Thursday, August 31, 2017

Cartridge Belt Slide

I always liked the "cowboy-style" gun belts with the loops for cartridges.  I tried to make a cartridge belt slide.  The challenge was finding the correct thickness of leather to make the loops.  I had some thin leather that I had used for a book cover, but it did not hold the cartridges securely.  My other leather was too thick to make the loops.  I ended up buying some leather bookmarks and splitting them lengthwise.  They were the perfect thickness to make the loops and still hold the cartridges securely.  I made it to hold .44-40 cartridges.