My next purchase..........and I will be open carrying them

[BCRider]

If you haven't hefted one of those Remigtons for balance maybe you should. I always liked them to, but the balance of a Colt SAA/copy is superior.

I'd say this is definetly a personal choice and one that many happy SAA owners obviously share. However having handled the SAA's a few rounds as well as my crop of S&W modern wheel guns I actually found that I liked the balance of the long barrel Remingtons. Yes they are a trifle barrel heavy but the heft they have as a result seems to make for a more positive and deliberate aim. By contrast the SAA feel, as I recall, was light and quick thanks to the 4 5/8 inch barrels on the ones I tried. Equally nice but in a totally different way. The SAA's actually felt lighter and quicker to move and aim than my S&W 19 in fact. It's easy to understand why the dozen or so quick draw competitors I've seen so far all have the short barrel version of the SAA. It's that sort of gun.

PS- And let's not forget the effect of a long barrel with a BIG hole in the end of it on anyone foolish enough to do something that earns the need to so display these charactaristics. Of course the effect would likely be wasted on a pesky barn rat or rampaging coyote in the hen house....

 

[AppalachianMtnMan]

If you haven't hefted one of those Remigtons for balance maybe you should.

I have handled several diffrent revolvers when I first started looking into a single action rig, and I'm a fan of the bigger guns. I've got big hands, and the bigger slightly barrel heavy guns just feels more natural to me all the way around.

I think if you can get in and out of a car or truck with the right gun 'tied low',you'll be doing good,I can't doit very easily.
For CAS,shotshell holders in the back would be very very slow on the firing line,nobody Iv'e ever shot with does them in the back.
Bu,having said that,you're gonna LOOK GOOD with that gear !!!!!

Are you saying if I can get out without them falling out? They will have hammer thongs to hold them in, and I've never had a problem loosing my .38 out of the holster before. And I drive a 4x4 truck, so its stepping down instead of having your hip angled back into the seat getting up. I may start shooting CAS eventually, but for now these are for practice, fun, and back home carry. If or when I decide to try competition I'll probably buy a dedicated shotgun belt for the shells. And yeah I'm not gonna lie, some of it is about the looks.

 

[farscott]

Are you saying if I can get out without them falling out? They will have hammer thongs to hold them in, and I've never had a problem loosing my .38 out of the holster before. And I drive a 4x4 truck, so its stepping down instead of having your hip angled back into the seat getting up.

This one is affected by your size, what you drive, and how you carry. Personally I cannot carry a SA revolver with a 5.5" barrel on my strong-side without it digging into me or the seat. I can carry that same gun cross-draw with no issues.

 

[Jamie C.]

Are you saying if I can get out without them falling out? They will have hammer thongs to hold them in, and I've never had a problem loosing my .38 out of the holster before. And I drive a 4x4 truck, so its stepping down instead of having your hip angled back into the seat getting up. I may start shooting CAS eventually, but for now these are for practice, fun, and back home carry. If or when I decide to try competition I'll probably buy a dedicated shotgun belt for the shells. And yeah I'm not gonna lie, some of it is about the looks.

One of the things I noticed about most of the holster rigs on the site you posted is that the holsters are more along the lines of Hollywood "fast draw" rigs... The guns set fairly high in the holster, and aren't covered or retained very well. Also, hammer thongs and tie-downs weren't usually found on real western holsters. Neither were they worn low-slung like you see in the movies.

The reason for this is that wearing them that way, and tying them to your leg would make it tough to sit or climb on or off of a horse.

Here's a pic of a pretty good traditional design:

Yeah, it has a hammer thong, but you'll notice that the gun sets deep enough that it really isn't necessary to retain the gun.

Now look at this one:

The thing looks like the hammer thong is about all that's keeping the gun from falling out.

Not very secure no matter what you're doing.


Anyway, I'm sure that after wearing a couple of six shooters for a while, you'll figure out why most cops hate their duty belts so much.


J.C.

 

[AppalachianMtnMan]

I had noticed that, and will be discussing that with the gun belt maker. I may ahve mine modified. But I'd still like to be able to practice fast draw. And I dont know if they will get in the way for drawing if there retained like that.

 

[Jamie C.]

Fast draw is a pretty specialized thing, and generally requires a special-made holster. All the ones I've seen usually have a steel lining.

However, you can practice your own "quick draw" with the typical traditional western holsters. You just won't be down in those hundredth of a second times that the pros hit.

However, you'll also have holsters that are actually useful for carrying the gun(s) around while you actually do stuff.

I suppose a good holster maker can come up with some sort of hybrid, but honestly, I don't expect it'll do either of those things as well as one dedicated to either one or the other of those activities.



J.C.