The Leather Part of the Handgun

[RBHarter]

Smokey hits an interesting point .

If I were the guy that shopped for months ,then waited 18 months to 3 years for a $3-5,000 custom rifle from an elite maker and a brace of Superpose or maybe a couple of Perazzi's to put in a safe , I'd most likely have a walk in vault with 12" of double reenforced concrete and dual doors or a double layer half inch AR 550 all over with fire brick insulation between them .

Instead I think the maximum replacement value on hand is about $8-900 but most of the stash is probably in the $300 realm . An $800 safe in a double wall fire closet with a steel entry door out side makes more sense ......also I may want to move back to a drier climate some day .

 

[JustJim]

A lot of the old-timers told me a full-size auto was too heavy to carry all the time: I just smiled and nodded, with a 1911 or Hi-Power in a Summer Special. My first S&W came in a Brill, and that seems a good match. These days I don't carry an auto, and Brills mean having to search or wait on a custom. The holsters I use the most are Original Pancakes from Roy's Custom Leather--and he's been out of business and gone since the '80s.

I am going to have to break down and make/have made a holster made for my 1860 Army. I think that will be the first "new" new-to-me holster since about 2008.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

I always found it curious that someone was willing to spend $600 or more on a handgun and then only want to spend $25 or $30 on a holster. Not much for protecting your investment.

I've seem the same thing with $2000 rifles and $20 scopes & rings !

 

[RicinYakima]

Or with a $200 Walmart rifle and a $500 Leupold scope.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Or with a $200 Walmart rifle and a $500 Leupold scope.

I don't think I've ever seen that. It is usually an expensive rifle with the cheapest rings and scope that can be purchased stuck on the rifle. Then the owner claims the rifle is no good because the scope will not hold a zero.

 

[Brad]

My only holsters are inexpensive Uncle Mikes nylon. Only used for carry when hunting and they were right for the job.

 

[RicinYakima]

I don't think I've ever seen that. It is usually an expensive rifle with the cheapest rings and scope that can be purchased stuck on the rifle. Then the owner claims the rifle is no good because the scope will not hold a zero.

Most of the shooters I see at the range, only go on weekdays, are at least 50 years old. Many are trying out the new "cheap" rifles but using their high end scopes they bought in the 1990's, or earlier. Rather than buying new scopes, they are recycling their old ones from rifles they no longer shoot.

Before the beginning of deer season, shot next to a guy with one of the plastic stocked 6.5 Creedmoor rifles. A very nice Swarovski top end scope was on the rifle. Told me he didn't want to take his Cooper rifle with XXX walnut stock hunting anymore, it was just too valuable.

 

[JonB]

I always found it curious that someone was willing to spend $600 or more on a handgun and then only want to spend $25 or $30 on a holster. Not much for protecting your investment.

HEY !
I resemble that remark, LOL.

 

[JonB]

Or with a $200 Walmart rifle and a $500 Leupold scope.

I'd have to look into the safe to doublecheck, but I think I have a Leupold on my $219 Savage Axis. Along with a $99 "Blem" stock from Boyds, so I could take the factory plastic "flexible" stock off it. I also did the youtube lighten trigger pull trick, using a spring from a ball point pen.

 

[CZ93X62]

Most of the shooters I see at the range, only go on weekdays, are at least 50 years old. Many are trying out the new "cheap" rifles but using their high end scopes they bought in the 1990's, or earlier. Rather than buying new scopes, they are recycling their old ones from rifles they no longer shoot.

Before the beginning of deer season, shot next to a guy with one of the plastic stocked 6.5 Creedmoor rifles. A very nice Swarovski top end scope was on the rifle. Told me he didn't want to take his Cooper rifle with XXX walnut stock hunting anymore, it was just too valuable.

There is some sense in that. Like Glock pistols, synthetic rifle stocks lack elegance but are hell for utility.

 

[BudHyett]

Ordinary carry - I might be a heretic in this discussion. I buy holsters to protect the handgun and not for fast draw. Almost all my holsters ae full flap including a full flap for the S&W 696 with #11 shot loads for rattlesnakes when hunting prairie dogs. I get quizzical looks when loading it for a walk in the grass checking the hits (few). There was a woman making very good leather holsters in the style of Bianchi with a more reasonable price at the Puyallup Gun Show two decades ago and I stocked up.

Serious social situation - It is easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble. I refuse to go downtown Seattle even in daylight because of the high crime rate these days. Here I have a Kydex inside the waistband holster. It is seldomly used except for practice. If feeling the need for a handgun in a serious social situation, I try to have it in my hand and ready.

 

[Txcowboy52]

There’s nothing like good gun leather. I have used a leather maker for the last several years . He makes all my gun belts and holsters not to mention magazine carriers. His work is as good as any I’ve seen, better than most . He is a true craftsman and an old rodeo hand . I absolutely enjoy his company not to mention his work.