1873 Tom Padgitt Design Rio Grande Tapered Prairie Gun Belt and Full Skirt Holster

Our 1873 Tom Padgitt Design Rio Grande High Ride Gun Belt and Half Skirt Single Loop Holster is made from Premium High Grade Leathers and is available in Black, Brown or Russet Color to suit your needs. The Heavyweight Leather Tapered Prairie Gun Belt is 2 1/4 Inch Wide and comes with approximately 24 Ammunition Loops in larger Calibers located at the Center Back. The Holster with this set is a Rio Grande Design Half Skirt Single Loop holster which is available in both a Cross Draw or a Side Draw version with the Cross Draw version being more Saddle Friendly.

The 1873 Rio Grande Tapered Prairie Gun Belt and Half Skirt Single Loop Holster set is a no frills set like the Old West Texas Rangers preferred some of the Famous Rangers who wore this style of Gun Belt and Holster were LaFreta (Lee) Trimble, Frank Hamer and even Tio Sam Myres when he was a West Texas Scout in the 1870s and 1880s. The High Ride Gun Belt and Rio Grande Half Skirt Single Loop Holster has been a Cowboy or Western Favorite Holster Design which was born from the simple slim jim holster designs of the 1850s.

In the mid 1860s the Railroads were laying their tracks across Texas and with that came the need for a whole lot more because with the Railroad and Teamsters money came trouble in many forms Crime, Indians and the border. In the mid 1800s a Saddle and Harness Maker could follow the laying of the railroad tracks and sell his Leather Goods to the Teamsters, Railroad Workers, Hunters (who supplied game as the railroad moved), Texas Rangers and other Law and Military which happened through and make a great living. One of those Saddle and Harness makers was Tom Padgitt who eventually setup his Saddlery Business in Waco, Texas and it was for those many men he supplied that the Rio Grande Holster Design was patterned and then popularized.

Product Highlights:

Holster is made to carry:
(SAA) Single Action Army 4 5/8"

Holster Type:
Full Skirt Double Loop Side Draw (5 Point Brass and German Silver Concho)
and comes with a Roll Over Lining to protect the holster sheath.

Holster Draw Hand:
Right Hand Draw

Leather Color:
Brown

Leather Texture:
Double Border Tooled + $100

Cartridge Gun Belt Style:
2 1/2" Wide Tapered Prairie Belt
(Brown with 18 Tan leather ammo loops)

Cartridge Gun Belt & Holster Lining:
Leather Lined + $65

Belt Measurements:
40" to Center Hole on the Billet Strap
37" to the smallest Hole setting on the Billet Strap
43" to the largest Hole setting on the Billet Strap

Ammunition Loops Caliber:
.44 / .45 Caliber (18 Loops Left Side to Center Back)