Finished pics! A different kind of twin shoulder holster

[Bill_in_fl]

I had won this Sam Browne belt on Gunbroker. Notice that in addition to the long over the shoulder strap, it also has four short loop straps with D rings for attaching a longer strap on both the left and right side.....

I have another Sam Browne belt that I will take the long over the shoulder strap off of, and can use it in conjunction with the other over the shoulder strap,....or I can just get two short belt type straps to use instead. Then I can use these straps to support the weight of two shoulder holsters if I wear the Sam Browne belt across my chest (instead of on my waist) as you will see in the pics below. Two straps over each shoulder will hold the Sam Browne belt up so it won't slip down off my chest. This is for open carry naturally.

I am purchasing two U.S. model 1917 flap revolver holsters for my twin 1917 S&W's. I am not concerned with fast draw, I want two shoulder holsters with flaps that will keep my 1917 revolvers secure when in the woods and no way they will fall out even on horseback, also to protect them from branch scrapes and the elements better too. I figure I can get to them fast enough even with them being flap holsters.

The reason I want them as twin left and right shoulder holsters, is because I will already have on my twin 1912 mounted cavalry holsters around my waist holding my hi capacity para ordnance 1911 and my standard capacity 7 rd auto ordnance 1911, thus I need my 1917 revolvers up higher and out of the way of my twin 1911's in my twin mounted cavalry 1912 holster rig, even though that 1912 cavalry waist rig is drop leg swivel holsters, I still need the 1917 holsters up out of the way of the waist belt.

Then I can use the Sam Browne belt rig and straps to make a twin shoulder holster rig wherein the belt is worn around the chest, that can also be worn around the waist if wanted, that I got the idea of from the western comic book called "The Rawhide Kid" as seen in these below pics.....

I thought it would be a good idea because this way I can use my Sam Browne belt and twin left and right 1917 revolver flap holsters to hold my two S&W 1917's either as a shoulder holster rig when I also wear my twin 1912 mounted cavalry waist belt rig with my 1911's, or as a regular waist belt rig if I don't want to carry four handguns at the same time.

Something a little different from the regular shoulder holster we usually see, that can also be worn as a waist belt, so it is versatile and does double duty.


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[Engineer1911]

Modern day Outlaw Josey Wales without a horse.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Sounds good...I think

 

[old bear]

Something a little different from the regular shoulder holster we usually see,

Yes, that would be........

 

[Old 44 Guy]

UMMM; You sure you want that much weight on if you get off your horse? You maybe top heavy. I think the horse would be glad. LOL.

 

[A10]

How creative of you!

 

[John Frederick Bell]

I'm intrigued to see how this pans out.

 

[brucev]

Hum... looks good to me! But, given that you will almost assuredly need to be able to work from a distant to a close in target, it sound like you'd be better served to put the 1911's up on your chest and the 1917's on your hips. Given their generally better out of the box accuracy, this will allow you to engage at a longer range. If their capacity is not sufficient for the task at hand, you will have the two loaded 1911's which with magazines offer a higher capacity and rate of fire. And, if all else fails and your have to jump on your horse and ride away, you can always throw the 1911's at one's opponent while saving yourself... and your 1917's.

 

[Iggy]

Have you ever considered a little red wagon?

 

[jkc]

Stay away from bodies of water, large magnets, and avoid lightning while wearing that much ferrous hardware...

 

[Andy Griffith]

If'n you're going to be carrying 1917's...you're going to need a carrier suited to your needs of moonclipped ammuntion...

This moonclip caddy from Andrews Custom Leather (one of your neighbors) would fit the bill nicely:
http://www.andrewsleather.com/fullmoon_a.jpg

He also makes a magazine carrier for 1911's that will hold 10 mags!
http://www.andrewsleather.com/stroud.jpg

 

[Evil Dog]

10 mags... oh my gawd that would be heavy !!!!

 

[Bill_in_fl]

Just sent the money order out today for the Sam browne belt and left and right 1917 flap revolver holsters. I'll let everyone know how the rig works out as a shoulder holster when I receive it.


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[Bill_in_fl]

If'n you're going to be carrying 1917's...you're going to need a carrier suited to your needs of moonclipped ammuntion...

This moonclip caddy from Andrews Custom Leather (one of your neighbors) would fit the bill nicely:
http://www.andrewsleather.com/fullmoon_a.jpg

Thanks Andy. I like that carrier. Going to go check the Andrews leather site out.
Looks like it wouldn't be too hard to home make either. Just some leather, some snaps/hardware and wooden dowels.

