Shotgun Belt

[chuck123wapati]

58 minutes ago, Frodo said:

DAMN IT MAN.   I have never shot  a 10 gauge

Man measurement was way off but it will give him a starting point to get to the right number

 

I did once! lol

[Tequila]

@Frodo @chuck123wapati  the gun is a Winchester model 1906 lever action from 1908.  It’s been modified for competition, the barrel was shortened and I can drop 2 shells in at a time.  It’s fun to set off car alarms with my Black Powder loads. 

[Tequila]

2 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

it shows up a bit on a couple. Take two shells lay them on a table take your strap and tightly push it down both sides till it touches the table. mark where it touches move the shells lay it flat and measure it that is how much leather you need for each loop you can then stamp in the right places. you can wet form that indentation if you want it in after its sewn on just wet it and run a burnisher up and down  the shells i would be careful though you could stretch the leather and make the loops to loose. Very cool old belt! also if you make it exactly the same stitch around those corners up to the main belt farther so the liner doesn't curl up on the ends but dont stitch all the way

That belt is only 3 years old.  I use it often so it looks well worn.  The gentleman that built it for me passed away last year but he did excellent work.  In the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) he went by the name Stockyard Johnny Red, he lived up in Ohio. 

[chuck123wapati]

10 minutes ago, Tequila said:

@Frodo @chuck123wapati  the gun is a Winchester model 1906 lever action from 1908.  It’s been modified for competition, the barrel was shortened and I can drop 2 shells in at a time.  It’s fun to set off car alarms with my Black Powder loads. 

does sound fun with BP loads at least you can load them down a bit i have that one shell in my collection, its a flat slug, I'll bet it would rock your world in a shortened barrel lol must weigh an ounce and a half at least.

[Samalan]

no wet mold do your layout lines on the leather then stamp cut holes edge do whatever you want nothing is going to change don't wet mold or you will have a real mess that's just MHO.

[Tequila]

1 hour ago, Samalan said:

no wet mold do your layout lines on the leather then stamp cut holes edge do whatever you want nothing is going to change don't wet mold or you will have a real mess that's just MHO.

I can see that if I were going to have each shell in an individual loop, but for the sake of speed loading there has to be 2 shell in each loop.  The wet molding was just to get the indentation in the leather between the shells in the same loop.  I’m probably going to test it without the indent, if it works well that’ll be one less thing to do. 

Thanks for the advice!

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Tequila said:

I can see that if I were going to have each shell in an individual loop, but for the sake of speed loading there has to be 2 shell in each loop.  The wet molding was just to get the indentation in the leather between the shells in the same loop.  I’m probably going to test it without the indent, if it works well that’ll be one less thing to do. 

Thanks for the advice!

you can moisten the loops only with a paint brush dont wet from the whole belt.