Pat Riot
Contributing Member
A while back @CraigC had a post about a beauty of a Tanker holster and it got me thinking. I hadn’t considered a tanker holster for carrying any of my revolvers. I was considering a chest holster but I recall having a chest pouch for hiking that literally lasted or rode on my chest for about 1.5 hours before I was carrying it stuffed into my backpack.
Wearing a heavier revolver on my hip sometimes just isn’t comfortable after a while. I guess as I get older having 40 ounces of metal pressing on the hip bone just ain’t all that fun any more.
After seeing Craig’s post on his newest Tanker holster I went in search of one for my Ruger GP100. I was having a hard time justifying spending $125-$250 on a holster set up I may not like. I was kind of bummed and then started looking at chest rigs again when I noticed a link to Amazon and a WW2 Tanker rig for a S&W M&P or model 10.
I thought to myself “Forty bucks is a lot less than one or two hundred dollars. I love that model 10 of mine. A .38 Special should be plenty powerful enough for WV man-eating wildlife.”
Besides, my model 10 has been “pretty” long enough. It needs some holster time so I bought the WW2 Tanker holster.
It arrived 2 days ago and was was too tight for my model 10, so I followed the directions of the maker and soaked the holster in water for around 15-20 minutes, wrapped my model 10 in plastic. Cling wrap then gallon baggie - the holster scraped a hole in the lone baggie I tried. I inserted the gun fully secured by the strap and left it hang at room temp until this morning.
Here it is:
I fitted the length of the strap to my svelte shape (round’s a shape) and carried it around a bit. I think I am going to like this holster. If I truly do after a few trips to the lake and the woods then I will look at options for my other favorite revolvers,
Almost forgot the link where I found this one:
World War Supply M3 Victory Revolver Premium Brown Drum Dyed Leather Tanker Shoulder Holster Marked JT&L 1943 Holster Only https://a.co/d/54ArwPn
Wearing a heavier revolver on my hip sometimes just isn’t comfortable after a while. I guess as I get older having 40 ounces of metal pressing on the hip bone just ain’t all that fun any more.
After seeing Craig’s post on his newest Tanker holster I went in search of one for my Ruger GP100. I was having a hard time justifying spending $125-$250 on a holster set up I may not like. I was kind of bummed and then started looking at chest rigs again when I noticed a link to Amazon and a WW2 Tanker rig for a S&W M&P or model 10.
I thought to myself “Forty bucks is a lot less than one or two hundred dollars. I love that model 10 of mine. A .38 Special should be plenty powerful enough for WV man-eating wildlife.”
Besides, my model 10 has been “pretty” long enough. It needs some holster time so I bought the WW2 Tanker holster.
It arrived 2 days ago and was was too tight for my model 10, so I followed the directions of the maker and soaked the holster in water for around 15-20 minutes, wrapped my model 10 in plastic. Cling wrap then gallon baggie - the holster scraped a hole in the lone baggie I tried. I inserted the gun fully secured by the strap and left it hang at room temp until this morning.
Here it is:
I fitted the length of the strap to my svelte shape (round’s a shape) and carried it around a bit. I think I am going to like this holster. If I truly do after a few trips to the lake and the woods then I will look at options for my other favorite revolvers,
Almost forgot the link where I found this one:
World War Supply M3 Victory Revolver Premium Brown Drum Dyed Leather Tanker Shoulder Holster Marked JT&L 1943 Holster Only https://a.co/d/54ArwPn
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