(Edit: Just went to the Andrews leather site and saw price on full moon clip pouch. $175.00 ouch! Time for a trip to the craft store for some snaps. Get some leather and wooden dowels.
From the photo it doesn't look like it would be hard to make at all. The leather snaps down onto a snap on the top of the wooden dowel. Come to think of it, I don't see why I couldn't make two full moon clips stack on top of each other with the dowel going through them. Going to consider several self made ideas for moon clip pouch.)




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[tops]

Get 2 slings like the cavalry used in the 1800s and you will be able to also carry 2 carbines. You could use a travois to carry ammo. Larry

 

[coiler666]

A wicked slick project sir! I love these sort of things we do to keep our minds n hands busy creating

 

[Bill_in_fl]

Get 2 slings like the cavalry used in the 1800s and you will be able to also carry 2 carbines. You could use a travois to carry ammo. Larry

I think carrying four handguns and their ammo will be enough without me dragging a travois behind me to carry more ammo. But I feel you understand that and were jesting.

There have been several comments regarding weight, such as "You'd be top heavy", "get a red wagon", and of course your facetious, jocularly humorous suggestion I carry not only my four handguns (which I have done in the past and intend to do again), but that I also carry two carbines and a drag sled (travois) to carry ammo with.

Okay, I get the humor, but what I don't understand is what seems so terribly strange to some people about me carrying the weight of four handguns? I have carried and still do carry sometimes, two black powder 1860 revolvers and two Uberti hombre .45 colt cartridge revolvers, in four separate holsters on the same belt along with cartridges for the .45 cal Uberti's on cartridge loops on that belt. Even with a partial disability that's no big deal for me to carry. Carrying four handguns instead of just two, would be about the same or even less weight than carrying two handguns and a full canteen and a lightly filled backpack.

When I was in the Marines I carried a heck of a lot more than that. I carried my M14 rifle (which is not light and a lot heavier than a modern M16), a backpack filled with C-rats, extra socks & underwear, spare shirt and trousers, toiletries, extra boot laces, blanket roll under the back pack, sometimes an extra pair of boots and sometimes a field jacket, and other necessities, a canteen filled with water, (and a canteen filled with water is more heavy than some single handguns), my web belt holding not only my canteen and bayonet and scabbard, but several filled mag pouches for my M14 rifle, a small first aid kit on my web belt, a fiberglass helmet liner with a steel helmet over that on my head, not to mention various other things I've probably forgotten to list. And that was considered just a normal load, not a particularly heavy one.

Haven't any of the people who seemed surprised about the weight of four revolvers on my body ever been in the military and carried a backpack and gear? If they have, then what is so strange to some of them about me carrying four revolvers and a few mags of ammo and a few moon clips of ammo that they either question me or make humorous fun of me carrying four handguns? Would they be surprised if I also carried a rifle along with the four handguns?

I've had two spine surgeries with titanium inserts in my spine, four knee surgeries (two on each knee) and my back and knees hurt me frequently, one elbow surgery to reattach a ligament torn while in the gym, left fingers crushed and repaired, wrist surgeries on both wrists, end of right collarbone removed due to spurs, I'm not in the shape I used to be when I was younger, and I still have no problem carrying four handguns and their extra ammo at the age of 58.

What's the matter with some people? Have they never carried anything heavier than a lightly filled fanny pack, or their cell phone or IPod or a beer?

I'm not taking offense at any of their remarks, I see their humor, I just don't understand their logic weight wise.

Maybe old Marines just think differently.




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[Bill_in_fl]

A wicked slick project sir! I love these sort of things we do to keep our minds n hands busy creating

Thanks Coiler, when the belt and holsters arrive and I get the straps set up on the belt, I'll post about how it all turned out and maybe post some pics too.


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[BUFF]

You will walk with great confidence during periods of high wind.

 

[Bill_in_fl]

You will walk with great confidence during periods of high wind.

Lol. Good one. We get a lot of hurricane wind in Florida. I've lived here most of my life and it's not that kind of wind that worries me, but another type of possible coming storm entirely that adds to my thoughts of how to carry as many guns and as much ammo as reasonably and physically possible on my body. Although possibly said in jest by another member here, perhaps a travois isn't a bad idea, to carry other provisions for several people besides guns and ammo. Only I'd use a modern lightweight one with harness and push/pull bar and wheels like used to carry deer out of the woods. Would make a great off road bail out cart for several people if all the roads were gridlocked. A small one could be pushed/pulled by one person if necessary and a larger one could be pulled by a horse or ATV or dirt bike. Perhaps the other member here who mentioned I might think about using a travois wasn't jesting after all, he might just have something there.




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