Remington 1911 in El Paso's finest leather

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I bought this holster, and then the gun. That is how bad I wanted an El Paso Saddlery product. It was a Father's Day special....20% off. I couldn't resist. The gun is a Remington 1911 R1 Commander.

I decided on fish scale stamping because I wanted something cool and different from basketweave, and also because the floral carving was just a little more than I wanted to spend.

The other feature I specified was neutral cant. This is very comfortable for me and also allows for a crossdraw position on my belt, which I sometimes prefer while deer hunting carrying a rifle. This rig is for hiking and hunting and I couldn't be more pleased.

The style of the holster is the "Austin" and features soft suede lining inside and on the back of the belt loop/flap.






 
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Beautiful!!! I have a couple of the Austin model holsters for my N-frame revolvers. Need to get a duplicate of yours for my Colt Commander.
 
I'm a big fan of El Paso Saddlery and especially the fish scale stamping. I have a fish scale river belt and holsters to fit a 1911, 5.5" SAA, N and K-frame Smiths, plus cartridge slides and a double mag pouch for the 1911. I also have a couple of rigs for cowboy action shooting. I also have a couple of their concealment models. For good looks and quality, they are hard to beat!
 
bigmoose said:
I bought this holster, and then the gun. That is how bad I wanted an El Paso Saddlery product. It was a Father's Day special....20% off. I couldn't resist.
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EPS's gear is incredibly hard to resist. They're like potato chips or tattoos...you get one, then you want another.

I've been wanting one of their Austin holsters for a long time, but every time they have one of their 20% off sales, I always buy something else...don't know why. Maybe I'll get one next time...hopefully they'll have a Thanksgiving or Christmas 20% off sale. Or even a Veterans Day one...that'd be even better.

It's also interesting to me regarding the names of holster styles. EPS refers to this as their 1930 Austin holster, but I see this exact same style referred to as a Wild Bunch style holster.
 
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Sadly, I cannot see the photos; it's a work PC related thing that I can't figure out because sometimes I can see the photos - but this PC is just crummy. However, I do not need to see the photos because I have more EPS holsters than any other brand and I have a lot of holsters. They are TOP NOTCH! Well done - and I never heard of buying the holster first and then the gun but I like the concept!

I will presume, based on prior comments, that the holster is a Tom Threepersons design. For Hunter 8282's benefit, and others who might not know, Tom Threepersons was a lawman and shootist of renown into the 20th century and S.D. Myers company sold a holster that he designed in the 1920s with an exposed trigger guard and that, I presume, is the holster design pictured above. The point, obviously, was to make the trigger accessible faster in a gunfight, of which Threepersons had more than his share.

Interestingly, if you check the Tom Threepersons holsters made by El Paso Saddlery, they do not all have exposed triggers. Makes me laugh because I simply cannot abide "tricky triggers". EPS covers the triggers on Threepersons holsters made for Glocks. They do it for SIGs, too, but I am unsure why; the SIG trigger is nowhere near as risky as the Glock trigger as far as I am aware.

But that's all subjects for other parts of this Forum.

***GRJ***
 
BearBio,

Very nice rig! I should have splurged for the mag pouch...

What is not visible in the pictures is the "hump" (suede covered) built into the inside of the holster under the trigger guard area. Presumably so the gun does not wobble side to side once the leather breaks in. This holster is not designed for fast draw due to the very ample size of the belt loop, but it is a feature I wanted because my gunbelt is a Safariland 2 1/4" and I often like to slip the holster to one side or other as I hike/sit/stand or just plain get fidgety.
 
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That's a magnificent looking holster, I wish we had open carry here in Florida.
 
Bigmoose hits it out of the park, very nice! I have a few EPS holsters and have been meaning to get me one like yours. The fish scale stamping is just the cat's posterior. Da heck with basket weave, next one gets the scale's!
 
The reason El Paso Saddlery named this style of holster........

.........the Austin is because one of the earliest known examples of this style holster was produced by A. W. Brill in Austin, Texas. Since many of the Texas Rangers had occasion to be at the State capitol they frequented his shop.

Supposedly this design came from Ranger LaFetra (Lee) Trimble and became very popular. There are several threads on Brill and the "Austin" style of holster if you would like to read more. Forum Member David Keith produces an outstanding adaptation of this style today.

Bit of trivia,Brill's daughter married a politician who later became Governor of Texas,
and happened to hitch a ride in the wrong parade one day.

Here is a floral & laced EPS Austin.

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