Bucheimer & Bucheimer-Clark Fitments

I hesitate to create this post about Bucheimer fitment charts, because it's going to be lengthy yet the brand is not collectible save for the Dirty Harry holsters by Bucheimer-Clark, early '70s (but first appearing in late '30s Clark catalogues).

1950s (see my post on Bucheimer eras to know which your holster is from):

1960s (ditto on the mark for your particular holster):

This is 1960:

This one's 1961:

Continues with 1963. This particular catalogue has both J.M.B. and Bucheimer-Clark combined into it, separated into sequential 'chapters':

Pages from '67, '68 and '69:

1962 Bucheimer-Clark only:

At this point you will have noticed that each of the above is simply a page from the catalogue, vs. a separate, short fitment chart.

1971 JMB only:

1974 JMB only, uses same fitment chart as the'71:

Below I've skipped over other cats to show 1979's JMB only, that is representative of them:

Now for Bucheimer-Clark in CA, it is far easier for me to post a PDF of 1975's lengthy catalogue, of which the Lawman Leather founder brags that he forced them to reprint it without the Dirty Harry holster (the Clark No. 15) in it:

1975 m15 delete.pdf

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And in '77 and '78 the No. 15 reappeared (the newer year is first here):

In 1980, the J.M.B. catalogue; dunno if there was a B-C catalogue that year:

And finally, 1985's under new ownership that didn't last more than a few years, are both brands now merged into the Frederick location:

Above the Combat Protector is the rarest of J.M.B. holsters, never sighted as a complete holster.

THE END :-).

The Bucheimer companies were bankrupted very soon after the sale in '83. We in the industry wondered eventually where they went, not ever knowing that they were closed.

To read more about it all in my book titled "Holstory -- Gunleather of the Twentieth Century

-- the Second Edition", click on the new link at top of page.