threoh8
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Here's the US Army's answer, circa 1930:
handgun to go with a horse
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Here's the US Army's answer, circa 1930:
Taroman
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Agree, a 1911.
farm23
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I have not read all replies but I carry a 45 SA Ruger. Most of my riding is on horses that are not use to gun shots so I don't shoot on horse back.
biohazurd
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Ill take a pair of .357 Vaqueros if I needed some horse type guns. It would just be weird riding a horse and carrying a Glock or S&w M&p.
44 Mag Ruger Vaquero
1917 Colt New Service Army (that lanyard ring is a plus on horseback)
Either worn cross draw in a flap holster.
1917 Colt New Service Army (that lanyard ring is a plus on horseback)
Either worn cross draw in a flap holster.
kBob
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threo8,
Thanks, looks like in the hands on those FN FALs.
I actually had a JROTC instructor who's first assignment in the US Army was as horse mounted cav, at the time I was too much of a stupid kid to ask him much about it.
Taro
That is my favorite military style holster. I bought one in 1980 and wore it in uniform in the field in Europe. I always wore the tie down strapped to my leg. The main thing I liked was that as an officer then I was always getting in and out of the VN era "Mutt" "Jeep" and the then issue design holster had a distressing habit of getting hung up in the seat frame when dismounting. One of the DivArty Staff Weennies (why do the worst always seem to be Majors?) used to call it my gunfighter's holster. Anyhow I can see that low slug swivel mounted holster being very useful from a horse.....unfortunately I can not for the life of me find that 34 year old holster among my stuff ( stuff is actually a biblical word found in the story of David)
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Thanks, looks like in the hands on those FN FALs.
I actually had a JROTC instructor who's first assignment in the US Army was as horse mounted cav, at the time I was too much of a stupid kid to ask him much about it.
Taro
That is my favorite military style holster. I bought one in 1980 and wore it in uniform in the field in Europe. I always wore the tie down strapped to my leg. The main thing I liked was that as an officer then I was always getting in and out of the VN era "Mutt" "Jeep" and the then issue design holster had a distressing habit of getting hung up in the seat frame when dismounting. One of the DivArty Staff Weennies (why do the worst always seem to be Majors?) used to call it my gunfighter's holster. Anyhow I can see that low slug swivel mounted holster being very useful from a horse.....unfortunately I can not for the life of me find that 34 year old holster among my stuff ( stuff is actually a biblical word found in the story of David)
-kBob
BobWright
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Are you just going to place it on top of the horse, or mount it in some way?
The horse must stand very still.
Bob Wright
The horse must stand very still.
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Vern Humphrey
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Regarding carrying a long arm while mounted, the saddle scabbard is a Johnny-come-lately. The usual method was across the saddle -- there are lots of guns in collections that were carried that way until the stock was worn away where it contacted the cantle of the saddle.
BSA1
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The closing scenes of the movie "Tombstone" has a excellent view of how long guns were carried across the front of the saddle but I didn't think it was in that common of use.
When did the saddle scabbard come into common usage? Carrying across the front of the saddle was not practical for Cowboys that worked cattle.
When did the saddle scabbard come into common usage? Carrying across the front of the saddle was not practical for Cowboys that worked cattle.
Vern Humphrey
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Saddle scabbards began to appear in the 1870s. The US Cavalry did not adopt them until the 1890s.
The "saddle ring carbine" had a ring that was used to hold the carbine -- in military applications, a "carabiner" on a leather strap that ran diagonally across the chest clipped to the ring. Civilians mostly tied a leather thong through the ring and looped it over the saddle horn.
Randolph B. Marcy, in The Prairie Traveler described a piece of leather with two "button holes" in it. The leather lay in the rider's lap and was "buttoned" with the saddle horn. The rifle lay across the leather, and the other end of the leather was brought over the rifle and "buttoned" to the saddle horn. With such a rig, Marcy could ride with his rifle across his thighs and his hands free.
The "saddle ring carbine" had a ring that was used to hold the carbine -- in military applications, a "carabiner" on a leather strap that ran diagonally across the chest clipped to the ring. Civilians mostly tied a leather thong through the ring and looped it over the saddle horn.
Randolph B. Marcy, in The Prairie Traveler described a piece of leather with two "button holes" in it. The leather lay in the rider's lap and was "buttoned" with the saddle horn. The rifle lay across the leather, and the other end of the leather was brought over the rifle and "buttoned" to the saddle horn. With such a rig, Marcy could ride with his rifle across his thighs and his hands free.
Panzerschwein
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Yeah, that's it, an FN FAL is the perfect gun to go with a horse!
Cowboys rarely carried any firearm when working cattle. The tend to get in the way and most of the bosses/owners disallowed the practice. Handguns might be left in the bedroll and rifles in the chuck wagon. The armed cowboy is mostly Hollywood, along with the Buscadero holster.
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