hawg
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The slim Jim with the fully exposed trigger guard is probably the least period correct looking holster I own. It's also closer to period correct because it's really snug fitting. I actually have a set of them
quicker draw with those holstersHere's one of Craig C.'s with an 1860 Colt.View attachment 1104303View attachment 1104302
I'm like Hawg...I prefer more period correct gun leather....just me.
I don’t know about you old timers and I’m sure you had your quick draw phase in life.There's a lot of us like that Mick. Maybe some of these young whippersnappers will come around. We can't be the only ones left interested in history.
Bushwhack as in Mugger?I'm like Hawg...I prefer more period correct gun leather....just me.
Being able to cock the pistol before drawing it out of the holster would be more important to me than an exposed trigger. But.....the "quick draw" is mostly a Hollywood fabrication. The "bushwhack" would be the most common method of gun fighting in the old west.
Bushwhack as in Mugger?
Think Ike Clanton and Virgil Earp.Bushwhack as in shooting somebody with a shotgun from an alley. Nobody wanted to take a chance on getting shot because even a wound often lead to death from infection. One on one street fights were extremely rare and fast draw wasn't done. That's a Hollyweird fantasy to sell movie tickets. If they made a movie about how the old west really was nobody would watch it.
Then was what was called " buffaloeing" where the offending party got whacked over the head with a pistol barrel. Took the fight outta them and they usually woke up in jail with a real bad headache.Bushwhack as in shooting somebody with a shotgun from an alley. Nobody wanted to take a chance on getting shot because even a wound often lead to death from infection. One on one street fights were extremely rare and fast draw wasn't done. That's a Hollyweird fantasy to sell movie tickets. If they made a movie about how the old west really was nobody would watch it.
I’m going to start using that term now!Think Ike Clanton and Virgil Earp.
Think Ike Clanton and Virgil Earp.
That’s very logicalI figure a fake holster is ok for my fake colt saa.
I call it Modern Vintage!I'm pretty sure a half ars home made/picked up/found anywhere holster is 100% period correct.
You know plenty of folks tried hard, but didn't quite get there to what they were aiming at.
NICE! what size pistol is that? I like the compactness50 bucks. Perrfect fit. Quick shipping. Whats not to like.
I could probably super quick draw that gun easily and spin it4 3/4
I could probably super quick draw that gun easily and spin it
that’s funny! I’m looking at a short 1873 .357. I like that these clones look so good and are functional. And priced to wear and shoot and have fun withhahahahaha. spinning hurts my arthritic fingers. I have a few clones and have been favoring the shorter barrels lately. The one in the pic has the dreaded retractable firing pin. I have found it totally reliable and it has found a place as my knock around gun when i'm at my camp in the Appalachians. I'm a city boy that becomes Jeremiah Johnson on the weekends.
I could probably super quick draw that gun easily and spin it