Tensioning screw assembly?
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old&slow
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Kind of depends .?
Usually I use a T nut ,, a rubber grommet ,, a screw and washer ( sorry don't remember the exact name of the fancy dome type washer used) Most of which you can find at a home improvement store.
And if you can get to the place you want to put it without taking the holster apart.
Some commercial holsters are kind of thin and not that stiff and might not benefit from a tension screw.
Is the leather stiff enough that a tension screw will help ?
Usually I use a T nut ,, a rubber grommet ,, a screw and washer ( sorry don't remember the exact name of the fancy dome type washer used) Most of which you can find at a home improvement store.
And if you can get to the place you want to put it without taking the holster apart.
Some commercial holsters are kind of thin and not that stiff and might not benefit from a tension screw.
Is the leather stiff enough that a tension screw will help ?
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Tandy and other leather supply shops will sell you what is called a 'chicago post screw' set. About 3/8" length, with a rubber grommet sold at hardware stores for placing into holes in metal that a wire will pass through, will finish the job.
Many thanks. Fortunately, this is an academic question. The only holster I own that has what I think is a tensioning screw is a Hume cross-draw spring holster - that is, kind've like my Bianchi CD-1xx holsters but using a screw assembly to create the spring clasp that the CD-1xx holsters have integrally.
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Ah. Shoulda said so
. Then on a modern holster, the 'correct' answer is a tee nut imbedded on the backside, a matching machine screw inserted from the front and through the same grommet I described, with a finishing washer under the screw head.The bit on a Hume and similar cross draw holster, is a long version of the Chicago screw I mentioned; and it is not intended to be adjusted. Instead it holds the spring into its clamping position; a rivet could just as easily have been used if the makers had been so inclined. But Ed Clark started out with the screw, perhaps out of convenience; and all the copyists didn't think through the function and simply -- did the same. And there were LOTS of copyists: Bucheimer, (not fair to say Bucheimer-Clark because they got Ed's son Earl in the deal), Hunter, Heiser, Safety Speed, Hume, Lewis, everybody who made that particular style.
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Mr. Nichols, you’re writing your book right here. Amazing fountai of information, you are.
I hope sometime you give us a look at your personal life, that is, how you came to live in Australia. And by the way, does R.M. Williams make or did he/they ever build holsters?
I hope sometime you give us a look at your personal life, that is, how you came to live in Australia. And by the way, does R.M. Williams make or did he/they ever build holsters?
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What an interesting query. Australia's cowboys and today's men of the bush can use long arms, but not handguns except in the most incredibly controlled conditions. So I would doubt that R.M. Williams ever made holsters; though perhaps rifle scabbards? Not sure they'd admit it today, little interest in guns here in Oz.
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Sir,
I lived in North Queensland for 17 years,fished professionally, worked gold mines and worked cattle in Cape York. During that time I had my reasons for immigrating (it started as a 10 day vacation) and never saw a handgun holster other than the WWII style, most of the holding a Model 10 or a HiPower. There were handguns present in the gold fields, and I taught a couple of the mine superintendents to shoot. (I was there when the “buy back” happened, “the bushies” weren’t keen to participate.)
I did use R.M. Williams boots and had a saddle and some tack from the old maker, and liked the quality of their gear.
Sorry about the thread drift, gents.
I lived in North Queensland for 17 years,fished professionally, worked gold mines and worked cattle in Cape York. During that time I had my reasons for immigrating (it started as a 10 day vacation) and never saw a handgun holster other than the WWII style, most of the holding a Model 10 or a HiPower. There were handguns present in the gold fields, and I taught a couple of the mine superintendents to shoot. (I was there when the “buy back” happened, “the bushies” weren’t keen to participate.)
I did use R.M. Williams boots and had a saddle and some tack from the old maker, and liked the quality of their gear.
Sorry about the thread drift, gents.
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