The Public Broadcasting System for Guns & Gunleather
Updated: May 21
This one will be updated often, and the updates won't appear at the beginning of the post; but rather in category then date order.
PDFs represent the tiniest fraction of my holstorical holdings that instead are nearly all JPG images, for ease of visual searches for, say, the appearance of a particular model in a company's catalogs. The PDFs are only useful to me because they c/b word-searched. For example my catalogs are complete for most makers back 100 years but are not in PDF form so not shared here, that w/b crazy with 30,000 files that include newspaper appearances, business filings, obituaries, etc.
Books:
1944 gun digest
.pdf
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1952 gun digest
.pdf
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1953 gun digest
.pdf
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1954 askins gun digest (1)
.pdf
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1966 gun digest
.pdf
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1984 holster & other by combs (1)
.pdf
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1984 holster & other by combs (2)
.pdf
Download PDF • 8.16MB
Articles:
1932 AR
.pdf
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1953 02 (1)
.pdf
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1954 askins gun digest (1)
.pdf
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1955 goerg shoulder holster (1)
.pdf
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1955 05 guns (1)
.pdf
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1955 askins ah
.pdf
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1956 askins gun digest (1)
.pdf
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1959 03
.pdf
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1960 03 thell reed
.pdf
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1960 Keith, Elmer On Combat Quick Draw Guns 2-60
.pdf
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1966 07 askins (1)
.pdf
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1970 herrett (1)
.pdf
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1972 holstein
.pdf
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1976 AR
.pdf
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1978 8 sparks (1)
.pdf
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1980 perkins interview
.pdf
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1986 arganbright roundup
.pdf
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1986 concealed
.pdf
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1989
.pdf
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1978 8 sparks (1)
.pdf
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1991 schmidt
.pdf
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1992 sparks
.pdf
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1993 arganbright roundup
.pdf
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1993 man at arms
.pdf
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1997
.pdf
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1998 arganbright roundup
.pdf
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2013 11 ballistic testing
.pdf
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2013 metcalf (1)
.pdf
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Catalogs:
Myres -
1925 el paso (1)
.pdf
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1931 myres (1)
.pdf
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1938 myres (1)
.pdf
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1940 myres only saddlery (1)
.pdf
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Bianchi -
1962
.pdf
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1967 (2)
.pdf
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1969-70 (1)
.pdf
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1976-77 (1)
.pdf
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Colorado & Hunter -
1947ish no. 3
.pdf
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1958-9 hunter
.pdf
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1961 hunter
.pdf
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1968 hunter
.pdf
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1970 hunter
.pdf
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Sparks -
1988 sparks includes 1987 (1)
.pdf
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1997 sparks (1)
.pdf
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Wolfram and Colt's -
1957 Colt's
.pdf
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1960 Colt's
.pdf
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1961 Colt's
.pdf
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1967 11 (1)
.pdf
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1970 colts (1)
.pdf
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Berns-Martin -
1963 elberton (1)
.pdf
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Heiser and Keyston -
13 heiser 1909 (1)
.pdf
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32 heiser 1939 (1)
.pdf
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35 heiser 1942
.pdf
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103 keyston 1976
.pdf
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107 keyston NV 1986 (1)
.pdf
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Hume and Herrett's -
1963 herretts
.pdf
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1963 hume
.pdf
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1972 hume
.pdf
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1973 hume
.pdf
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1976 hume (1)
.pdf
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Galco and Jackass -
1979 04 jackass (1)-compressed
.pdf
Download PDF • 2.60MB
Safariland -
1967 & 1968 (1)
.pdf
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1971 safariland
.pdf
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1975 safariland
.pdf
Download PDF • 1.30MB
Bucheimer companies -
1951-1981 jmb ads
.pdf
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1971 1 (2)
.pdf
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1975 m15 delete
.pdf
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1976 bucheimer (1)
.pdf
Download PDF • 8.49MB
Safety Speed -
2000 no clamshells only forwards (1)
.pdf
Download PDF • 3.23MB
Andy Anderson -
1969 catalog (1)
.pdf
Download PDF • 1.71MB
Alessi -
1980ish alessi
.pdf
Download PDF • 547KB
1997 alessi (1)
.pdf
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Roy Baker -
1977 baker (1)
.pdf
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1976 baker (1)
.pdf
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Bruce Nelson -
1986 (1)
.pdf
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Seventrees -
1969 color
.pdf
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SNICK -
1970s snick brochure (1)
.pdf
Download PDF • 1.69MB
Rogers -
1982 (1)
.pdf
Download PDF • 1.63MB
Gunleather Patents -
There are hundreds of seminal patents but here I've only posted those I've on hand. Few people including lawyers can 'read' a patent; for example, the 1929 patent to E.E. Clark (see that year below) is only for the offside attachment of the shoulder holster harness and is not 'directed' to the invention of the holster itself; which was 'in the prior art'.
1945 ohlemeyer US2396118
.pdf
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1953 gaylord US2765968
.pdf
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1955 US2758762
.pdf
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1932 (1)
.pdf
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1932a (1)
.pdf
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1925 patent (1)
.pdf
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1934
.pdf
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1963 US3168972
.pdf
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1966 US3352467 courtlandt
.pdf
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1884 patent
.pdf
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1977
.pdf
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1932 US1876613
.pdf
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1935 US2001321 (1)
.pdf
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1929 patent
.pdf
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1957 US2917213
.pdf
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1967 US3420420 assign b-c
.pdf
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1961 D192364 assign b-c
.pdf
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1966 US3300109 assign b-c (1)
.pdf
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1964 US3250448 assign b-c
.pdf
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1962 US3200021 assign b-c
.pdf
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1978 USD255141 assign tandy (1)
.pdf
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1976 US4062481 assign tandy
.pdf
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1976 US4079870 assign tandy
.pdf
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1976 USD247043 assign tandy
.pdf
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1973 filing bto (1)
.pdf
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1980 filed (1)
.pdf
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1933 US2037132
.pdf
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1935 US2109232 (1)
.pdf
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1975 USD237073
.pdf
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1933 US1930203
.pdf
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1975 2 US3865289 boren (1)
.pdf
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1970 US3642183 (1)
.pdf
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1970 angell (1)
.pdf
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1953 gaylord US2765968
.pdf
Download PDF • 345KB
patent D264748_Holster[1] 1 piece shoulder
.pdf
Download PDF • 98KB
patent 3938717_Magazine_holder[1]
.pdf
Download PDF • 107KB
patent 3870208_HANDCUFF_CASE[2]
.pdf
Download PDF • 130KB
patent 3583611_HOLSTER[1] strap snap
.pdf
Download PDF • 181KB
patent 3777952 SECURE HOLSTER FOR REVOLVERS
.pdf
Download PDF • 219KB
patent 3777954_CARTRIDGE_POUCH[1]
.pdf
Download PDF • 111KB
patent 3583612_INSIDE_THE_PANTS_HOLSTER[1]
.pdf
Download PDF • 105KB
1972 patent app
.pdf
Download PDF • 593KB
1980 patent app
.pdf
Download PDF • 719KB
Read more in my book titled "Holstory -- Gunleather of the Twentieth Century -- the Second Edition" that is available at www.holstory.com and printed for you/shipped to you in USA.