I have my Uncle's Tanker holster from WW11 ( open top with the webbing loops for x6 rounds) Has 423 stamped in the interior. Any thoughts?
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I have my Uncle's Tanker holster from WW11 ( open top with the webbing loops for x6 rounds) Has 423 stamped in the interior. Any thoughts?
"Tanker" as in short barreled? Or was HE a tankie?
For the Enfield tanker revolver.
I've never seen a holster for one! Are photos possible?!?
I believe hotel71b is referring to the Enfield No.2 Mark 1* revolver. It is the double action, spurless hammer version of the revolver mistakenly believed to be a model made for the Tank Corps of the British Army.
Just so we're all on the same exact subject, is not the revolver in question one of these?:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ields015-1.jpg
Option #1
Or is it one of these?:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ields013-1.jpg
Option #2
That is indeed the revolver in question.
Info on the long and short versions of the RTC holster here:
1. Pattern 1937 Web Equipment
2. Pattern 1937 Web Equipment
Mark
Nothing in there about the "snubbie" (option 1) that I could see, but I'm prone to miss the obvious at times!Quote:
Originally Posted by peregrinvs
Good links, though! :thup:
I'd assume the 2" barrel was a post-service commercial modification. I've had a quick skim through my copies of the Skennerton books on the No.2 revolver and WWII British small arms contracts and can't find any mentions of No.2's with shortened barrels.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoore
Happy to be corrected, etc.
Cheers,
Mark
There was a shorter barrel version converted post war for the Police. It had a shorter barrel ( diffrent to the cut barrel shown above) which I don't beleive was a conversion but was a new made item, and they had the lanyard ring removed as part of the mod (Often they are described as missing the ring).
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...IMGP6418-1.jpg