Making a Gun Belt Pt 2

Continued on with the video of how I make a gun belt.

Just off the Bench

XDS Avenger coffee / Walnut

M&P Pro 5" Avenger Walnut / Cordovan

Glock 43 Avenger Codovan / Walnut

Glock 43 Mag Carriers

Glock 43 Avenger Walnut / Purple

Glock 19 Avenger Walnit / Teal

Bodyguard with laser Omni

Bam Bam Making a Gun Belt part 1

Some people are interested in how I make a Gun belt.  So here is part 1 of 4.

Just Off the Bench

Gun Belt with som basket weaving. Cordovan color.

Glock 19 Avenger .....Cordovan and Brandy

M&P 9/40 Avenger.  Coffee and Walnut

Purse Gun for a 22 revolver

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Bodyguard with laser

Colt Mustang with laser

Shield Skinny holster

Still on the Bench

There are 3 avengers that need to blossom

3 avengers an omni and some glock 43 mag carriers

Going to be a iphone holster with a cheetah overlay (yes, real cheetah)

Gun Safety Know What Your Gonna Hit

Continuing on....

Everyone should know and live the four rules of gun safety.
1.  Treat every gun as if it is loaded
2.  Keep your finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target.
3.  Never point your gun at something you are not willing to destroy
4.  Be aware of your target and what is beyond your target.

I think that the whole concept behind #4 is being aware of that which is going to make contact with your bullet.  We are not to shoot indiscriminately, "pray and spray" just hoping that we hit something. Every bullet is going to hit something. We need to be aware of what is going to be hit.

The gun that we carry, is typically for self defense. Rule #4 is the reason for self defense ammo.  Self defense ammo is made to be less likely of coming out of the intended target. The cheaper FMJ ammo is good for practice, but not so much for daily carry. The FMJ is a hole puncher. Its going in the intended target and then out the other side. Now, whats on the other side is in the path of your bullet. Even if we carry proper 'expanding" ammo, we must be aware of what is on the other side of the target since you are going to be responsible for what ever it hits.
In the shooting sports such as USPSA and IDPA there are targets that are deignated friendly or "no shoot" targets.  These targets can be in front of or behind the "threat' targets. One has to negotiate when and where to shoot the threat, without shooting the non threat target. Once again seems like a good reason to play those sports.

Think about it.

Just off the Leather Bench

Smith & Wesson Bodyguard with Laser

As Worn

Avenger for a M&P 9c   my blue gun is longer so sticks out some

Color is Cordovan and Walnut

A Cell phone holder made to cover the whole cell phone with 2 1/4 inch belt slots

A 1911 IWB mag carrier. Ordered to match a previous holster I made

As worn

Back side

Gun Belt ordered to match a previous holster and mag carriers. Brandy with Black airbrush accents

Still on the Leather Bench

Lined "purse gun" holster

Avenger for a Colt defender with laser

Avengers for a Glock 19 and a M&P 9/40

Gun Belt

Skinny for a M&P Shiled

Matching Skinny holster for the bodyguard

Gun safety: Watch Where You Point Your Gun

Continuing on....

Everyone should know and live the four rules of gun safety.
1.  Treat every gun as if it is loaded
2.  Keep your finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target.
3.  Never point your gun at something you are not willing to destroy
4.  Be aware of your target and what is beyond your target.

Simply stated, if you don't want a hole in it, don't "point" your gun at it. 

I would say that this is the gun rule that I hear people draw the most absurd conclusions from.  I have heard people say.....

• Have you ever thought about where that gun is pointed when you sit down,  remember rule #3
• I cant practice, I would not bee keeping the third of the four gun rules.
• I ALWAYS make sure my gun is pointed down!

I think, the key word in #3 is point. Think about it.  Not where the gun is pointed, but where you point the gun.  

Let me explain, On one occasion, I was standing in line at a urinal (ladies, you might not get this) and the guy in front of me was going through the motions of preparations which often include a slight to severe bend forward of the upper body. As this man did this, his vest raised and I as looking straight at a very discernible .45 caliber barrel pointed at me. But he was not pointing it at me. There is a difference. In a good holster, the gun is in a safe position. 

I think the obvious conclusion is that when you (the operator) are in action with a gun, Be conscious of everything in the path of that muzzle while you are handling it (after all we treat every gun as if its loaded). Think about a seated draw. In your car and an attacker presents himself, Can you draw the gun without muzzling yourself? You can but probably not with out practice. Maneuvering with a gun in hand, looks cool in the movies, but watch the next action movie and look at how many things the cool actor muzzles as he races through the scene with his finger on the trigger the whole time. You might think "that's silly!". If you never practice how to maneuver with a gun, and that dreadful day comes that you have to use your gun, those movie scenes are all you know.

