Amazing what hearsay and remembrances can add - or subtract - given that in 1897, Myers opened his leather shop in Sweetwater, Texas - eventually moving to El Paso in 1919...
Captain John R. Hughes had already retired from the Rangers in January of 1915 - having served since August 1887 - so by the time that rig was developed - Hughes' gunfighting days were over.
Here's what 'Packing Iron' has to say - as found on page 194:
"Evidently the joint inspiration of Texas Ranger John R. Hughes and master saddler S.D. Myres of El Paso, Texas, the 'Buscadero' gunbelt was developed during the early 1920's.
Hughes employed a short strap, fixed diagonally on the face of a wide cartridge belt, that slipped through the holster's belt loop and secured with a buckle, canting the holster and pistol grip slightly forward for a faster draw.
Myres simplified the design, introducing a slotted tab that extended along the lower edge of the cartridge belt at the hip.
A modified 'drop-loop' holster, with a belt loop designed to cant the pouch forward as in the Hughes prototype, was suspended from the integral belt tab by passing the back skirt/panel through the slot and securing it to pouch through the skirt loops or, more commonly, by means of an attached strap and buckle.
Unlike historic western holsters, which rode high on the hip for comfort in the saddle, the 'Buscadero' holster rode lower on the thigh and nearer to the gun hand.
Popular for a time among southwestern peace officers, the 'Buscadero' pattern gunbelt found its real market with the celluloid buckaroos of Hollywood".
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