In The Process For A Wheelchair Mount

[AzShooter]

Sunday I shot a Steel Challenge Match from my wheelchair.  I like having my gun in a holster instead of bagging it between stages.  Before we got started three people asked me why I didn't mount it to the wheelchair.  I started to think about it and came up with an idea.  I take off the right side elbow rest so that it doesn't interfere with my draw.  So, I wanted to set up something using a piece of pipe in the mounting hole for the rest.

I went to Lowes and didn't find anything or any help.  I then went to Ace, you know, the place with the helpful hardware man, and ran into a friend that suggested what to do.  The salesman helped me find everything and I had the parts needed in about 10 minutes.

I'm was going to use the above holster, I actually did make it ready for the chair by replacing the belt loop with a modified piece of leather and a wooden dowel.  Metal and PVC did not fit the hole.  I also decided to make a new holster for it with basket weave and a slightly raked angle.  I'll post a pic by Wednesday when it should be finished.  I'm waiting for the dye to dry over night before assembling it.  The attachment I made for my previous holster works great, giving me more room and not having the grip wear on the wheel when moving.

 

 

 

 

[Dwight]

Looking fwd to the picture.

May God bless,

Dwight

[AzShooter]

Got it finished faster than I thought.  I used a dowel for the mount because that's all I could get at the time to make it work.  I'm going to change that out for conduit.  I think that would be stronger.

 

[Dwight]

Looks good partner . . . is that 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch wooden dowel you used???  And how long is it??

May God bless,

Dwight

[1961Mike]

Hi

Looks good.  I haven't shot Steel Challenge, do you have to draw from the holster?  Just don't forget that's there at Walmart or does that matter at all in Arizona?  Not a big deal here in Oklahoma.

Later

 

[AzShooter]

23 hours ago, Dwight said:

Looks good partner . . . is that 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch wooden dowel you used???  And how long is it??

May God bless,

Dwight

It's 1/2 inch. It's about 6 inches long.  I need to cut it down to 4.  It's a little long.

 

3 hours ago, 1961Mike said:

Hi

Looks good.  I haven't shot Steel Challenge, do you have to draw from the holster?  Just don't forget that's there at Walmart or does that matter at all in Arizona?  Not a big deal here in Oklahoma.

Later

 

Steel Challenge is shot from the draw, Surrender Start.  I'm shooting rimfire and you do not need to draw it.  All starts are from a low ready position.

Arizona is an Open Carry state.  

[Frodo]

I extended the handles on my wifes wheelchair

I found that 1/2'' emt  found here     would fit inside the wheel chair tubing 

The fit is so close that if you have a burr or ding on the end of your pipe it will not slip inside the tubing

so after you cut your pipe, use a file to smooth the edge

[dikman]

Nice solution. I like the colour on the first holster.

[chiefjason]

I like it!