Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:32 pm
Vertical. Something similar to these:
Don't count out your holster just beause it isn't made for a 22 long barrelled revolver. Let me see what you have.
Please let me know what you have and what you want for trade or price.
Don't count out your holster just beause it isn't made for a 22 long barrelled revolver. Let me see what you have.
Please let me know what you have and what you want for trade or price.
Re: Wanted" Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:43 pm
Moderators, you can move this to some other section, if that makes sense.
I would still most definitely entertain an offer of another shoulder holster. A better one.
But...
I bought this shoulder holster: A "universal" holster. It looked like this, when I took it off the hook at Epic Firearms. Well, basically this one. But in black...
Of course, what I wanted was a vertical.
You may ask why then, I bought this. Well, because it was only 18 dollars. I figured at that price, it was cheap enough for me to dink around with it, to try to come up with something better.
At first, using only their own straps and such, and adjusting it to vertical, in their 'universal' way.... I got it to hang pretty good. Pretty much like this:
But the butt of the pistol really stuck out a lot. No way I could wear that and call it concealed.
I noticed that some of the vertical holsters used that front strap to kind of hold the butt of the gun up against your torso...
So, I removed four of the straps they had. Cut the buckle off of one, and sewed my own strap onto it. Then, sewed my strap back on in the right way.
My strap is of course, on the left. It holds the handle in, toward my torso. It also acts as the retainer strap. And trigger guard. Works really well.
I put extra stiches in along the red line, to act as a stop against the trigger guard of the revolver, to keep it from falling further down into the holster.
Now this is good for my 22 magnum revolver. Had I not put the stitches through and through where the red line is, this thing fit my C9 perfectly.
But as I said before, I am very confident I can put a bullet just about anywhere I want it to go, with this revolver. And that means more to me in a daily carry, than having bigger bullets. like the 9mm.
I'll practice more with the C9. If I ever get as good with it as this revolver, then that will become my daily carry instead.
Now, the next thing I'd like to try to make a better concealed carry holster from, is something like this...
In black.
I would still most definitely entertain an offer of another shoulder holster. A better one.
But...
I bought this shoulder holster: A "universal" holster. It looked like this, when I took it off the hook at Epic Firearms. Well, basically this one. But in black...
Of course, what I wanted was a vertical.
You may ask why then, I bought this. Well, because it was only 18 dollars. I figured at that price, it was cheap enough for me to dink around with it, to try to come up with something better.
At first, using only their own straps and such, and adjusting it to vertical, in their 'universal' way.... I got it to hang pretty good. Pretty much like this:
But the butt of the pistol really stuck out a lot. No way I could wear that and call it concealed.
I noticed that some of the vertical holsters used that front strap to kind of hold the butt of the gun up against your torso...
So, I removed four of the straps they had. Cut the buckle off of one, and sewed my own strap onto it. Then, sewed my strap back on in the right way.
My strap is of course, on the left. It holds the handle in, toward my torso. It also acts as the retainer strap. And trigger guard. Works really well.
I put extra stiches in along the red line, to act as a stop against the trigger guard of the revolver, to keep it from falling further down into the holster.
Now this is good for my 22 magnum revolver. Had I not put the stitches through and through where the red line is, this thing fit my C9 perfectly.
But as I said before, I am very confident I can put a bullet just about anywhere I want it to go, with this revolver. And that means more to me in a daily carry, than having bigger bullets. like the 9mm.
I'll practice more with the C9. If I ever get as good with it as this revolver, then that will become my daily carry instead.
Now, the next thing I'd like to try to make a better concealed carry holster from, is something like this...
In black.
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Re: Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:06 pm
Moved to a discussion forum so others can comment.
Jeff, if you're still in the market for another holster, feel free to post a separate WTB ad.
Jeff, if you're still in the market for another holster, feel free to post a separate WTB ad.
Re: Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:09 pm
MadPick wrote:Moved to a discussion forum so others can comment.
Jeff, if you're still in the market for another holster, feel free to post a separate WTB ad.
Thank you.
I couldn't move it myself, or I would have.
I'm going to try this out for a while. I do think that if I run across a cheapo version of that last pic above, I'll go for it.
Re: Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:44 am
Now I am sorry that I wore that galco holster with the C9.
Knowing that at least on me... it hung outward enough, to make itself obvious no matter what I did, or how careful I was.
I wore that to the library the last time I went there. One of the librarians saw it. She gave me a dirty look. I just left fairly quickly.
Today I was in the library again. This time wearing the shoulder rig.
You CAN'T tell that I am wearing that, unless you pay close attention for long enough, and see me move just right, etc. IOW: You'd have to really be looking for it.
Well.... They looked for it.
It was obvious what they were looking for.
And they saw it.
End result is that people who have always been very friendly and vociferous with me... More so than the average 'library customer'... Were all giving me dirty looks tonight. Wouldn't so much as say a word that wasn't forced out of them.
Well, screw it. They probably looked into it after the last time, (I do know these people. They WOULD have looked into whether it was legal, after the one librarian saw it and reported it.)... And found out it is legal. Ergo, the dirty looks and cold shoulder rather than asking me to take it outside and leave it.
I'll continue to carry. In the hope that they become "used to it", and eventually begin to understand that I am still the same person I have been for the 15 years and more, that they have known me. And it's not like I now eat babies for breakfast or something...
Knowing that at least on me... it hung outward enough, to make itself obvious no matter what I did, or how careful I was.
I wore that to the library the last time I went there. One of the librarians saw it. She gave me a dirty look. I just left fairly quickly.
Today I was in the library again. This time wearing the shoulder rig.
You CAN'T tell that I am wearing that, unless you pay close attention for long enough, and see me move just right, etc. IOW: You'd have to really be looking for it.
Well.... They looked for it.
It was obvious what they were looking for.
And they saw it.
End result is that people who have always been very friendly and vociferous with me... More so than the average 'library customer'... Were all giving me dirty looks tonight. Wouldn't so much as say a word that wasn't forced out of them.
Well, screw it. They probably looked into it after the last time, (I do know these people. They WOULD have looked into whether it was legal, after the one librarian saw it and reported it.)... And found out it is legal. Ergo, the dirty looks and cold shoulder rather than asking me to take it outside and leave it.
I'll continue to carry. In the hope that they become "used to it", and eventually begin to understand that I am still the same person I have been for the 15 years and more, that they have known me. And it's not like I now eat babies for breakfast or something...
Re: Shoulder holster. For .22 revolver long barrel
Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:26 am
Selador wrote:I'll continue to carry. In the hope that they become "used to it", and eventually begin to understand that I am still the same person I have been for the 15 years and more, that they have known me. And it's not like I now eat babies for breakfast or something...
Yup, I think that's an excellent plan.
At some point one of them will ask you about it, out of curiosity, and you'll probably have a great conversation.