Members stu925 Posted February 10, 2016 Members Report Posted February 10, 2016 Give me a couple of days and I'll let you know how a K frame fits in an L frame holster. Then you can be a little more confident about it. I sent an L frame holster to my nephew a while back and he sold the gun so he's sending it back should be here by Friday at the latest I think. I'll put my K frame in it and see how it fits. Stu Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted February 10, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted February 10, 2016 'K' will flop all over the place in a 'L' holster. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted February 10, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) K & L are back to back, and the J-frame on the left thrown in for comparison. Now, a guy could add that to say "holster for a K-frame" is quite simplistic, since you can get firearms with quite a bit of difference one to the next, and yet they are all "K". Part of the confusion comes from people who list holsters as "fits" something or other. I always say a bucket will hold your pistol, but that doesn't mean it "fits" it. 5-gallon bucket will fit the J, K, L, M N O P frames, often at the same time But you can see the cylinders are clearly not the same, for starters .. Even if the rest of the gun was all equal (they aren't) then just measuring around the cylinders (like you were wrapping leather) would give a difference of "about" 5/16 - 3/8" (ish)... Edited February 10, 2016 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members stu925 Posted February 12, 2016 Members Report Posted February 12, 2016 I got the L frame holster back today and JLS is correct there's quite a bit of slop in it. I kind of suspected the K frame would be sloppy in it the first time I heard the rumor but I'm glad I got the chance to see how bad it really is myself. The more I look at that Rossi the more convinced I am it's compatible with the L frame. In any event a K frame holster probably isn't going to fly with that under lug. Stu Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted February 12, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted February 12, 2016 Yep, fits it like a marble in a coffee cup Then durn k-frames, though.. lot o difference in heft of barrel thickness (outside diameter) and ejector (shrouded, not shrouded). But hey - the handle and grips are close Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
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