Recent content by BConklin

I've got three Ruger revolvers: a 9.5" Old Model Single Six unmodified, a Stainless Old Army with a 3 digit serial number, and a factory brass grip frame Old Army. I haven't shoot the brasser - it's never been fired yet - but the other two are wonderful shooters. Both are very accurate and...

Oops - I forgot about this thread Thanks for the compliments! Tradhunter - I've been trying different things - made two more holsters for cap and ball Remingtons since this one. I do think I'll be going back to the design for the Mark II however, and making a few more. I think I'll try...

That's how my gun is modified - the edges on the sight were radiused a little. Having the sight grabbing a few leather threads from inside the holster when the gun is drawn isn't that big a deal unless, like this one, the holster is lined. But I can easily imagine an unmodified sight wearing...

Thanks for the compliment. Maybe it's a target gun but it's the only .22 pistol I have and I'll be using it for small game hunting on my land as well.

I see a problem with it too.....well, not for my gun, which has a modified front sight. The reverse chisel of a front sight that came with the gun, however, would split this sucker wide open pretty quickly. If I wanted to sell them I'd have to come up with some way to protect the holster from...

I finished my first attempt at leatherwork - a Hunter style holster for a Ruger Old Army - a couple of weeks back and immediately started on another holster. This time for the Mark II my father gave me just before he passed away. This holster gave me lots of challenges - with both the design...

If it's in good shape that seems a fair price for a stainless to me. Right in line with what they're fetching on Gunbroker at least. In fact - some are fetching more.

One thing that dawned on me after I made mine - if I were to use if for hunting from a stand - then the simple act of unsnapping the hammer strap would make a noise which might alert the prey. There are a few different styles of straps that make no noise when the gun is released. I'll use one...

Be careful.....it's an addictive hobby! If you're anything like me, you'll enjoy it so much you'll be making that trip more and more often. The nearest Tandy for me is an hour's drive and I went there 4 times in a week and a half :oops: Feel free to contact me if you want to pick my brain...

You might want to try your hand at making your own holsters...seriously.. I couldn't find a holster I liked for my Old Army so I got a book, Al Stohler's "How to Make Holsters", did some research online, hit the Tandy store about an hour from my house...bought some simple tools, some veg tanned...