Civil War 1863 Pattern Holster

[DeKing]

I'm looking for patterns to make all of the leather gear from the civil war. Can anyone help me out?

 

Jeff

[billybopp]

There are a number of civil war era patterns on this site:  Google "civil war site:leatherworker.net" or "Cavalry site:leatherworker.net" to find some of them. You'll find kepis, cap boxes and holsters for sure.   some time ago, somebody posted a huge cache of leather patterns.  I downloaded them at the time but since had a HDD crash - and unable to find that thread again can't find them ... but they're here somewhere!  I think the patterns had come from an archived book on another site.   

Good luck!

Bill

[plinkercases]

As understand it the strong side twist draw or often called the cavalry draw is a result of the fact the cavalry carried the sword on the left or  strong hand cross draw and thus the pistol had to go on the strong side and the cant and ride and wrist twist are due to the ease of drawing seated in a saddle AND also allowed for a weak hand cross draw if they really felt they needed the sword and the pistol going at once.

As has been mentioned it is actually a comfortable carry and effective draw technique but a taboo at many ranges since the muzzle can cross the body if not executed well.

Thanks for the patterns.

Edited April 14, 2018 by plinkercases
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[DeKing]

On 4/14/2018 at 9:01 AM, billybopp said:

There are a number of civil war era patterns on this site:  Google "civil war site:leatherworker.net" or "Cavalry site:leatherworker.net" to find some of them. You'll find kepis, cap boxes and holsters for sure.   some time ago, somebody posted a huge cache of leather patterns.  I downloaded them at the time but since had a HDD crash - and unable to find that thread again can't find them ... but they're here somewhere!  I think the patterns had come from an archived book on another site.   

Good luck!

Bill

Thank you

 

[DeKing]

On 4/14/2018 at 9:01 AM, billybopp said:

There are a number of civil war era patterns on this site:  Google "civil war site:leatherworker.net" or "Cavalry site:leatherworker.net" to find some of them. You'll find kepis, cap boxes and holsters for sure.   some time ago, somebody posted a huge cache of leather patterns.  I downloaded them at the time but since had a HDD crash - and unable to find that thread again can't find them ... but they're here somewhere!  I think the patterns had come from an archived book on another site.   

Good luck!

Bill

Thank you!

 

[carr52]

I went simple. Laid the gun on a piece of paper and traced it. The cartridge pouch is a quick wet form cause I was in a hurry. Was going to shoot in a couple days. The cartridges are zig zag papers. Works pretty good. 

[Yellowhousejake]

New member here, so forgive me if I am stepping on anything. Concerning the right side butt forward holster for revolver users during the ACW. It is correct that the revolver was intended for the left hand as the saber was still considered the primary weapon at the time and it was used right handed. Hence the holster design.

So, consider this. Take any single action (Model P, 1851 Navy, 1860 Army, Remington, etc) and hold it your left hand and raise it into your "workspace" (to borrow a modern tactical term) with the muzzle held to the sky and the right side facing you. Notice that now on C&B revolvers the frame's loading window is easily accessible when inserting paper cartridges. You can operate the loading lever with your right hand without losing your firing grip. The cut for placing caps is also easily accessible to the right hand. On the Model P (1873 Colt SA) when you are ejecting spent shells using your right hand to operate the ejector they slide right out the ejector cut, across the frame, and drop to the ground. Try operating a single action while holding it in your left hand and performing the reload with your right, it will all make sense.

IMO, the single action pistol was designed from the ground up to be reloaded and fired while holding it in your left hand. Once you do it it's obvious and might encourage you to shoot your SA left handed. I do now.

Just my possibly useless 2 cents worth.

DAve