Cross Draw Holsters

[Supercracker]

I want to make up a cross draw holster for my Colt Navy but have never been able to take a good look at the backside of one to see how the belt look/strap is arranged.

Does anyone have some pics of the backside of a good cross draw that they could share?

Thanks

 

[biliff]

This is the back of my 60 Army slim jim crossdraw holster. It's CAS legal so the cant has to be less than 30 degrees. Only thing I see different from the strongside holster is the top of the belt loop is biased more to the front of the holster to provide the cant.

 

[Supercracker]

thanks

hmmm, I would have thought it took more than that to provide the cant. I'm not worried about any rules or PC/HC. I carry my shooting bag on the right side and want to be able to carry the pistol along also at some places I go mildly inconvenience birds at. I would hurt myself if I tried to shoot with my left hand. I figured that a CD holster would let me carry it and draw right handed but still be out of the way of the bag.

My first instinct would be to stitch a loop on the back like that but longer and with a little more cant.

 

[rabjr]

How extreme of a cant do you want? Theres two cross draw holsters pictured here, the first is as about as much cant one can get and the other is a slight cant.
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/263870/

 

[Supercracker]

Thanks Swampy.

That first one is pretty much exactly where I want to end up. Not sure why attaching the loop like that didn't occur to me before.

Thanks again

 

[LRB]

Here's another way. This rides high and snug, and won't flop or shift easily if the loop is sized close to the belt.

 

[hoochiepapa]

Not only is cross draw easier and faster, but it keeps the gun out of the way when you bend over.
Wick, is that a Super Blackhawk? I used to have one with a scope.

 

[LRB]

Not just a super BH Mike, but an OM 3 screw made in 1962. When I got it in the early ninties, it was unfired. It's a tack driver with hand loads.

 

[hoochiepapa]

I wish I still had mine. Sometimes when I'm going through the box that has all my old holsters and belts, I see the holster I made for it. Notched at the top for the scope. I loved that gun. Killed several deer with it.

 

[Hipshot]

Here are a couple with two different style of keepers, on the brown one it is part of the holster leather and on the black it's a seperate piece. The black one rides a little higher on the hip.