When a friend drew an elk tag in one of the worst god forsaken brown bear hellholes in the world, it was looking likely that I would be tagging along to join in the type 2 fun that would follow. I ended up drawing some other tags that saved me from, errrrrr I mean prevented me from joining, that adventure, but not before I'd bought an almighty enormous handgun. I usually carry bear spray in grizzly/brown bear country, but I thought it might be nice to at least be very noisy while getting eaten alive.
So now I have a Taurus Raging Hunter 460 S&W and no one makes a holster for the thing. There are a couple options out there, but they're big sloppy fit universal holsters, and most are shoulder or chest rigs. I wanted a holster that would mount onto my pack hip belt, that I could wear with a bino harness on, that wouldn't dig into my thigh, and could easily be drawn in a hurry. The only way this was going to happen was with a custom holster, and even then, it looked like a long shot.
I searched around and eventually found a company to make it in Loveland (Colorado Custom Holsters). I don't want this to come off as any kind of "advertisement", as this is really about finding a solution to a gear issue that I had. Their design process was a great experience. They met with me to understand what I needed, came up with a way better solution than I had in mind, mocked up a prototype to test fit, then made the holster out of kydex. It turned out perfect.
What do others use for backcountry hunting holsters?
So now I have a Taurus Raging Hunter 460 S&W and no one makes a holster for the thing. There are a couple options out there, but they're big sloppy fit universal holsters, and most are shoulder or chest rigs. I wanted a holster that would mount onto my pack hip belt, that I could wear with a bino harness on, that wouldn't dig into my thigh, and could easily be drawn in a hurry. The only way this was going to happen was with a custom holster, and even then, it looked like a long shot.
I searched around and eventually found a company to make it in Loveland (Colorado Custom Holsters). I don't want this to come off as any kind of "advertisement", as this is really about finding a solution to a gear issue that I had. Their design process was a great experience. They met with me to understand what I needed, came up with a way better solution than I had in mind, mocked up a prototype to test fit, then made the holster out of kydex. It turned out perfect.
What do others use for backcountry hunting holsters?
