Sources For Spots

[thecapgunkid]

OK. So I hadda have a John Wayne True Grit Rig for an upcoming Cowboy Action Match. Into the shop I go, beating off unatural heat for Pittsburgh and...worse...a hoarde of stink bugs which has been plaguing the area. Stalwartly and with great resolution I pound out the rig, complete with added shotgun loops, and then, looking down at the finished product, realize that now I gotta have a Roy Rogers Rig. Even the stink bugs agree with me. It's my destiny, Luke.

No big deal...right? Noper, Pilgrim. I open up the little plastic drawer that holds all my spots, kill off a few stinkbugs, and, lo and behoild I ain't got no old-timey scalloped , half inch spots. IN fact, I can't even remember when or where I got them in the first place.

Now, you gunbelt and holster makers know what I am talking about and how to avoid off-the-shelf domed spots, so if any of you coyotes know where I should be looking please write back and lemme know.

Thanks

Don't shoot yore eye out, kid

The Capgun Kid

[ChuckBurrows]

Are you asking about the fluted ones that are often called parachute spots like these -

http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CCTP&Product_Code=5510-206-704&Category_Code=530-350-000

or like these

http://www.standardrivet.com/spots/designer-spots/38-stamped-parachute-spot.php

Now, you gunbelt and holster makers know what I am talking about and how to avoid off-the-shelf domed spots

And I'm curious why you would want to avoid these, at least for pre-1900 work, since by far the majority of original work I've examined (which is a wholla bunch in the last 50 years) were simple domed nickle plated brass harness spots, where as the only parachute styles I've seen used pre-1900 were small concho buttons which you can get from Indian Jewelry Supply in New Mexico??????

Now for the 1920's or so and on yo do see fancier spots such as used on the rigs by Bohlin and other makers of that period.

Edited September 26, 2010 by ChuckBurrows

[thecapgunkid]

Thanks, Pard, for the info.

Check the Brown/Bohlin/Gilmore rigs of the B-Westerns and the 1950's or check out the rigs Roy wore and you will see what I mean for shaped spots other than simple domes.

Are you asking about the fluted ones that are often called parachute spots like these -

http://www.crazycrow...ode=530-350-000

or like these

http://www.standardr...achute-spot.php

And I'm curious why you would want to avoid these, at least for pre-1900 work, since by far the majority of original work I've examined (which is a wholla bunch in the last 50 years) were simple domed nickle plated brass harness spots, where as the only parachute styles I've seen used pre-1900 were small concho buttons which you can get from Indian Jewelry Supply in New Mexico??????

Now for the 1920's or so and on yo do see fancier spots such as used on the rigs by Bohlin and other makers of that period.