Felid`Maximus
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In theotherbicycle thread @ http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum62/8864-2.html
thnycav wrote:
As a note to others out there: Be careful ! I'm still going to carry when I ride my bicycle, but this is what I did today when I took a spill like you implied.I fell right onto my holstered gun, it probably took a lot of the blow from my fall. (As far as my "road rash" not much other than a scraped knee and hand like I'm sure we've all had from falling off as a kid. )
As you can see, the results of falling on a holster is not pretty for the holster. (Especiallya leatherone!)What should I do to make it look better? I know it'll never look like it once did, but I'm thinking maybe some of that holster leather lubricant stuff will help it.
This is what my Smith & Wesson looks like afterwards.
The holster did protect the gun quite a bit.
The grip isa bit scraped up as you can see, but nothing major.
Some scratches where the muzzle area is not protected by the holster.
(It's not related to the incident, but I do also wonder what that blue crap is in front of the where the rifling ends)
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So as a result, I will learn to be more careful no doubt. My holster, and belt (belt is a bit scratched up too) do not look so pristine, nor sadly does my gun. But with unfortunate events such as this I must look to the bright side. At least since they are no longer pristine, I won't have to be so careful about scratching them anymore.
Just posted in case anyone is curious what it looks like when you slide off your bike onto the Asphalt and land right on your precious holstered handgun.
In theotherbicycle thread @ http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum62/8864-2.html
thnycav wrote:
If you did take a spill and hit with enough force to scratch up your weapon that would be the least of your worries. You would think you would be more worried about the road rash on your body.
As a note to others out there: Be careful ! I'm still going to carry when I ride my bicycle, but this is what I did today when I took a spill like you implied.I fell right onto my holstered gun, it probably took a lot of the blow from my fall. (As far as my "road rash" not much other than a scraped knee and hand like I'm sure we've all had from falling off as a kid. )
As you can see, the results of falling on a holster is not pretty for the holster. (Especiallya leatherone!)What should I do to make it look better? I know it'll never look like it once did, but I'm thinking maybe some of that holster leather lubricant stuff will help it.
This is what my Smith & Wesson looks like afterwards.
The holster did protect the gun quite a bit.
The grip isa bit scraped up as you can see, but nothing major.
Some scratches where the muzzle area is not protected by the holster.
(It's not related to the incident, but I do also wonder what that blue crap is in front of the where the rifling ends)
...
So as a result, I will learn to be more careful no doubt. My holster, and belt (belt is a bit scratched up too) do not look so pristine, nor sadly does my gun. But with unfortunate events such as this I must look to the bright side. At least since they are no longer pristine, I won't have to be so careful about scratching them anymore.
Just posted in case anyone is curious what it looks like when you slide off your bike onto the Asphalt and land right on your precious holstered handgun.