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This is designed to fit two firearms. The ruger super blackhawk 44 mag and freedom arms 83 in 454 casull. The customer has both handguns with scopes. The super blackhawk has the largest of the two scopes. I made it to hold my SBH without a scope so the holster will work with both models he has. It took me awhile to decide where to go at this build. I looked into the archives here and found one that a gentleman made in 2021. Little longer barrel. I was torn between trying to make a flatback pancake style chest holster, or this style where it wraps around the entire firearm and score in one piece. I really like the way that other one turned out (sorry I can't recall the name of who posted it) but it was so much more leather used and my customer wanted it to be more of a cross draw rather than on the chest since he carries his binos in a chest pack. I don't have a handgun scope at my disposal but that's a fairly easy prop to rig up. I wrapped a piece of broom handle in some leather to get the right diameter of the objective bell and length of the scope. Then I taped a piece of folded up cardboard to my SBH as a "mount" followed by taping the broom handle to my gun also. I'm pretty happy with this, and how well everything came together. I did go to hobby lobby and buy some of their "cosplay" foam rubber in the thickness of my leather with lining. Made three different holster designs before I cut any leather. It's a big chunk of to take a risk of making a bad design. In the end, that $8 roll of foam was well worth the investment. The first design would've been a catastrophe. Holster- Hermann oak holster side 9/10 lined with Water Buffalo 3/4 Harness- Hermann oak holster side skived to 5/6 Shoulder strap- Hermann oak holster side skived 5/6 with 3/4 Water Buffalo lining Feibings Mahogany pro dye with dark brown antique finish. Copper rivets and burrs for added strength pinged over by hand Miniature cobra style quick release buckle Always, with everything I make- hand stitched with ritza tiger thread