My version of the pale rider rig

[Tinpan58]

Just finished my first attempt at making a holster and belt. Being that the movie pale rider is what got me interested in the 1858, and the 1858 got me interested in bp, I had to go with the pale rider type rig, plus there is no tooling. I only have 6 bullets instead of 9, and mine is for 5.5 remie. It’s not perfect, but it is comfortable and am over all happy with how it turned out.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Nice job!

 

[snakeman]

nice work. How are the extra cylinders held in place if for instance you are horseback and fall?

 

[Tinpan58]

Thanks it was fun yet another hobby, and place to spend money, I have a tandys 5 miles away.
Yeah snakeman probably not horse proof, I don’t want to use snaps, was thinking about a strip of leather with a slot in it, with one of those little brass nobs like on a flask holder. I may leave this rig like it is, the pics I have seen of the movie holster were like this, I am going to make a holster for my 8” remie that is closer looking to the pale rider holster for this belt. My next rig will be more for using, I am more into brown leather, The cylinders may stay in on a horse but the bullets would probably be gone.

 

[the Black Spot]

Very nice

 

[72coupe]

Good looking rig.

 

[BADUNAME30]

Handsome rig Tinpan.
Heck, i'd wear that for open carry.

 

[Patocazador]

The rig is nice but if you are into authenticity that much, shouldn't the rig contain balls & caps in the cylinders not centerfire cartridges? I believe that Eastwood had an accident with cap & ball once so insisted on actual cartridges but wasn't the movie supposed to really portray c&b pistols for the time period?
I may be wrong but that's the way I took it.

 

[Tommy Medlin]

Patocazador,kinda hard to shoot CB from a 5.5,don'cha think ?

 

[Patocazador]

It would seem so.

 

[Tinpan58]

Thanks for the kind words.

Patocazador, this link tells about all the guns used in pale rider.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Pale_Rider

 

[Armored farmer]

nice rig, and nice grips too.