GoWolfpack
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Malamute, I love to see a gun with some honest wear on it, and that one's just about covered up with it. That belongs right up there with the BBQ guns Cocked & Locked was showing earlier.
Can't see from the photo, but that looks a lot like a cavalry holster. They were indeed of that type, but worn butt-forward on the right side, allowing a draw with either hand.This is a real horseman holster that protects the firearm from accidental discharges from brush and twigs as well as keeping most of the dirt, debries, and things that can cause failure to fire out.
It's also a cross draw a good type for horseback riding.
I like that!A modern cartridge box would be neat. Maybe design it so that the rounds in it can be on speedstrips if desired?
Originally posted by CraigC
I've just about sworn off cartridge loops altogether. I'm gonna come up with a cartridge box based on post Civil War era originals in perhaps 10rd and 20rd versions.
I've made calvary style holsters with full flap that snapped down. Pistol sits so deep I don't have to keep it snapped, it stays put and dry.
Once again, you and I are in agreement.If I ever have to go through Hell and High Water, a secure functioning pistol (with clear bore) is more important to me than the second, (or half second) it takes to get it out.
That's my thinking, too. A deep holster, well moulded, will hold a pistol securely. I did use a flap holster my first tour in Viet Nam, when I carried a personally-owned Colt M357 and found it took care of the gun under some of the nastiest conditions you can imagine.
n another thread, I was asked to post a picture of my holster for single action revolvers. This is one I have used for quite a while -- a plain, working holster.
As you can see, this holster is different from the standard Three Persons Holster. For one thing, I spend a lot of time on horseback (the bowie knife is for hacking through brambles and branches in the Ozarks.) A gun that exposes the trigger guard and leaves half the gun hanging out like a starlett's boobs on opening night is going to result in a lost or damaged gun. If you need a thong to hold your gun in the holster, by the time you get back from bashing through the woods, your holster will be empty.
With this design the holster "swallows" the gun and keeps it safe. And the holster is formed to the gun for greater security.
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Malamute,My poor dainty Smith seemed to work fine the 6 or so years I spent mostly living outside in all weather, sleeping on the ground as often as not, and carried daily over many years. It got cleaned once or twice a year over a couple years, I'm sure it was cleaned more aften after getting out of the backyard shrubbery though. I'm not a cowboy, nor have I played one on TV, but besides being semi-nomadic those years, I spent some time in the northern rockies wrangling dudes and hunters off horses a bit. The poor dainty Smith somehow still worked fine with minimal care and my hollywood Threepersons rigs. I didn't realize how lucky I was.
One never truly knows when their arm will be required, if so, I'd have a rifle in hand, not a sixgun when that moment arrived. We all make choices in our arms and gear. One mans choice may seem like a handicap to another, we all make that decision. I choose not to handicap myself for quickness of use or security. If someone else makes another choice, more power to them, I can respect that, especially if it's backed by experience and their individual situation. I feel some make choices based on theory more than actual use though. My poor old Smith, and the Threepersons type holster I had made to order.