Topic: Gun question for the Australians

[Rocking-M]

Hey I told him how to do it. 

[dusterdude]

do it for him and make some money.

[Rocking-M]

send me your gun

[Noel]

So another expensive and clumsy international phone call has resulted in a holster in the mail. I hope. It's the last one they have in the warehouse, and if it gets lost in the mail or sent to Tanzania I'm going to be a mighty unhappy camper. 

Thanks for all the replies!

[GroovieGhoulie]

What's the "Sinistrous version" anyway?

It's a mouthy way of saying Left-Handed.   

Lefties used to be regarded as evil, so the word "Sinister" was derived from the words Sinistrous and Sinistral, which mean "left-handed".

I'm actually functionally ambidextrous, but left-eye dominant, so I shoot left-handed.

[Egil]

If you send a plastic copy of your gun and a picture of the holster , I`L  see what I can do for you  ,

I made a few to my self and freinds  both knives and handguns.

73 - La2vPa. Egil 

[Noel]

Appreciate the offer, but the holster showed up in the mail yesterday, and it's just what I was after. Would be nice if had cost less than $150, but oh well. 

[Noel]

Ghoolie --

You learn something every day, eh?

If you're feeling rich, give Hellweg a call. I believe the nice lady on the phone mentioned a left hand model still in stock. It's @#$! expensive, but  is an exact replica as far as I can tell, with the exception of the lack of snap on the back side with which to secure the hammer strap completely out of the way.

[cbjunkie]

so, show us a pic...

[Noel]

Key points include the open trigger guard, the medium drop, the slight foward cant, and the steel shank sewn in which can be bent to creat a perfect vertical hang, following the contour of the hip, and getting the gun butt away from the body for a clean draw. The strap can also be worn around the "leading edge" of the holster for quick draw work, or removed entirely (snaps on both the front and back) if one never intends to get into a scuffle. I was hoping for tan or at least plain black, but the basketweave was the only thing left and beggars can't be choosers.

Not much different from the older Threepersons design, with the exception of the steel shank, which is key for us "Bill Jordan" wannabees. And for as simple and common as it appears, apparently there is nobody left on the planet making this exact model. 

[cbjunkie]

i guess old bill was pretty fast, .27 on the draw, but how in the heck did they even measure that?? was he still shooting on the advent of digital timers?

would love to see some footage of him, if there is any...

[Noel]

If you get a copy of "No Second Place Winner" he's included some shots of his timing sytem. It was essentially an old analog stopwatch electrically connected to a delay timer, a light bulb, and a stop plate switch. He pressed the button on the delay timer, which, after a few seconds, activated the light and the stopwatch. The shooter reacts to the light, and the impact of his bullet on the stop plate turned off the timer. A very similar system is in use by the "fast draw" competitors these days. http://www.fastdraw.org/ (Check out some of the competition videos. These guys are almost too fast for belief.)

I have ordered a copy of the "Fast and Fancy Shooters" video which is supposed to contain footage of Jordan, among others. http://www.ftfindustries.com/gunvideo/fast_and_fancy_shooters.htm

[cbjunkie]

thanks for the links - i probably won't get the book, but i am going to watch some vids...do you compete?

[Noel]

Used to do a lot of Bianchi Cup (NRA action) shooting, but haven't been in a few years. Right now this "Jordan method" stuff has caught my eye, but there really isn't any suitable competition for it. So I do a lot of wax bullet hip shooting and fast draw work in my garage while pretending to be patrolling the Rio Grande. 

I've had a more than passing interest in the fast draw competitions for a number of years now. Figure some day I'll give it a try.

So what's your game?