Wow- My late grandfather an "old geezer" What an insult. I was raised to have better manners than that-and to obliquely infer that I am a liar to boot- why bother to join the Photobucket group to post fotos here, only to be further insulted. He bought his sword, his sidearm and holster, SA Army Colt 1873 (as Patton carried in both his campaign against Mexican bandito Pancho Villa and later, in WW1- You might be correct about officers in the Calvary back then mainly carrying sidearms and sabers, he was a Lt. Col. I believe, but he told me he bought the Krag carbine from a Sgt. who lost his pay in a poker game and needed the money, apparently. Is a Sgt. going to tell a Lt. Colonel he can't carry a shoulder weapon? I think NOT!
