FWIW, during the Phillipine Insurrectuion, a number of U.S. Army officers acquired (bought, begged or
) Broomhandled Mausers, in .30 Mauser, which had considerably more power than the .38 Long Colt revolvers that was proving ineffective in stopping the fanatical native warriors. (I know of at least one that belonged to the father (a colonel) of a WWII buddy of my father. Last time I saw it, it had been reblued by my Dad's buddy. It needed it! Even polishing for the rebluing, didn't cover the pits, most likely caused by tropical corrosion!) Meadows' book shows a flap holster for such a piece, although, if the colonel had one, his son never saw it.) The holsters were manufactured by the Maestranza de Manila (Manila Arsenal). When I talked with my Dad's comrade-in-arms, before both of them passed on, I was told that the colonel's Mauser was marked "Von Lengerke and Detmold", and had a large hammer ring, manufactured c. 1902. The .30 Mauser round is somewhat close to the M-1 Carbine cartridge...perhaps slightly less powerful, but certainly much more effective than the .38 LC.