Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Leave us pretend that you have one of these holsters. A Bianchi 127 cross draw. You can't tell very well from the picture but the back is split, and there's a spring on both the front side and the back side of the holster at the split. That's what actually holds the gun. That safety strap is completely removable. So you have this holster. And it is sized for a Smith & Wesson Model 39. Do you believe that it would hold a Walther P38? Second question, do you believe that it would hold a Luger - standard 4-inch 9 mm? That is what the hero in a series of books carries - a Model 39 in that Bianchi holster. In one book he goes to Mexico, and naturally he does not attempt to smuggle his gun into the country. He buys one while there on the black market. Carries it in that holster. In the book I'm currently reading he has gone to Spain, and again has not tried to smuggle his gun into the country. Buys a Luger on the black market and is planning to carry it in that Bianchi holster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 if the author of the book wants him to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Guns fit in holsters. Some guns fit in some holsters better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Understanding that we are researching a fictional situation, that holster is rather amorphous, and would most likely hold nearly anything that didn't have too long a barrel, probably all of the three mentioned. How well or securely is another issue. I can't see an operative who would need to pass customs taking the chance on bringing a holster. He could get one of those more easily than the handgun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 If you search Bianchi for OWB holsterS for Luger and P38 you get no results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: I can't see an operative who would need to pass customs taking the chance on bringing a holster. He could get one of those more easily than the handgun. I agree. When he first aquired it I thought that was a dumb piece of literature.. He carried a Smith & Wesson 38. It got knocked out of his hands during a fight and hit a pipe and dented the barrel. He needed a new gun. So it goes to this place where he can get a gun without any paperwork. He tells the man that he had been using the Smith 38 but he was interested in the new Smith 9mm. After handling it for a little bit, and deciding he liked the feel, he pulled his coat open and stuck it in his shoulder holster to see how it fit. The salesman said, condescendingly, "You're not still using a shoulder holster in this day and age??" And that he sells him on the Bianchi cross draw belt holster. When he pays for the two of them, he paid $600 for the pistol, which was about three times MSRP, and $150 for the holster, which again was three to four times MSRP. And there was no paperwork. "For that price I knew there wouldn't be." I could see paying top dollar to get an unpapered pistol. He's a criminal. He doesn't want paper lying around showing he's got a gun. But the holster? In 1970? Just go down to Walmart and buy one, or any of your better sporting goods stores. No one cares who you are. No one does any paperwork on it. And it would cost $35 or $40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Musta been a helluva pipe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Knocked out of his holster by what? I can’t imagine something with that much force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Knocked out of his holster by what? I can’t imagine something with that much force. Knocked out of his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Musta been a helluva pipe! Yeah, that's what I thought. He's hard on guns. In one book he went through four of them. The plane was hijacked, and he killed two of the hijackers, then buried his gun in the desert before they started walking out. Later he killed somebody else, so he dumped that gun in the bay. They had gone through the wall of an elevator into a bank vault, and it sounds like the cops are nearby, so he pulls his gun and his partner snatches it out of his hand and throws it down to the bottom of the elevator shaft. "No shooting!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 id carry the S&W M39 instead myself , i do actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Most criminals don't use holsters, easy to toss a gun if caught, but hard to get that holster off your belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 For what it's worth, my 1911 fits amazingly well in my holsters for SAA clones Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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