Tell me more! Pistol Braces. (Baldrics)

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

Is there any record of anyone using old fashion Pistol Braces? The proper term is pistol baldric, but I know them as a brace of pistols.

 

[JOHN42768]

Only think of Pommel holsters for the Dragoon horse pistols or maybe Pancho Villa

 

[111thNYSV]

Looks like something the farby guys would run around with. The type where you don't know if they are reenacting the civil war or the glory days of black beard....

 

[sourdough]

It surely is not ACW.

That is only 3 shots and a lot of weight.

Think Missouri guerillas on horseback with revolvers.

Lots of them.

 

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

Looks like something the farby guys would run around with. The type where you don't know if they are reenacting the civil war or the glory days of black beard....

Super farby, lol.

 

[Seduzal]

Sorry but I have no clue. But just wait for a little while and someone will be along to answer your questions.
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[Package4]

Only for Halloween, you should never say never, but very unlikely......there is little doubt that during the frenzy of April '61 all kinds of kits would have been utilized. Very doubtful they survived the first month or even week of camp.

 

[johan_steele]

Pure moonshine piece of equipment. Not practical at all. The buckle would rapidly dig into the shoulder on a march of any kind. The loops securing the pistols are pure fantasy.

something like this might have existed for a pirate but I question even that.

 

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

Pure moonshine piece of equipment. Not practical at all. The buckle would rapidly dig into the shoulder on a march of any kind. The loops securing the pistols are pure fantasy.

something like this might have existed for a pirate but I question even that.

Yah I figured, I thought maybe super early in 1861 of something. I know for a fact they were definitely used in the Golden age of Piracy, lol.

 

[UCVRelics]

I have to agree, pure Bushwha

 

[Story]

Yah I figured, I thought maybe super early in 1861 of something. I know for a fact they were definitely used in the Golden age of Piracy, lol.

Better to reference period woodcuts, in lieu of illustrations from 2010.

Note the minor variations on how the pistols were secured to the shoulder straps (which I could see being repurposed from period cartridge boxes).

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[Story]

By comparison, this Kansas City contemporary artist illustrated one of Quantrill's raiders with two revolvers simply stuffed in his waistbelt

https://i0.wp.com/emergingcivilwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/download-1.jpg?ssl=1

 

[Kentucky Derby Cavalier.]

By comparison, this Kansas City contemporary artist illustrated one of Quantrill's raiders with two revolvers simply stuffed in his waistbelt

https://i0.wp.com/emergingcivilwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/download-1.jpg?ssl=1

Nice.

 

[Greshamian]

A belt hook helps! French-made by Girard for Malta early 1760s