Latest Rig For A Coonan 357 Magnum Auto

[George B]

Made a complete rig for a customer with a Coonan 357.

Holster is 8 oz. W&C with a 8 oz. front and back pieces for snap and screw.Customer wanted a holster that would work as concealed carry and doubled for field use. Two safety straps will work for hammer down, cocked and locked or rear strapped.

Mag carrier is 7 oz. W&C back with 5 oz, front panel with spring steel clip.

Belt is a reinforced dual layer made with two layers of 5 oz. W&C. Reinforced with a 1 inch wide polypropylene strap that runs the entire length of belt so that all holes and hardware are fully reinforced. Center decorative stitch is designed to tie all the layers and reinforcement together.

Belt is just over 1/8" thick and good and stiff, yet extremely comfortable. Belt body has a 700 lbs. strength not figuring in the leather.

This rigs ships out Monday. Hope he likes it.

Thanks for the look-see,

George

[keplerts]

Very, very, nice! I'm sure they will be super happy with the rig! Love the belt pattern.

[Haystacker]

Anyone would be happy with that rig. Nice job. I like the straps. I have not seen that before. Great idea.

[George B]

Anyone would be happy with that rig. Nice job. I like the straps. I have not seen that before. Great idea.

The straps were something I came up with for those that wanted a safety strap for field use and the ability to remove it when they wanted to conceal carry. The design has come in handy on a few occasions and is easy to add to an existing pattern. I have done this on both pancakes and Avengers.

The holster pictured is actually the second version for the same customer. After making the first and doing finish work I realized I had made two major design mistakes.

1. The strap too straight up and down and would eventually work its way off the front in the cocked position.

2. I placed the screw directly over the top of the belt which would result in one tore to hell belt in a short period of time.

A remake was my only option. I have attached a pic of the original.

Thanks for the compliment.

George

[supercub]

Nice job! Where did you find a dummy gun for the Coonan 357?

[harley45]

Great design!

[George B]

Nice job! Where did you find a dummy gun for the Coonan 357?

Thanks.

Last year I had a customer who wanted a complete military style rig. Contacted Coonan about the exact dimensions.

All I wanted was the exact dimensions, what I received in the mail was the dummy gun.

Since then Chelsey and I have had a great working relationship.