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Henry88
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by Henry88 » Fri Jul 28, 2017 12:50 am

Hey BrokenolMarine,

What you say makes a lot of sense. From the viewpoint of someone facing you, it would be easier to grab the gun from a cross draw as it would be on the right of the person facing you with the handle towards them; perfect to grab.

I guess I feel more secure from someone coming from behind. In any case I don't leave my yard so it's all good; more theatrics than anything.

BTW, my dad joined the force in '48 I think. His side carry was one of those detective specials, real small. Don't know what the training was, and besides those guys weren't that good about following the rules anyway.......
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by BrokenolMarine » Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:15 am

Yeah h88, back then they didn't have security holsters. A lot of the smaller departments let the officers "carry what you brung," within reason. :) As far as your personal carry... whatever makes yah happy. I certainly use methods now that don't fall within approved standards. :lol: Some of mine are downright tricky... :twisted:

:? If I sounded preachy... or in any way offended in the previous post...
It was not my intent. :roll: I loved teaching firearms and officer safety...
... we all forget that on the forums, there are no visual clues other than what we write...
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by North Country Gal » Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:18 am

Don't think you sounded preachy at all. I have zip experience in such things so I found it informative. Keep it coming.
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:06 pm

Agreed.
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by daytime dave » Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:35 am

RR, that is a beautiful gun in a similarly beautiful holster.
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Re: 1871 in holster

Post by Catherine » Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:08 am

Beautiful gun and holster! Love the classics! You take good pictures too!

I always loved my former Triple K western belt and holsters - 45Long Colt, 357Magnum/38Special and several 22lr/22wmr s/a revolvers. (Former handguns.)

They will last you forever if you continue to shoot handguns as you age and they are extremely well made.

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