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19TH CENTURY SADDLER MADE 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN CARTRIDGE BELT –EARLY BELT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION – GREAT FOR DISPLAY WITH EARLY US MARTIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOTGUNS:  Made in the same manner as the early “Fair Weather Christian Belts” worn throughout the West, this 12 Gauge Shotgun Cartridge Belt was likely produced on the bench of a frontier saddle shop.  

Fashioned from a 2 ¼” wide woven strap which is very similar to, and very likely is, a piece of strapping a saddler would use to build a girth.  Riveted along the center line of the woven strapping is a 1” wide leather strap which forms the 20 loops for the shotgun cartridges.  The belt body is 34 ½” long.  The leather loop strap extends past the last loop on each end – on one end for the buckle and standing loop, and on the other to form the billet for buckling, resulting in a full length of 41” – plenty long enough to buckle over a pistol belt or a heavy coat.  The both the belt body and the loop strap are in excellent condition, showing some signs of use in the form of mild soiling, but no fraying, no broken loops, and the leather retains a nice shiny surface.  The ends of the belt body are nicely finished with a sewn strip of glove weight leather to prevent the ends from unraveling or fraying.   

This is an attractive belt, very likely made on the frontier which has survived in excellent condition and which would display appropriately with any of the double barrel shotguns in use on the frontier, and well as some of the early slide action shotguns.   (0305) $375

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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