New Holster For A Ruger BH 44 Special

[Rube Burrows]

For the last few months I have been reading lots of writings by men like Elmer Keith & Skeeter Skelton. Normally I am a 45 Colt guy. It's prob. my favorite overall caliber.

That said, after reading the above mentioned I had started to see how good a 44 Special could be and really started wanting one. Took me a couple months of looking nearly every day but I finally found the revolver I was after. I was looking for a Ruger Flattop Bisley Blackhawk with a 5.5" barrel in 44 special. I am happy to say that it arrived I am very happy to have it.

While waiting on the components to arrive to load for a new caliber such as brass, dies, bullets etc I decided that of course it needed to have a new holster made for it.

I decided on a cross draw holster that hopefully Elmer Keith and Skeeter Skelton would be proud of. I know Keith liked a Lawrence 120 so I loosely modeled this one after one of those but with a few changes/flairs of my own.

I made this cross draw holster with a top strap, basketweave pattern, Ruger logo and borderstamp. I picked saddle tan for the color with some antique paste in the stampings. I lined the holster in suede and finished it with a coat of tan kote and then Fiebings Saddle Lac

Here is what I come up with.

[Rube Burrows]

Few more.

I will enjoy carrying this hunting this season and hopefully my first handgun harvest of a large game animal.

[Johnny McCrae]

Outstanding! This is as good as it gets.

[Rube Burrows]

Outstanding! This is as good as it gets.

Thank you. I am pleased with the way it turned out overall.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Looks great, Rube. Very nice work, some of your best. Nice, even BW, there. What did you do for the Ruger logo? It looks like a ready made stamp.

Now, a fun side note. A friend called me the other day and he was all excited that he got his first Ruger single action. He sent me a photo and guess what? It's identical to yours except it's in stainless. Barrel length? 5-1/2". The caliber? 44 special. Are all the Ruger Flattop Blackhawk Bisleys made in 44 spl or something? Those are nice looking pieces. Congrats.

[Rube Burrows]

Looks great, Rube. Very nice work, some of your best. Nice, even BW, there. What did you do for the Ruger logo? It looks like a ready made stamp.

Now, a fun side note. A friend called me the other day and he was all excited that he got his first Ruger single action. He sent me a photo and guess what? It's identical to yours except it's in stainless. Barrel length? 5-1/2". The caliber? 44 special. Are all the Ruger Flattop Blackhawk Bisleys made in 44 spl or something? Those are nice looking pieces. Congrats.

They make them in .45 Colt also I think. I did not know the stainless ones were flattops. I thought they had the ears on them by the rear sight.

As for the Ruger stamp, I have a friend who made me a stamp.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

They make them in .45 Colt also I think. I did not know the stainless ones were flattops. I thought they had the ears on them by the rear sight.

As for the Ruger stamp, I have a friend who made me a stamp.

Now you have me going. I called him and he's going to send me another photo of it. Cool that your friend made a stamp for you.

[Rube Burrows]

Now you have me going. I called him and he's going to send me another photo of it. Cool that your friend made a stamp for you.

I'd be curious to know if its a Flattop or not. Lipsey's is the only ones who had the Flattop 44 specials and I never saw one in stainless. Not that it would have changed my  mind. I like a blued gun. I am just curious.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I'd be curious to know if its a Flattop or not. Lipsey's is the only ones who had the Flattop 44 specials and I never saw one in stainless. Not that it would have changed my  mind. I like a blued gun. I am just curious.

I sent you an email so we don't clutter up this thread. I also prefer blued but not everyone does.

[Rube Burrows]

I sent you an email so we don't clutter up this thread. I also prefer blued but not everyone does.

Thanks.