Author Topic: A NEW "OLD" CARRY METHOD (Read 5039 times)

williamlayton · « **on:** February 09, 2011, 07:07:49 AM »

For those of you who bounce around this spot this will probably be a repeat.
I have recently gotten the revolver bug---money seems to be the only cure.
I have a S&W 28-2 .357 that I want to carry and, frankly, my standard carry method---no holster--just doesn't cut it.
I tried a pants belt carry holster but it drug down the pants and kept turning over.
I have ordered a three inch belt with a belt slide from Black Hills that I think will solve the problem.
It is s Yaqui type--fairly highride--for the belt.
This should be enough support to keep the gun close and secure without dragging down the pants.
I will most probably get a S&W 625 N frame in .45 ACP that will work in the same rig.
Blessings

spruce · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2011, 11:32:34 AM »

Suspenders!!! No more sagging pants.

I used to laugh at old guys wearing them - now I'm old enough I don't care who laughs, sure beats tugging up your pants all day!

williamlayton · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2011, 12:46:11 PM »

Aint it the truth.

Blessings

Old Syko · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:17:26 PM »

Quote from: spruce on February 09, 2011, 11:32:34 AM

Suspenders!!! No more sagging pants.

I used to laugh at old guys wearing them - now I'm old enough I don't care who laughs, sure beats tugging up your pants all day!

Funny,

just this morning I was looking at a set of suspenders that came equipped with a derringer holster. If I can find them with a holster for something a bit larger I'll get them ordered.

I used to point fingers at guys wearing suspenders myself and wonder why? At this point I couldn't give a rats backside less what people think.

williamlayton · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:12:33 PM »

One of the most comfortable carries is with gun belt & holster and suspenders---which I considered.
Blessings

jcn59 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:32:28 PM »

I tried one of those drop holster cowboy rigs~~~~~~~~~~INSTANT YOSEMITE SAM! I'm into suspenders these days....

williamlayton · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2011, 01:17:34 AM »

Well, mine is not a drop holster.
Growing up, all of the boys that I saw wore a gun belt. They were/are high ride rigs--not low slung. Those rigs are a product of Hollywood---not real life, IMO.
If you will notice, a high ride will sit well on the body as a body sets on a horse. It puts the gun securly under he arms on the side of the body--but you don't have to undress to take it off.
Blessings

bilmac · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:34:39 AM »

When I was young and had hips to keep the pants up, the standard cop carry was to use keepers to keep the gun belt and pants belt aligned. I never much liked a gun belt because it was heavy and stiff. I always liked the pancake holster and most often carried it crossdraw.

alacharger · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2011, 11:53:26 AM »

The quality of the belt has a lot to do with the comfort of the carry. I wear a Mernickle belt with my concealed carry 1911's. I use Bianchi Carry Lok holsters. The belt cost a little over $100, and the holsters are around $75.00 each.

gunnut69 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2011, 12:24:10 PM »

I use a DeSantis IWB horsehide rig.. With the suspenders it works real well.. Pants stay up and with minimum shenanigans the Kimber gets deployed. If the cover needs to be deeper a 380 KelTec in the pocket gets carried.. Actually I almost always have the P3AT in my pocket.. I've tried the pocket holsters but find them stiff and distracting.. They do help keep the gun clean but I clean fairly regularly and with a tiny bit of dry lube it hasn;t ever not fired.. For around the home and in the woods a M28 in a TomThreepersons from ElPaso Saddlery works great. Comfortable, easy to carry and a thum loop for retention when mounting and dismounting the ATC.

