I want a BBQ rig!

[richcory]

How does one order from the Texas Inmates?

 

[TxTrooper]

How does one order from the Texas Inmates?

My understanding is you must be either an employee of TDCJ or law enforcement to order directly from the prison. The prison gift shop sells inmate crafts. Also, the Texas Ranger Museum sells a few items too. Both have websites.

 

[richcory]

Thanks I'll look them up

 

[rednichols]

Lovely thread that isn't at all what I expected it to be. Including the thread drift, which in my view contributed in a worthwhile way . Cheers to all.

 

[hardcase60]

TxTrooper,

Welcome to the forum. It's about time.

Those Texas inmates do some mighty fine work.

Do they still do this kind of thing? I was under the impression they didn't produce leather good anymore.

Iggy, in the old day's a friend, of a friend of that friends second cousin knew somebody who worked at a TDCJ unit who knew an inmate that bent leather in the craft shop. You eventually got the mailing info for that inmate or the name of the TDC employee and the deal eventually got done. It was a little less complicated if you were in LE, anyway you get the idea. I still have a ranger buckle set with my initials on the keepers. The belts were so well made you might outgrow it but it would never wear out. More commercial now and here is the link to the gift shop. Although belts aren't advertised so I don't know if they are still available.

P.S. Having read the fine print the website does mention: "Additional items are available through special order."
Giftshop: Texas Prison Museum

 

[DevilDog72]

I have in the past only fleetingly thought about owning a BBQ rig....
that has now changed since TxTrooper's rigs have graced our pages. Now..... I do want one.

 

[Iggy]

The inmates a the Wyoming pen use to do fine leather work too.

I have tooled citation book cover that I got from there. We were issued our duty gear so, I never bothered to get a gun rig.

They moved the prison out in the sticks, and no longer have a gift shop as far as I know.

 

[goldenboy]

BBQ Rig

Sometimes I wish I didn't usually drink at barbeques...would love to have a reason to get a BBQ rig!!! They are so cool.

 

[phils]

Buy the belt with a little growing room so you can enjoy it for years to come...

AS Chester said "That's for sure, that's for darn sure."
As we age, we don't get thinner.

 

[keith44spl]

Is that one of your pistols and rigs? I'd love to see some photos of the pistol by itself and know who did the engraving.

Tis all I can find right now,,,,,,,,






One of my favorite workin pistols,

 

[ditrina]

Couple of BBQ's in Florida where this worked

( Thanks Dave )

 

[Chief Tom]

Mr. Joaquin Jackson interview with Texas Monthly,

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSGySNLyACE[/ame]


"The second amendment is not about hunting,

I personally don't hold Jackson in all that high of regard."

Thank you for posting this Keith. I had no idea Ranger Joaquin had taken such a position.

I don't speak of my past much, but am a police chief of over 15 years duration, and over 30 in law enforcement. I've been shot at and had guns involved in many arrests. I've been asked about the risks I chose to take, and always respond that I chose to take them. Restricting what our Founders handed down to us to make my day safer is foolishness, and anyone schooled in constitutional history knows that the Second Amendment is primarily about the retention of the martial ability to correct government overreach--because no oppressive government will give up power willingly. No, not the National Guard--which can be nationalized by the president at a moment's notice--the Founders meant us, the people. Heller pretty much put that to rest, except that the psychotic Left keeps trying to undo it. And such belief is anything but un-American or seditious: it is quintessentially American, patriotic, and in complete accord with what those old men who's pictures adorn our currency believed. That's the law of the land they handed down to us, in spite of what the psychotic Left and their sycophant, bought-off media and educational complex pushes.

But sadly, Joaquin's sentiments are not uncommon in law enforcement. I remember once when a federal agent I was helping our evidence custodian remove seized weapons from our vault for destruction. I won't describe them here because most of you would suffer a fatal medical event if you knew what the USG cavalierly destroys, but one of the weapons he was pounding with a hammer before being taken to the furnace was a former agency issued S&W nickel M19 2.5 inch .357, in nearly new condition. I asked him why the hell we weren't recycling it and he said it was agency policy to destroy unwanted government property (firearms). Then he asked me why I would want to see it sold, asking me if I "didn't think there were enough guns on the street already?" I said not, and stated my position. He disagreed. I then questioned why he was an NRA member (which he routinely bragged about, and he was also our lead firearms instructor). He stated that he didn't really believe in their positions on guns, but only held membership so he could participate in NRA competitions! I was dumbstruck at his arrogance and dishonesty. Fortunately, many in law enforcement feel differently than that guy.

Eternal vigilance is indeed the price of freedom. I know some people close to NRA leadership, and plan to make sure they know about my opinion of this video.

 

[Road Rat]

sportsmansguide used to carry a nice "western" holster for 1911's but it appears they now only have the mag pouch. Still have a picture of the holster, belt, and pouch here.

Double Magazine Pouch - 89784, Holsters at Sportsman's Guide