Outdoorsman holster.

[Armored farmer]

I just bought a Bianchi 5BHL from ebay. It is black basketweave.
Thus begins my new theme of black leather accessories.
I plan to make my next several leather accessories such as slings, holsters, belts, ammo cuffs, .....etc be black or black basketweave. Maybe that will make things a bit easier to match. (Not that it's important)

 

[Barbaroja]

Ahhh I need to find a holster! This model 10 is growing on my more everyday. What a beautiful gun, perfectly sized for the cartridge, smoooooth trigger pull and cost me less than the Taurus I was looking at. Maybe I do need another one……..
Curse you @Armored farmer !

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I hate seeing you fellows model your holsters, non of you have a belly that sticks out like mine.

If I took a picture the shade from my "overhang" would hide the pistol.

 

[WisBorn]

If I took a picture the shade from my "overhang" would hide the pistol.

Yeah my six pack abs look more like a 12 pack from drinking to many cases.

 

[Barbaroja]

I'll call mine a PRAIRIE PISTOL.
It just doesn't seem as good

I’ll support your prairie pistol so long as I get my southern mountain gun!

 

[Rexster]

PPPP. Perfect Packin’ Prairie Pistol. Enjoy!

Edited to add: My grandmother pronounced it “Prair-uh.” She grew up on Tarkington Prairie, in Texas.

 

[dodo bird]

I know I will get flamed for this, I still can’t get onboard with the holsters that don’t cover the trigger guard. I realize it’s a double action and a long trigger pull. There is a a lot of ways something can’t get stuck in the trigger area. Especially with a outdoor active lifestyle.

 

[The Bushmaster]

S&W Mod 10...As you can tell by my avatar I tend to like them too. The 2" barrel is my wife's. All three are carried in Hunter holsters.

Armored Farmer. A load recommendation: 140 grain SJHP (Remington if you can find them) over 5 grains of W-231.

 

[Seedy Character]

I don't get hung up on BRAND. Find a style you like and go for it.

Some deals to be had on eBay

 

[Gordon]

Yep. It appears to be a ss#.
I screwed up...I saw the ss# early on and didn't save the gun to the watch list because of it. Later I saw how cheap it was and bid a decent price if I was won it....I forgot about the ss#......guess what?! I won!
Woo-hoo! I won a good buy!....
I got the gun home.....guess what?....it's the one with the ss# scrawled on it!....oh yeah....now I remember that I was not going to bid on that one.....

Oh well. It shoots fine....and it was cheap....ish.

Get it Metalifed (hard chrome) and it will be better than new and last forever ! Or Cerracoat it .. . either way they will polish off the SS#

 

[Armored farmer]

Get it Metalifed (hard chrome) and it will be better than new and last forever ! Or Cerracoat it .. . either way they will polish off the SS#

Do you know someone that does that?

 

[jmorris]

Do you know someone that does that?

Virgil Tripp did the best hard chrome I have ever seen. The last pistol he did for me was ~ 2005 though and I think he was getting tired of the hoops he had to jump through EPA wise.

 

[Gordon]

Do you know someone that does that?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...IQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2GaBkleNDkzCFhMatkCHx4

 

[Armored farmer]

getting tired of the hoops he had to jump through EPA wise.

Yeah.....same....
Different hoops..same jumping.

 

[PapaG]

Great. 4” pencil barreled 38. I have one but way older than that. Mushroom head ejector rod, diamond skinny grips. Bought it from an elderly guy carrying it into a gun show about 20 years ago. Asked him what was in the paper bag he was carrying. “My duty gun. Won’t take less than I paid for it.”
I told him I’d give him forty bucks more than that. “How you know what I paid?” “If you got it at a store, you paid $67”.
“Nd you’ll give me forty more? You’re nuts”.
It had no finish, a few pits in the chambers and a couple chips in the grips.
I had to force $120 on him.
Kid #2 kept it on the shelf inside his front door while working in a bad part of Waukegan. It got wet, rusted some more.
Still solid. Truck gun.
Enjoy. I like K frames. Almost as much as Ls. And Rugers.
They,Smith, doesn’t recommend +P but they’re way bigger than my +P rated 442.

 

[Armored farmer]

This is likely an unpopular choice as an "outdoorsman holster", but I like it. It has good friction retention and I like the paddle. It is lightweight and comfortable. I can carry this holster in the waistband of my sweats or bibs as well as my jeans.
It is a $20 Fobus made for the SR9C.

 

[JeffG]

I'll call mine a PRAIRIE PISTOL.
It just doesn't seem as good

You'll be shooting competition in the Pure Prairie League...

 

[Simple Shooter]

Check the Galco Leather site. This particular one can be used side or cross draw. Something to think about for a field holster is a good retention strap that goes behind the hammer. Nothing worse than realizing a stick caught your hammer and cocked your gun when you went through some brush.

 

[Rodfac]

Nice rig, Simple...good coverage for the gun, adjustable tension, and a stout belt....you're well set up. Rod

 

[Barbaroja]

Well I attended my first gun show since I was about 11 years old today. Small show north of Birmingham. Some nice stuff but nothing I couldn’t live without. Point being I found 2 holsters I thought might work for my model 10 and I got the pair for $5 total. I think these are going to be just the ticket.

 

[kje54]

I carry enough around my waist (unfortunately body fat) so I use a shoulder holster.

 

[Condorcet]

I love it and bet it will be great gun! The etching adds character for sure.

I should also add that I like the UM84R for 4" revolvers. I use this holster while riding on my ATV and TW200. It is easy to don/doff with the belt attachment and fairly quick to draw from with some practice. Most importantly, it protects the gun from my poor riding skills, especially on the TW!

I second that! Works well with my heavy barrel S&W Model 10-6.

 

[Gordon]

Well I attended my first gun show since I was about 11 years old today. Small show north of Birmingham. Some nice stuff but nothing I couldn’t live without. Point being I found 2 holsters I thought might work for my model 10 and I got the pair for $5 total. I think these are going to be just the ticket.
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Excellent choices-enjoy ! The top Safariland is really quite the hot set up as it is very well stitched !

 

[jar]

Looks like a police evidence engraving. They used to do that to all incoming firearms. Edit: a SSN?

Yes, the owners SS#. It was a very common practice in the fifties and even through the 70s.

 

[usaral63]

If you've gotta inscribe something on your gun to perhaps get it returned, do your drivers license ..............that SSN is useless but that DL # will show all the personal info needed by LE to get it back home. Leo for over 30 plus yrs and I recall no instance that the ssn was of value..