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Old 02-24-2018, 12:16 PM
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I know this may be hard to do, like asking who your favorite child is, but......show us your favorite OWB Leather Holster? If that is too difficult, try your favorite from each different maker. Mine is a S.D. Myres "Ranger Threepersons" model. Here it is:
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My favorite is a custom holster by my late father... we collaborated on the concept of a straight draw, cross draw and shoulder rig... have one for a K-frame and my 9mm... hope to make my own for L-frame, N-frame & 1911 sometime... included my fathers first holster from a Tandy kit way before I was born...
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As you said it's kinda like trying to choose your favorite child, but one
that I am quite fond of is this RSS by Ken Null. Revolver Super Speed.
I believe it is basically from one of Seventrees patterns.

Shown with my Model 10 2" barrel.
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I've posted this one before...........

Unbuckled it jest long enough to make this photo.



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I know this may be hard to do, like asking who your favorite child is, but......show us your favorite OWB Leather Holster? If that is too difficult, try your favorite from each different maker. Mine is a S.D. Myres "Ranger Threepersons" model. Here it is:
Ab fab. Indeed it is a Threepersons holster, inside a Ranger holster fender and cuff. Not catalogued that I know of and v clever. The 666 is also a Threepersons holster, but inside a Brill holster fender and cuff. I would expect the non-Tex marking on the backside.
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This one from that feller in the post above.
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When I first read the question my very first reaction was my Bucheimer 835.....
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A couple of my favorite OWB holsters..
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Hands down, my current favorite was made by forum member “Snubbyfan”....

Absolute work of art. Built for a lifetime.

Custom-made to carry my 19-5 and 66-4 snubs.
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... then I got to thinking, maybe....
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no makers mark..... and then....hmmm..
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...surely it has to be one of these, Don Hume with the 19 and unknown/no mark with the 1911,because I am building a BBQ set(s) with them... right?
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oh the heck with it, I will have to ponder over this'un... got more leather to contemplate..... choices

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Mine are from Warbird leather. If he doesn’t make them for my weapons, I’ll look elsewhere, however, he always gets first ask,
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Lobo dual carry pancake holster
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The pancake snubbyfan made for my model 29. As soon as I get recovered from christmas/property tax/birthday season I am going to order more.



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Hard to narrow down to one favorite, but this Myres Barton Special for 2" K frame is amongst the top 3 or 4.

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Wright Leather Works Predator. I have one for each of my Sigs.

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My favorite outside the waistband holster is the GALCO Concealable.

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I like it so much I have two of 'em!
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Very nice! Does Warbird have a website?
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Dont Have it anymore since it went with my P7M8 but it would be the Alesia CQC/S.
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A couple Kramers for Shield 45 & 9mm Sig Sauer p938 Combat
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Got a coupla favorites for now.
This one's for a 4" 66-3.


For my everyday carry snubby.
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This one, and a couple of models like it. Worn a Bianchi Pistol Pocket for 4" K frame, Colt Commander and now Kimber K6s since the early 80s.
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I ordered this belt & holster from S.D. Myres when I was a teenager and I still wear it now & then. It's been my favorite for a long time.
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a Jackass holester. haven't used it much over the last 50 yrs., kept in a Royal Crown bag. it is heavy gage leather, and lined. it always just seem to fit/carry well.
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... so I was still ponder'n my favorite gun leather and just maybe one of these, an Oliver Ball or.... maybe my Viking...
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then again....????
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It us extremely difficult, if not impossible, to choose a favorite,
especially when I have choices like these, left to right:
Chic Gaylord Combat Speed Scabbard with model 29
Myres 614 T3P holster with model 29
Brill with S&W model 10
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Mercy! It's gonna take a lot of food to supply that BBQ!

Beautiful leather.

