Nightcrawler
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Who here has carried (regularly or at all) a revolver with a 6" (or longer) barrel? Thinking more of field carry than of concealed, but if you manage to conceal a big hogleg I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Any police here ever carry a revolver with a 6" barrel? Was there a reason you chose it over a 4" model?
Hunters, same question? What kind of belt and holster combination did you use? Anybody use a vertical shoulder holster for field carry (seems it would free up more room on the belt)?
What I think would be neat for large handguns would be a load-bearing vertical shoulder holster, that basically attached to your gear belt and served as suspenders for distributing the weight and holding it up (think old military ALICE suspenders). I don't think anyone makes such an item, though.
So, anybody?
Little curious, since CR Sam convinced me not to chop or rebarrel my 25-5 or 57; until I can find a 4" big bore the only two wheelguns I've got have 6" barrels!
Oh, and if you feel like sharing, let's see your hogleg photos!
I'm in the market for better grips. The S&W factory grips featured on the M57 in the picture look good, but are very uncomfortable. The trigger loop would knock against my knuckle and it'd be quite unpleasant.
On the other hand, the Pachmayer Gripper grips are comfy, and nicely, cover the backstrap (necessary on .41 mag, I think) but look kind of icky.
Any suggestions? The M57 now sports Pachmayr grips as well, though they're more traditionally shaped.
Any police here ever carry a revolver with a 6" barrel? Was there a reason you chose it over a 4" model?
Hunters, same question? What kind of belt and holster combination did you use? Anybody use a vertical shoulder holster for field carry (seems it would free up more room on the belt)?
What I think would be neat for large handguns would be a load-bearing vertical shoulder holster, that basically attached to your gear belt and served as suspenders for distributing the weight and holding it up (think old military ALICE suspenders). I don't think anyone makes such an item, though.
So, anybody?
Little curious, since CR Sam convinced me not to chop or rebarrel my 25-5 or 57; until I can find a 4" big bore the only two wheelguns I've got have 6" barrels!
Oh, and if you feel like sharing, let's see your hogleg photos!
I'm in the market for better grips. The S&W factory grips featured on the M57 in the picture look good, but are very uncomfortable. The trigger loop would knock against my knuckle and it'd be quite unpleasant.
On the other hand, the Pachmayer Gripper grips are comfy, and nicely, cover the backstrap (necessary on .41 mag, I think) but look kind of icky.
Any suggestions? The M57 now sports Pachmayr grips as well, though they're more traditionally shaped.