Looking For Rifle Scabbard For An Atv

[TexasJack]

Thinking about making a rifle scabbard for myself to carry a scoped rifle on a 4 wheeler (ATV). Kolpin and some others make a plastic scabbard, but - no, I don't need to explain to anyone on this forum why I'd rather have leather!

A pattern would probably be too much to ask, but a design or pictures would be most appreciated.

I want to keep the dust/mud off of the rifle and (hopefully) keep the scope from getting messed up as I ride the ATV.

[Pounder]

You might check out Al Stohlman's "The Art of Making Leather Cases", Volume Three has several patterns for scabbards and how to make them. Got one the list of things to make but I got to take care of customers first and then there is those darn bills to pay. Anyway good luck.

[Josh Ashman]

TexasJack,

I've made several this fall like the one pictured below. Get a long piece of butcher paper or some other similar heavy paper that you can have long and wide enough, I use velum paper in a 24" wide roll used for printing construction plans.

Get your piece of paper that is as long as your rifle or so and fold it in half and proceed just as you would for the Stohlman holster pattern making process. Lay the scope on the center of the fold and "roll" it over to the side, trace around the rifle and scope, I leave at least 1" and maybe a little more to the edge of the pattern around the barrel and then a little more than that once you get to the fore end of the rifle. Make a nice curve down to where you wand it to end on the stock and draw a flap that looks nice to your eye.

Good luck,

Josh

[TexasJack]

Josh, thanks for the great photos! That's given me some good ideas about what I want to do.

Pounder, I have to dig through some of my stuff and see if I've got that particular volume of Stohlman's "..Cases". I know I have a couple, but I may not have that one. Thanks for the suggestion.