The 1805 was issued to Dragoons, by the war of 1812. (and probably before.) Although they were considered horse pistols, carried in some sort of saddle scabbard. I could not find a photograph of one, aside from a Pirates of the Caribbean type movie creation. I couldn't even find an example from a museum. Once a dragoon dismounted, I'm not exactly sure how they were officially to be carried. I actually tried to find historical photos of how they would be carried on a battlefield... or while on a naval ship, and I found nothing. I find it hard to believe that military doctrine of the time would have a soldier just tuck a pistol through their belt, or put it in a coat pocket, or in a haversack, etc. Maybe the flintlock pistol was such an afterthought, that's really how it was done. Thus, I came up with this anachronism, based on much later Western Holsters of the late 1800's. -A very long winded response to say, yes, it would have been a real advantage to have a way to securely carry one.