adams484
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How many of you have been asked for help when a new to CCW user who is looking for a firearm?
How many times a day does someone post a request here for a holster source for XXX handgun?
Sure if you are trying to acquire a holster for a 2nd or 3rd Gen S&W that you just want to start carrying for a change then yes you would have to go on the quest for a holster or go with a multi-fit nylon holster.
But how many of you when bringing a new CCW person to the store to find a handgun ever consider whether can they get a holster for this gun?
I make holsters for a living and regularly show at gun shows and have people constantly trying to get a holster for a handgun that is not available as a blue gun or other suitable mold.
Here is a tip... Go to Ring's blue gun website and download their PDF catalog then print out the handgun section. Now you have a respectable list of what you can recommend for a purchase that anyone of us holster makers can build from. We all use blue guns or cast aluminum gun molds so use what we work from to guide you.
Or you can go the other route like a guy I sold a holster to at one show. He came by several times throughout the show looking at this one holster I had. Finally I spoke with him thinking maybe he needed a little help with deciding. He related he loved the holster but did not have a gun that would fit it. I said I could make him one like it for one of the guns he had. He said no he would just buy this one then go buy a gun for it...LOL That was a first for me!
But back to the point if you are purchasing a handgun for carry then be certain to realize that not all guns are easy to get a holster for. So go prepared with a blue gun catalog or stop by my tables at a show I hand them out for people shopping for a new gun purchase as a convenience item. If it becomes enough of a criteria for purchasing a handgun then firearm manufacturers may have an incentive to produce a mold themselves to sell to us holster makers instead of us having to rely on an outside source. After all, while I do have a great number of guns I have purchased just for holster making it has to be a real popular model that is not available as a blue gun to justify $900 verses $55.
Or you can come by my shop and spend hours while I use your gun as a mold for a new holster.
How many times a day does someone post a request here for a holster source for XXX handgun?
Sure if you are trying to acquire a holster for a 2nd or 3rd Gen S&W that you just want to start carrying for a change then yes you would have to go on the quest for a holster or go with a multi-fit nylon holster.
But how many of you when bringing a new CCW person to the store to find a handgun ever consider whether can they get a holster for this gun?
I make holsters for a living and regularly show at gun shows and have people constantly trying to get a holster for a handgun that is not available as a blue gun or other suitable mold.
Here is a tip... Go to Ring's blue gun website and download their PDF catalog then print out the handgun section. Now you have a respectable list of what you can recommend for a purchase that anyone of us holster makers can build from. We all use blue guns or cast aluminum gun molds so use what we work from to guide you.
Or you can go the other route like a guy I sold a holster to at one show. He came by several times throughout the show looking at this one holster I had. Finally I spoke with him thinking maybe he needed a little help with deciding. He related he loved the holster but did not have a gun that would fit it. I said I could make him one like it for one of the guns he had. He said no he would just buy this one then go buy a gun for it...LOL That was a first for me!
But back to the point if you are purchasing a handgun for carry then be certain to realize that not all guns are easy to get a holster for. So go prepared with a blue gun catalog or stop by my tables at a show I hand them out for people shopping for a new gun purchase as a convenience item. If it becomes enough of a criteria for purchasing a handgun then firearm manufacturers may have an incentive to produce a mold themselves to sell to us holster makers instead of us having to rely on an outside source. After all, while I do have a great number of guns I have purchased just for holster making it has to be a real popular model that is not available as a blue gun to justify $900 verses $55.
Or you can come by my shop and spend hours while I use your gun as a mold for a new holster.
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