Updated: Ross small of the back

[444 Magnum]

I just found a Ross Holster made in South Africa among my father's stash. It's a right hand, small of the back style and marked 26. I haven't been able to find a fit chart online. Does anyone know what this fits?
Also, under what circumstances would you carry in this manner? It seems like it would be very uncomfortable.
Thanks for any help.

 

[jimmyj]

IIRC (?) this type holster was first seen 1n the 1960s on a TV program "Tightrope". (starring mike conners)

 

[Alk8944]

"Under what circumstances would you carry in this manner? It seems like it would be very uncomfortable."
Thanks for any help.

Under absolutely NO circumstances would I carry a Small of Back style holster!

 

[MetalMan]

I carried my Kimber Ultra Carry in this custom $OB holster for a number of years and found it to be very comfortable for all-day carry, easy to draw from and surprisingly easy to re-holster.

As I’ve gotten older, I now consider the risk of a fall and the possibility of resulting injury and have moved to IWB/OWB carry only.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I don’t know about Ross holsters, but the small of the back design has gotten more bad press than pit bulls. I have used such holsters for years. I find them comfortable to use in sporting situations. Small handguns can be slightly difficult to re-holster but I haven’t had an issue.

 

[326MOD10]

Maybe a Glock 26, subcompact?

If you were wearing a suit jacket, or something along those lines, it would conceal pretty well.

 

[Bald1]

I’ve used a left handed IWB holster for right hand draw small of back. It wasn’t horrible. In a vehicle it might poke you a bit.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Small of back carry is just another tool in the box.
I've used a belly-band holster for small of back carry.
Was working a drug interdiction unit at an airport and concealment was a major factor on the concourse and around the passenger areas.
Since we spent all of our time standing or walking around the airport I didn't need to "sit" on it so it worked well.
I usually wore either a tucked in dress type shirt or a tucked in polo type shirt; the material "gathered" in the small of the back and concealed the gun well.
I carried either a S&W Model 38 or a Walther PPK.

 

[rednichols]

I just found a Ross Holster made in South Africa among my father's stash. It's a right hand, small of the back style and marked 26. I haven't been able to find a fit chart online. Does anyone know what this fits?
Also, under what circumstances would you carry in this manner? It seems like it would be very uncomfortable.
Thanks for any help.

It's a noob error, to ask what a holster fits but then fail to include pics. We can tell fitment from the moulding and shaping of the holster. Ross is contemporary enough that it could be G26 but why should we guess? Give us pics.

The small'o'the back holsters has always been popular, I have created a style for nearly every maker I've designed for, such as Assault Systems, Aker Leather, DeSantis Gunhide, etc.

 

[444 Magnum]

It's a noob error, to ask what a holster fits but then fail to include pics. We can tell fitment from the moulding and shaping of the holster. Ross is contemporary enough that it could be G26 but why should we guess? Give us pics.

Ross appears to be out of business. I was hoping someone might have an old fit chart. It looks like a semi-auto holster but that's not saying a lot. If you can tell me which semi-autos it was made for just by looking at a picture, then color me impressed--muy muy impressed.

I'm going to shuffle around in the safe today and try out different sizes.

 

[ColbyBruce]

That long trigger guard makes me think HK M8.

 

[Super Trucker]

I used to carry there back in the early 90's then found out the damage it could cause so I've not done so since.
If you fall (everyone does occasionally) with a holster right there it could cause spinal damage.

 

[rednichols]

Ross appears to be out of business. I was hoping someone might have an old fit chart. It looks like a semi-auto holster but that's not saying a lot. If you can tell me which semi-autos it was made for just by looking at a picture, then color me impressed--muy muy impressed.

I'm going to shuffle around in the safe today and try out different sizes.

Agree from the moulding that it's for the G26. At least it's obviously not for a Colt Buntline! So we won't go round and round, guessing . Fitment charts are for the big makers such as the old J.M. Bucheimer and Hunter companies, not for little makers such as Ross or Sparks.

This one for the SIG is by Galco; the white coating is mould:

 

[rednichols]

I used to carry there back in the early 90's then found out the damage it could cause so I've not done so since.
If you fall (everyone does occasionally) with a holster right there it could cause spinal damage.

An old wive's tale repeated by folks who have never actually met someone with said spinal damage. Ideally these are more like kidney holsters and are not ever worn directly over the spine anyway.

You know what's NOT an old wive's tale? Folks shooting themselves while wearing as so-called appendix (across the belly). I DO know such a person who left himself half a man that way, and I've several articles on file of those who have died that way. But I've avoided posting on the AIWB thread running now, 'take of the warning labels and let god sort it out' is my view after battling this entirely 21st century carry method.

 

[Super Trucker]

An old wive's tale repeated by folks who have never actually met someone with said spinal damage. Ideally these are more like kidney holsters and are not ever worn directly over the spine anyway.