To me the scariest people I see handling guns are the people that do it routinely. In my shop it is very common for people to handle guns as they try them in different holsters, or holsters they are picking up. To this day the only two incidents that have startled me were police or former police that muzzled people with the loaded and unloaded guns which they were showing me. Next time you take your gun out of your holster, to clear it or for what ever reason, just for a learning experience, observe every where a bullet would go if you accidentally discharged the gun. 

If you ever hear instructions on dry fire practice, there is a VERY repetitive warning to check, double check and check again, and one more time to be sure the gun is unloaded and no ammo in the vicinity.  Reason is your going to be pointing the gun as you practice.      

When you are handling your gun, you are pointing your gun........#3 never point your gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.

Think about it.

Bam Bam Holsters

This Week on the Leather bench

Did two Complete setups this week.

The gun belt is .25 inches thick. Two pieces of Herman Oak Leather sewn together. This one is a cordovan color.

 Then the double mag carrier.

 And the avenger holster for a CZ75b.  Walnut and cordovan.

 An Omni  for a Glock 19.

 An Omni for an XDS 4.0

An Omni for a Glock 42

 A Wingman for a XDM 4.5

 AN Avenger for an XDS 4.5

Another Set up for a Glock 43 with Gun belt 

 And then a Single mag carrier to go on the rig as well.

Gun Safety, Finger Off The Trigger

Decided to continue on with rule #2 which is often given as......"keep your booger hook off the bang bang"

Everyone should know and live the four rules of gun safety.
1.  Treat every gun as if it is loaded
2.  Keep your finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target.
3.  Never point your gun at something you are not willing to destroy
4.  Be aware of your target and what is beyond your target.

Most every time I watch and inexperienced shooter, there is a problem keeping the finger off the trigger. It, like most gun handling skills is a discipline. Discipline is the suppression of base desires, and is usually understood to be synonymous with restraint and self-control. Your finger is going to naturally want to be on the trigger. 

The video shows one of the main reasons to keep the finger off of the trigger until you are ready to shoot.  In a high stress situation after an adrenaline dump many things change in your body, one of which is fine motor skills, which greatly diminish. That along with your muscles tensing up, movement, tripping, startling, ect and that gun will go off with out you intending  to do so. 

If your finger is disciplined, it wont be on the trigger unless you are ready to shoot.  How do you discipline your finger? Continual repetition and correction.  Consider again, dry fire. With an unloaded gun (check and double check). A purposely slow, smooth draw, paying attention to the finger. As soon as you clear the holster the trigger finger is on the slide above the trigger guard. As you press the gun out and on a target the finger moves to the trigger. Once you get consistent, smooth actions, increase speed little by little until you are at full speed. Once that is mastered, add a second target that you have to move to see, Finger comes off the trigger after target one and as you aim at target two the finger comes back one the trigger. 

Consider the following. I think IDPA is a great sport that any shooter can learn from by participation. My job in running shooters through stages of fire is to watch the gun the whole time. One of the biggest things I am looking for is where the finger is. The inexperienced shooter is usually going to hear a command, "finger!" which means get your finger off the trigger. This is given any time the shooter is not ready to fire but has the finger on the trigger.

The things that are absolutely essential for gun safety, will not happen on accident, or from memorizing the four gun safety rules. And they certainly wont happen in a high stress situation. For the shooter, it takes discipline, and then, those essential things happen with out any conscious thought. I used to get the "finger!" warning from the range officer a lot........after lots of practice, I don't even think about it any more, it comes natural, that frees me up to think about more important things, like hitting the intended target.

Think about it.

Bam Bam Holsters Work Bench

A New clipper. Been getting a lot of good comments on these.  This is something that has been missing in my holster lineup, a two clip, purpose driven for "on the hip" carry. Kind of my competition for the hybrid or kydex holsters.  I just think every gun deserves leather.

 This one is for a commander sized 1911. The wife has been in the shop lately, which explains why there has been some diversion from shades of brown.

Another clipper for a Glock 19.   This color is coffee.

An Avenger holster for a commander sized 1911.  Color is Walnut / Cordovan.

Avenger for a Glock 43.

Omni for a Glock 42

Still on the bench

Well, looks like a Wingman for an XDM 4.25. An Avenger for the same gun. And an Omni for an XDS.

 A couple of Glock 19 Omni Holster that are pretty close. Just lack some burnishing and then two airbrushed coats of acrylic resolene.