New IWB for the 9mm Snubby

[JimCunn]

Yes, the old Shooting Stars. Been using them since the 1960s. Getting hard to find.

[Travlin]

i thought so . I have a pair on my Colt Single Action Army 45. The bigger grips make it into a usable revolver for my big mitts. I could not hit anything with it with the standard grips.I never could understand what Colt was thinking when they used the navy sized grips for a revolver that shot a 250 bullet using 40 grains of powder. I think the 1860 army grip would have been a better fit.

[rickhem]

I have three Airweight J-frames lightened up with titanium .357Mag cylinders reamed for 9mm.
I like Tom Threepersons holsters. Also like moonclips for speed of ejection and reloading.

Nice grips, and I also like your choice or reading material too.

[JimCunn]

Thanks.
I've been working on the biomechanics and flight mechanics of Pterosaurs for thirty years now. They are fascinating critters.
Here I am out in my front yard with the left humerus of Quetzalcoatlus northropi - one of the largest animals that ever flew. Shoulder is in my right hand, elbow in my left.

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[JimCunn]

Travlin, I like the 1860 Army grips too.
Also like the .45 acp.
So I made my 1860 replica a convertible - takes about a minute to convert between C&B and acp.
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[North Country Gal]

Like what you've done to those Airweights. 9mm has become the 22 LR of the handgun world, now. Mild recoil, cheap to shoot and available everywhere is hard to beat.

[JimCunn]

In a 12 ounce gun 147gr 9mm recoil is extremely painful even though I am not recoil sensitive.
Much worse than .38 Sp.
The mod will also chamber and fire .357 Mag, but I have no intention whatever of ever doing that. Not sure if the frame would handle it, and I know my thumb couldn't stand it.