Mike in Virginia · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2011, 06:38:46 AM »

Suspenders, yep. I especially like those for Wal-Mart that clip to your belt. Real fast on and off, and real easy to put on. Wear the biggest gun you own and your pants stay put.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2011, 09:03:52 AM »

Been wearing spenders for years didn't know some had a problem with um , go figure . But then I never was accused of being a rapper

steg · « **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2011, 11:51:37 AM »

Been doing suspenders for years, no more hitchen em up, and you don't have to have your belt so tight that it's uncomfortable, I just carry the airweight 38spl in my pocket .........................steg

gcrank1 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 08, 2011, 08:55:08 AM »

I like that lightweight carrygun too, Steg; fits pocket or clip on and not in the weigh (pun intended). Since I developed that old timers malady, 'nobuttatall' I just cant wear a gun of any real weight on a belt. I have a 'tombstone' kind of shoulder rig for the heavier ones now.

painted horse · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2012, 04:04:58 PM »

I figure I'm probably in a minority here but if any of you fellas were to wear chaps (any type, chinks, shotguns or batwings) you will instantly understand the pleasure of suspenders. Stap a holster around the chaps and you will doubly enjoy them...did you know that belt loops weren't put on pants until something like the 1920's??

gcrank1 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2012, 06:52:43 AM »

That beltloop thing really gets me watching old westerns!........along with the wrong hats.

williamlayton · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2012, 01:33:22 AM »

When I was in High School, it was the standard to remove the belt loops and look cool.
Course that was a day in which my waist was smaller than my hips.
Blessings

Rangr44 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2012, 04:12:11 PM »

FWIW - I've used the OSS string carry since the 1980's, w/o dropping a gun either down my pants leg or out of my belt line, because I adjusted the loop & cord lengths appropriately to the size of the gun I was carrying at the time.

To "make" one:
From about a 12" length of paracord, bootlace, rawhide (whatever), tie a 2" loop into each end and thread the pants belt through the loops with the center section of the cord "up".
Fold the "up" section "down" inside the pants waistline behind the belt & insert the handgun's barrel or slide into the resulting inside loop. An instant IWB holster.

The cord will stop a revolver from dropping down the pants leg via bearing against the cylinder face; an autoloader via bearing against the face of the trigger guard and/or various side levers.
The end loop size(s) can be adjusted for different belt widths; the middle cord length adjusted for handguns of different thickness'.

This is with my Walther PP, but a slightly bigger loop span works just as good with my much larger/wider/heavier Charter .44 BullDog.

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gstewart44 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2012, 03:25:01 PM »

WL - let us know how the N frame Smith carries if/when you go that route. I have a custom model 1917 SW that has been bobbed to the front of the ejector rod, rounded butt and Compaq rubber grips. I carried mine with an inside waist soft case that hooked over the waistband in a crossdraw. Never bothered me unless I placed it too close to my hipbone.

S.B. · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2012, 05:36:48 PM »

Quote from: Rangr44 on May 01, 2012, 04:12:11 PM

FWIW - I've used the OSS string carry since the 1980's, w/o dropping a gun either down my pants leg or out of my belt line, because I adjusted the loop & cord lengths appropriately to the size of the gun I was carrying at the time.

To "make" one:
From about a 12" length of paracord, bootlace, rawhide (whatever), tie a 2" loop into each end and thread the pants belt through the loops with the center section of the cord "up".
Fold the "up" section "down" inside the pants waistline behind the belt & insert the handgun's barrel or slide into the resulting inside loop. An instant IWB holster.

The cord will stop a revolver from dropping down the pants leg via bearing against the cylinder face; an autoloader via bearing against the face of the trigger guard and/or various side levers.
The end loop size(s) can be adjusted for different belt widths; the middle cord length adjusted for handguns of different thickness'.

This is with my Walther PP, but a slightly bigger loop span works just as good with my much larger/wider/heavier Charter .44 BullDog.

.

I've never seen this done this way before? I always tie string into a circle then insert it under my belt to make a loop above and below my belt that I insert my handgun into. Smaller the gun, the smaller the original circle. You want tp keep the gun as close to your body as possibe. The reason this caught on with the OSS is that string was a common thing back then and you could draw your pistol and just drop the string?
Steve