One last photo. Here is the entire firearms outfit as it will be taken to the field, a very traditional collection of sidearm, holster, and gun belt. The sidearm, in keeping with the period, is, of course, a Colt Peacemaker. The gun belt and holster are where it gets to be fun.
The whole of the leather rig was hand made for me some 20 years ago by my good friend Cache Morse of Iron Creek Leather Works. It features a traditional one piece Mexican Loop Holster, of the single loop variety. Two loops were commonly used on holsters for guns with longer barrels, but we settled on just one for this holster, dedicated as it is to the 4 3/4" gun. The belt has ten each of "revolver" and "rifle" length cartridge loops, which is really kind of unnecessary, really, but why the hell not. It's kind of different.
The belt and the holster are, by the way, entirely separate pieces. They are not attached to one another, the holster just slips over the belt. You can slide it around to anywhere you would like it to be on the belt. You can even wear it on a normal belt on your jeans, or wear the belt separately as an ammo belt. Pretty versatile setup.
