AND SUS- 

 PENDERS, MODEL OF 1907, FOR CARTRIDGE BELTS. 



(Plate XII.) 



Specifications for Belts. — Each woven cartridge belt to be 

 straight and 3^ inches wide, having nine pockets each, of the" re- 

 quired size for holding two clips, each clip containing five cartridges. 

 Each pocket shall be woven with its trp even with the top edge of 

 the belt body, and shall be provided with a substantial flap extend- 

 ing the full depth of the pocket, or substantially to the bottom. 

 The pockets may, in the discretion of the Department, be made 

 with woven partitions for separating the clips. Each pocket will be 



