Derringer

[camano ridge]

Big, if you wet form it I would sugest wet forming on the side toward the body. I have seen pocket holsters that have been detail molded on bothe sides and they print just like the gun without a holster. I don't know what thickness leather you are using. On my pocket holsters Iuse a thin pice to line only the side of the holster that will be against the front of the pocket. It gives a little more stiffness and again is less likely to print the shape of the gun. If you are putting the derringer in a wallet like holster. Make sure you cannot accesss the trigger to fire while in the holster. If you do make it so it can be fired while in the holster you will run into some ATF trouble.

[Chief31794]

Hey Chief, I just got asked to make a holster, will be my first for that american derringer. My customer wants to carry it in his front pocket. He was looking at a card wallet I made and we put the pistol in it. I was going to take the gun and wet form it, make it kind of flat, so it will lay nice in that pocket. My question is about lining the holster or keeping it plain. Lining would be nice, but I think it would be too thick in the end. I would appreciate any thoughts or advice. Again, this is my first holster.

Thanks Big.

Ditto what Camano Ridge said, he's an expert on these things. I normally line the holster, I don't wet form a lot, I do some times, but not on this. If you're worried about the thickness of the holster and want to line it, use 2 oz less thickness leather and line with 2/3 oz liner or divide the thickness in half and laminate two thinner pieces together (i.e., if you're wanting 6 oz, then laminate two 2/3 oz pieces, when I laminate, I normally use less total thickness because the resulting leather will be "Stiffer" than a normal piece because the two pieces act against each other when bending or giving (probably not the right technical language but works for me). Also if you line the holster, you will need to stitch it all the way around the circumference not just on the closing seam. On these two holsters the 1911 is lined and the derringer is not, I don't remember them that well (this is a older post), but I know that because the 1911 is stitched on the top and bottom and the derringer isn't.

Chief

[Big]

Thanks for the input ! I like the idea to put thin lining on pocket side. Not wet formed and trigger covered. Much appreciated

BIg