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I'm a big fan of the Kramer MSP paddle for OWB. Carries even big platforms like the HK USP or an N frame well, and amazingly concealable for an OWB holster with a large firearm in it.
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after further review, maybe it is my old Galco pancake. It pulls the gun close, is comfortable... kinda stylish...
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It us extremely difficult, if not impossible, to choose a favorite,
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Chic Gaylord Combat Speed Scabbard with model 29
Myres 614 T3P holster with model 29
Brill with S&W model 10
Heiser 728 with Colt 1911 Gold Cup
Brill-Persons and Ranger belt by Red Nichols with Colt 1911 Gold Cup
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You not only have a terrific holster collection but you also apparently have quite a belt and hat collection too!
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I really like this holster, the CCR from Mike Barranti.

And this is the first photo post I have tried, so am not at all sure I did it right.

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I've just been around a long time, and when I acquire something
I like, I tend to keep it. Same woman over sixty years too.
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I really like this holster, the CCR from Mike Barranti.

And this is the first photo post I have tried, so am not at all sure I did it right.

Click on Search.
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It us extremely difficult, if not impossible, to choose a favorite,
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Myres 614 T3P holster with model 29
Brill with S&W model 10
Heiser 728 with Colt 1911 Gold Cup
Brill-Persons and Ranger belt by Red Nichols with Colt 1911 Gold Cup
On the one hand, go with the classics, of which that Gaylord is surely "the most". On the other hand, that one on the right is one of two in the world and the other one's brown; and there won't ever be another of either.
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I had a friend who had a Chesapeake Bay Retriever and she had a male
pup learning from her. After witnessing a day of duck hunting, a guy
asked my friend if he would consider selling one of them. He said I'd
maybe take $2,000 for the pup, but she ain't for sale.

That gave me my come-back when asked if my Gaylord or Brill-Persons
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Brill-Persons ain't for sale.

NOTE: This is not in any way an offer to sell the Gaylord or any other
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You are doing good with the photos and the leather MRH. It's hard to
find anything better than Barranti makes.
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Here's one of my favorites, a OWB right hand carry for my S&W 3 inch model 65 custom made by Nixon Leather.

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Mike really thought outside the box with that one. Well done Mike!! Reminiscent of a spur strap. What is the forward face of the trigger guard resting on?
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It does remind me of a spur strap, now that you mention it. This is not a welted holster, the sewing line follows/restricts the front of the trigger guard. What really makes it shine in my opinion is the split belt loop, which lets it ride right at my 3:00 and also provides little vertical movement on the belt, so it really anchors the belt to the britches and reduces sag.

The CCR (first picture) and CCP line by Barranti are interesting. I have been carrying a 2.5" 19 in his CCR holster on the ranch for a while. A lot of thought went into that holster line. It has a wide belt loop to spread out the weight and pull the butt into the body. Has a wedge built into the rear of the holster to keep the gun butt tight into the body and also seems to reduce sag. Adjustable tension works fine because I haven't lost the gun yet and I have been doing a lot of feeding cattle with it. I have one of these for a J-frame snub, a K-frame 2-1/2", and a commander 1911 and am extremely pleased with all three.
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Well, since I sold my .45 Shield and have gone back to carrying my Glock 30S every day, my favorite OWB is this Yaqui Slide by El Paso Saddlery. It features their Frontier Floral Carving.


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After thinking about it a bit, not necessarily my favorite, but the one that
I wear the most is this Black Hills shark skin holster. It rides high for
concealment, and tight to prevent printing. The 642 is only about 15 oz.
so all in all it's a very comfortable (and conforting) rig.
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"strong" pancake and my 19-4 fit like a glove and a hand,,,,,,,
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It really is a tough choice, that said, I have a lot of gun leather and it really boils down, for me, what do I use the most. The tree holster are my go to units for the guns I carry the most. My Enhanced Pancake for my K snubs and the Enhanced Avenger for my 1911 both made by Roy of Lobo Gun Leather and a Galco for my 640.
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Forgive me; I don't mean to hijack the thread, but can someone tell me why older revolver OWB holsters do not have the trigger guard covered?
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I ordered this belt & holster from S.D. Myres when I was a teenager and I still wear it now & then. It's been my favorite for a long time.
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I have to say this is my favorite.

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