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Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 1:49 pm
by fortyshooter
Thanks to Amazon I was able to locate a Left hand holster by Bianchi for a 5 inch barrel S&W N frame. Got it in a couple days and even after letting the
holster sit over night with revolver wrapped in plastic installed with hammer thong strapped it was still going to be a two hand tug trying to get it snapped.

So I marked the spot and took my Dremel with 1/8 inch burr and cut a nice neat slot for the hammer. Now it's easy with one hand to unsnap the thong
and secure it while carrying the revolver.

Very nice fitting and looking holster by Bianchi.

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:17 pm
by Ernie
Good work. Looks similar to the Hunter holsters I was looking at for the 357 and 44 mags.

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:20 pm
by RanchRoper
Nice!

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:11 pm
by Rifletom
Ernie wrote:
Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:17 pm
Good work. Looks similar to the Hunter holsters I was looking at for the 357 and 44 mags.
Ha! You typed that before I could get in. I was thinking the exact same thing!

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:39 am
by Rifletom
Ernie, that would be Hunter #1100-48. Found my old Hunter for my Ruger .357 BH. It fits my Pietta perfectly.

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am
by Hatchdog
Great solution, looks great. I like those Bianchi holsters too bad yours had a small design issue. I do have to say that looking at your pictures and thinking about releasing the thumb snap and drawing the revolver left handed just makes my head wonky. :lol:

Re: Just a bit of leather work for new holster..........

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:55 am
by Rifletom
Hatchdog wrote:
Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:29 am
Great solution, looks great. I like those Bianchi holsters too bad yours had a small design issue. I do have to say that looking at your pictures and thinking about releasing the thumb snap and drawing the revolver left handed just makes my head wonky. :lol:
Naw, forty's a natural lefty, he has it figured out. 8-)