What do you do in South Dakota in the winter

[rdstrain49]

Some of you know that I make holsters for a variety of black powder revolvers. In between orders, and with too much time on my hands (snow and cold) I got to digging through my scrap leather bin. I had enough scrap to piece together a new home for my favorite Remingtons. The cross draw holster was a project tutorial on another forum. The buscadero rig was made entirely from scrap leather.

The end result is a historically incorrect rig that never was, but maybe should have been.

 

[TheWall]

You've got talent! Sweet.

 

[rdstrain49]

Thanks. I don't know about that, but I certainly have too much time on my hands in the winter.

 

[MCgunner]

You mean, besides shovel snow?

 

[rdstrain49]

Yep, that and I just finished this for a customer in Mo. Let me see, what's next?

 

[Pancho]

Check out Dellsleather to see what he does for 1862 Colt police guns including a great shoulder rig. All this without your talent.

 

[rdstrain49]

They do have some interesting designs.

 

[rdstrain49]

These are a few of my current designs.


Ruger Old Army profile slim jim with sewn in toe plug.



'51 Navy profile slim jim



Remington Army buscadero rig




ROA Full Flap with Ranger belt



ROA open top


With any luck, spring is just around the corner. For me that means closing the leather shop for the summer and getting some range time. Actually, a lot of range time.

 

[Tomcat47]

Clean all the gorgeous guns on this thread......

and prepare for a lot of September birthday parties....

 

[shiftyer1]

I shot my first b.p. ever, just the other day. It was a ruger in .44. Sadly it doesn't belong to me but I got and itch to own one now.

The pictures above don't help one bit!!

 

[crazyjennyblack]

Where do you order your leather supplies? This is something I could get into....

 

[rdstrain49]

Depends on what supplies. ALD for leather, dyes and such, whoever has the best price.

 

[RustHunter87]

are those flap holsters for single sixes?

 

[rdstrain49]

RH, I do make holsters for the Single Six, but do not have a flap holster design for that weapon. (anything is possible provided I have the correct weapon and barrel length to work from) I'm not in the shop so I can't tell you the barrel length.