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The Mysterious One Arm Shoulder Holster
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semperfi71
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I too have noticed McGarret's shoulder holster. I think it is a standard type but the "off-arm" strap has been removed because I think I saw slits on the shoulder strap for them.
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Ivan the Butcher
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For my SASS outfit I had black suspenders made with a derringer holster that rides just outside of my heart, I seen many for the top break Smith's. I also have worn these suspenders with one of my good suites with the derringer.
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Perhaps like this....
Early military shoulder holsters were made that way. Worn under a jacket, the jacket would keep it in place, also as another post mentioned the button down epaulet could be used as a retainer. I have a 1942 shoulder holster for a 1911 made that way. Later ones added a strap to go around the body and secure it more positively.
Who makes this? I have been thinking about something like this.
Alpo
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You can get that from Pacific Canvas and Leather. That's the M3 Holster. I have one, but truthfully, the M7 (the one I show in post #5) is more comfortable. The M3 rubs a groove in the side of your neck.
Pacific Canvas & Leather Co. INC
Pacific Canvas & Leather Co. INC
You can get 'em black or brown, right or left handed, and stamped either US or USMC.
Pacific Canvas & Leather Co. INC
Pacific Canvas & Leather Co. INC
You can get 'em black or brown, right or left handed, and stamped either US or USMC.
Texas Star
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Can you carry openly? I have an El Paso Threepesons rig for the 7.5-inch Super B. Like it a lot. But EPS or others can make you a shoulder rig for a gun that size. Look at their lists of which guns they'll adapt to which holsters.The photos are of just guns they consider typical.
Re shoulder holsters, I like the scenes in, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri", where Wm. Holden and the other USN Panther pilots wear the issued rigs for the Victory Model .38. I saw real USN aircrew wearing those at USAF bases where they stopped over. That was years after the movie was made, but the guns and shoulder holsters were the same.
BTW, in the book, James Mitchener mentioned that his hero pilot had fired his .38 just six times, in familarization. I'm pretty sure that my memory holds on that, and it seems typical of the military. When not flying in the Naval Reserve he was a Denver lawyer. If you haven't seen the movie, rent it or see clips on YouTube. If you're a knife nut, look at Harry's knife. I think it's a model that Western used to sell as a shark knife. The pilots seemed to buy their own knives. It was a few years yet before the Jet Pilot's Knife by Marble's was adopted and soon modified into the current airman's knife.
When I saw the Western brand knife on him, I thought that was shrewd work by the prop master, as Western was in Colorado, and Harry was from Denver. That's a really good war movie, with Grace Kelly as Harry's wife.The carrier pilots were trying to bomb a crucial North Korean supply bridge defended by a LOT of AAA guns. Harry's Panther (F-9F) was hit on a second attack, with unhappy results. Mickey Rooney played a helicopter pilot with discipline problems. Didn't realize that the USN had enlisted chopper pilots during the Korean war.
Does anyone recall the photo(s) of Elvis P. wearing a shoulder holster as a tanker during his Army service? I saw a couple.
You can open carry in WI. But I want this for out in the woods.
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El Paso Saddlery. For what handgun are you wanting a shoulder holster?
I like the Doc Holiday shoulder holser, but at $185, I need to really want it. Lots of nice stuff. I also like the small of the back holster they got. Not for the SBH though.
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Texas Star
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He posted that it's for a Ruger Super Blackhawk!
But if he can open carry, a belt holster will be more comfortable, esp. for a gun of that size and weight.
I thought a belt holster might drag my pants down. Though this summer I started wearing suspenders, when I had a bunch of **** on my belt, they really make a difference.
I was looking for something, for when I was at my camp, and took the dogs for a walk in the woods. Was thinking something I would just throw over my shoulder, like a bandeloir style.
Maybe own its on belt, so I would just grab the gun belt and put it on.
I was looking for something, for when I was at my camp, and took the dogs for a walk in the woods. Was thinking something I would just throw over my shoulder, like a bandeloir style.
Maybe own its on belt, so I would just grab the gun belt and put it on.
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