way of carrying bear pistol

[leviathan]

I hope someone on the forum can help me. I would like to know how those long barreled Bear pistols made in   the Southern Mountains  were carried while hunting? On a shoulder strap attached to a holster or just a belt holster? Thanks abunch Gents.

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

...Greetings leviathan.....In Dennis Glazener's excellent book on the Gillespie guns of Henderson Co., NC., on page 22  , is a photograph of a "bear" pistol and the shoulder holster he used, by Matthew Gillespie....Signed ( M.G ) and dated 1842....flintlock, 15"  54 cal. barrel.  ......   

[hanshi]

This is the holster I use.  It works as a shoulder rig, belt rig or mounted on a backpack.