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I really like that .44 CA Bulldog you have. I want one. It’s got that, old skool, ACME Detective Agency, look… Thing going for it that Mickey Spillane describes in his novels.
Concealed Carry in Cold Weather?
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I really like that .44 CA Bulldog you have. I want one. It’s got that, old skool, ACME Detective Agency, look… Thing going for it that Mickey Spillane describes in his novels.
Safariland had a neat rig, a shoulder holster that hung the gun upside down... Had elastic to keep it shut. User could draw the gun from under a zipped jacket with practice - down and out. Even a 4" bbl.
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That is a very old style. More "modern" style from the 80's is horizontal under the arm, Miami Classic. Problem with the former is any AD will take out the artery in a place that cannot be treated easily in the field. Death is a foregone conclusion.
Not at church, but once we roll to the hole, I'm packing!You don’t carry at funeral’s? Well, I’m from the hood. Everyone else is packin’ I might as well too.
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Berns-Martin made one years ago.
Steve McQueen special.
It's close. The Safariland had the elastic on the topstrap. Cool factor is up there!
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It doesn’t get very cold at home. 40’s usually is the lowest.
It’s in the 30’s here in San Antonio today. I am wearing jeans and zip up jacket with a hoodie. I just throw my LCP in the left jacket pocket.
It’s in the 30’s here in San Antonio today. I am wearing jeans and zip up jacket with a hoodie. I just throw my LCP in the left jacket pocket.
A friend used to wear a long sheepskin coat with a brass coat hook sewn inside, below the left armpit. He used this to hang a sawn-off double-barrelled 12-bore by the trigger guard.
Most ADs happen on reholstering. Unless SA sixguns.
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I need a video with this!
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That’s cool, I really like that!
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I’ve pulled SOS’s off of GB’rs who carried them like that, but they used wire clothes hanger’s over the shoulder.
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Well, you’re as big as a grizzly and grizzlies don’t mind cold weather. 40 sounds pretty cold to me.
I’m old and I’m cold….
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I have never been cold in a deer blind at 40° but I have been freezing at work at 40°Well, you’re as big as a grizzly and grizzlies don’t mind cold weather. 40 sounds pretty cold to me.
I’m old and I’m cold….
An outfit in Texas (Kirkpatrick in Laredo) makes a similar rig. Not as elegant as a Sam Andrews Monarch or Solo rig, but a legit option. Priced right and you will have it before the 2nd coming of the Messiah. I have one for my Ruger SP101 and it fits my 2017
Colt Cobra as well.
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Top-Andrews Solo
Bottom-Kirkpatrick K400 Detective Carry
Colt Cobra as well.
Below:
Top-Andrews Solo
Bottom-Kirkpatrick K400 Detective Carry
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Looks like a suede shoulder strap in the top pic. I like that.
Wonder if they can make a holster for a 3 inch SP101? It’s hard to find a holster manufacturer who makes a holster for a 3” barrel.
Kirkpatrick (and Sam Andrews
for that matter) makes their rigs with an open muzzle to accommodate different barrel lengths.
I tend to dress around what I almost always carry- a G19 or bigger Glock AIWB.
With a button trench or wool coat- I leave enough at the bottom unbuttoned to be able to get to it if it is really cold, otherwise the coat is open and I have a jacket/sports coat, sweater or vest acting as the primary cover garment.
Most of my activewear coats(OR, Arcteryx, Beyond, etc) that I have bought or kept have a 2 way zipper so access from the bottom is fairly easy.
If it was so cold that I really had to stay all the way buttoned/zipped up- J frame in the strong side pocket of the coat + standard carry.
With a button trench or wool coat- I leave enough at the bottom unbuttoned to be able to get to it if it is really cold, otherwise the coat is open and I have a jacket/sports coat, sweater or vest acting as the primary cover garment.
Most of my activewear coats(OR, Arcteryx, Beyond, etc) that I have bought or kept have a 2 way zipper so access from the bottom is fairly easy.
If it was so cold that I really had to stay all the way buttoned/zipped up- J frame in the strong side pocket of the coat + standard carry.
There are several varieties of older upside-down holsters. Some is an elastic band to hold the sides together, some, like Bianchi, just have the sides held together. I have send several J-frame and Colt revolvers in these type of holsters and still to this day. They are very concealable and easy to use. Bought my first in the early-70s when I started with LAPD. To many, a small wheel gun is a no-go, but after 50 years plus, and several shootings, I still trust them. To each his own…
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