Members CaptQuirk Posted October 7, 2016 Members Report Posted October 7, 2016 I have an order for a Glock 22, and needed a holster mold for it. Since I ordered my last gun from HolsterSmith.com, and got a good deal on the Blue Gun, I went back. They were out of Blue Gun, but had HolsterMolds brand, and it was 5-10 bucks cheaper. The downside at that point, was that the trigger guard was filled in. Not really too bad. But I received it last night, and discover that the ejection port is also filled in. The weight was very light, and the finished surface looked like it was done by child labor. Quote
Members HBAR Posted October 7, 2016 Members Report Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) These are primarily created and sold for Kydex holster makers. Kydex holster makers need the trigger guard and ejection port blocked out. This save much time and labor. Of course the takedown pins or levers, mag releases, safetys, slide release, lights and rails also need to be blocked out. Many beginners wont block out these things and the guns will drag in and out. Next time order the blueguns brand IF you are only doing leather. There are many stores online who carry them. bluegunstore.com, alternateforce.net come to mind. as to their surface finish... I have bought several different brands of molds. I have probably close to 200 blue guns. I have a dozen or more multi-molds. The small companies making the ones like you bought are just guys like us. They make them and sell them pretty cheap. If they finished them out all the way, they would cost too much and nobody would buy them. Everyone would go back to using only Blueguns or the real thing. The market for these molds is very very small. so they cant just make a huge run and recoup their costs. I understand where you are coming from though. I have bought the molds too and went "what the heck". Edited October 8, 2016 by HBAR Quote
Members OLDNSLOW Posted October 8, 2016 Members Report Posted October 8, 2016 (edited) I have several of them and took a drill to the trigger area wasn't a big deal and if your good with small jewelers files that you can buy at Harbor freight you can work the ejection post back in to the mold of the gun. For leather they work ok, not the refined job of a blue gun and don't claim to be but they work and as mentioned ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ above at a lower cost in fact have a few that I am selling just for the plug. Ron Edited October 8, 2016 by OLDNSLOW Quote
Members chiefjason Posted October 8, 2016 Members Report Posted October 8, 2016 Use this to cut out the trigger guard and port. Just did it on my new Shield .45 last night. Way easier than a drill bit. https://www.dremel.com/en_US/products/-/show-product/accessories/115-high-speed-cutter Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted October 8, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted October 8, 2016 For $5, I'd just get the one that's already opened up. Somewhere around here, there's a whole list of places to get these guns. 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 October 8, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted October 8, 2016 7 hours ago, chiefjason said: Shield .45 Have you seen the mags for this one? Can't be quite the same as the "old" shield... 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 CaptQuirk Posted October 8, 2016 Author Members Report Posted October 8, 2016 Blue Gun was my first choice, but, they were out at the moment. Blue Guns are made in my home town, and I ALWAYS support the home team if I can. I also have to go with quickest turn around time (Which again, was HolsterSmith.com), especially in this case. New customer, and he is a local cop. If I get him hooked, the rest may follow. It has been my experience to keep the local cops happy. Quote
Members OLDNSLOW Posted October 8, 2016 Members Report Posted October 8, 2016 I sorta scored a deal when I got the ones I have from the mold guys, every now and then they will have a sale of seconds and you can get like 8 to 10 of the molds for like 90 or 100 so it worked out to a degree. The only bummer on the ones I got is that it had some doubles like to of the glock 43's and one other that had a double but I traded with a guy for one he had and one I had so it worked ok, but still have 2 glock 43's but for 10 bucks each I cnat complain. Quote
RMB Custom Leather Posted October 8, 2016 Report Posted October 8, 2016 Here is another maker that has impressed me. I have used these molds to make Kydex and leather holsters and they have performed surprisingly well. They are rough around the edges but they work good and are only $24.99 free shipping. New molds are added periodically. http://www.bluegunstore.com/privatelabelmolds.aspx Quote Thank you, Rob Bennett Email: rob@rmbcl.com Authorized Distributor BLUEGUNS Multi Molds Maker Supplies Home of the "Taco Press" kydex/Leather former FREE SHIPPING! FACEBOOK
Members HBAR Posted October 8, 2016 Members Report Posted October 8, 2016 Rob is a good guy to order from. Everything I have ordered from bluegunstore.com has come fast. Quote
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