You know what's NOT an old wive's tale? Folks shooting themselves while wearing as so-called appendix (across the belly). I DO know such a person who left himself half a man that way, and I've several articles on file of those who have died that way. But I've avoided posting on the AIWB thread running now, 'take of the warning labels and let god sort it out' is my view after battling this entirely 21st century carry method.

Yeah, spinal issues are a myth, smh.
Every 10 minutes is a lawyer commercial on TV discussing spinal/back issues from FALLS.
I guess you think a chunk of hard marerial there would protect the spine?

Better yet tell a uniformed cop he is wrong for believing a myth (having their belt empty at the spine), then let me know how that conversation goes.

Search
"Has anyone injured their spine by falling on it."

There will be pages of results to your wives tale.

The galco *** holster I had in the 90's was leather with a belt clip. It was nowhere near my kidneys.

However even the *** sideways holsters have the trigger guard area on the spine, so that and a couple inches of frame and slide material right there.

A two second search found this. I guess you can tell galco holsters you are more intelligent than they are. lol

Why We Don't Recommend Small Of Back Holsters

Let me add this quote from the linked article "why we don't recommend *** holsters"

Obviously the most important is safety, and from several different angles. Firstly, if you should slip and fall on your back while wearing an *** holster you’re at greater risk of a spinal injury. This is obviously not a good outcome, and spinal injuries can obviously be radically life-changing. In fact, you really shouldn’t wear anything hard over your spine due to the increased risk of injury in a fall, whether that’s a knife, cell phone, spare ammo, or anything else.

 

[Baxter6551]

I can see on TV that NCIS issues them to their agents in New Orleans. They seem to like them. And they take a lot of falls and tumbles (lol).

 

[ColbyBruce]

Would everyone who reads this thread please post a photo of someone they know who received a spinal injury from carrying a handgun in a small of the back holster?

There may have been a few such injuries over the years but certainly catastrophic spinal cord injuries caused by firearms and small of the back holsters are about as common as unicorns in a Walmart parking lot.

My wife worked at Shepherd Spinal Center, now Shepherd Center, which treats spinal cord and brain injuries and Neuro degenerative diseases. If a person in the southeast is unfortunate enough to need any of these treatments then Shepherd is where one hopes to be admitted. While my wife worked there no one was admitted with an injury caused by a firearm in a small of the back holster.

 

[rednichols]

Yeah, spinal issues are a myth, smh.
Every 10 minutes is a lawyer commercial on TV discussing spinal/back issues from FALLS.
I guess you think a chunk of hard marerial there would protect the spine?

Better yet tell a uniformed cop he is wrong for believing a myth (having their belt empty at the spine), then let me know how that conversation goes.

Search
"Has anyone injured their spine by falling on it."

There will be pages of results to your wives tale.

The galco *** holster I had in the 90's was leather with a belt clip. It was nowhere near my kidneys.

However even the *** sideways holsters have the trigger guard area on the spine, so that and a couple inches of frame and slide material right there.

A two second search found this. I guess you can tell galco holsters you are more intelligent than they are. lol

Why We Don't Recommend Small Of Back Holsters

Let me add this quote from the linked article "why we don't recommend *** holsters"

Yes, about gunleather I'm smarter than Rick Gallagher and his Galco company. He started out as a sandal maker in Chicago, after being in a rock band then. Since then he makes a high quality version of Bianchi products without innovation of his own. Makers who copy then never learn better than the old ways. *** = spine injury = old wives tale. IWB = can dodge bullets = old wives tale. Take it from a designer maker who has worked only gunleather for a half century, and not out of his garage, either!!

 

[Super Trucker]

Yes, about gunleather I'm smarter than Rick Gallagher and his Galco company. He started out as a sandal maker in Chicago, after being in a rock band then. Since then he makes a high quality version of Bianchi products without innovation of his own. Makers who copy then never learn better than the old ways. *** = spine injury = old wives tale. IWB = can dodge bullets = old wives tale. Take it from a designer maker who has worked only gunleather for a half century, and not out of his garage, either!!

Sure, I'll take the work of a random guy on the internet over a million dollar company that would make more money selling you products that are 100% safe as you claim.

Are you seeing it yet?

Again every 10 minutes on the TV is a lawyer commercial about slip and falls, are you actually going to argue that a gun right there will prevent any damage to your body? If people are getting injured without guns there, how can a gun make it better?

Why do cops not carry items on their belts in that location, are they dumb as well?

 

[444 Magnum]

I scrounged around in the safe's this morning. I tried Berettas, Glocks, Springfield Armory, Taurus, Bersa, and maybe a couple of others.
My Taurus PT145 Millenial would be a good fit if I removed the sights, but I think it's definitely designed for a Glock. I don't have a G26 but I think y'all are correct.
My full size Glocks are the right dimensions with the exception of length.
My hands are too big for the G26 and G27. I shot a friends G27 but there wasn't enough pistol for me to hold securely and it was all over the place. The 9mm might be better but I'm not going to find out.
Thanks for the help.