Club Obi Wan

today i had the honor of speaking with mr. lee keppler.....one of the forefathers of our hobby. what a great man to talk to.

he entrusted me to post pics of his new CS gun rig offering. from what i can see, it looks beautiful and knowing mr. keppler's track record, i'm sure its a winner.



molded holster and closed end plug:





with the belt:



http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212 ... lster2.jpg

i've already placed my order

if any of you folks are interested, you can contact lee at 619-6476744 or rotla007@aol.com or PM. delivery is 1 to 2 weeks depending on the number of orders.

cheers and thanks lee!

Looks great! Awesome work Mr. Keppler

Man that's a good looking rig. Love that wet formed holster.

SWEET! I am so getting one!!!

Looks like a MKVI and not a WG was used in the leather impression though.

Other than that, it looks very nice.

Russ

correctamundo rook.....i believe it's Lee's own mkvi that he has to send to the leather guy for molding. question for you......will the WG fit in there correctly?

Both pistols are "about" the same size, but there ARE differences. The WG cylinder is longer as is the grip frame. I can't say with absolute certainty if it will be a "plug and play" match. I had a comparison picture in another thread comparing the WG and the MKVI.

I'd venture to guess though that you could possibly modify the holster in a similar manner to the way Lee's was made. Soften the leather via steam or soaking and then insert the pistol?

Just guessing though. The real steel WG's are a rather rare bird these days, and expensive to boot, so it makes sense that Lee would use what he had on hand rather than spending (minimum) $1200 just to get the holster "indent" 100% correct.

Russ

Rook

Of course he could pick up one of your resin repros and use it to get the indent without the possibility of rusting the reel deal!

I've never formed a holster made with heavy grade (actual holster leather) material, so I don't honestly know what kind of force would be involved in forming the holster impression. The Cold cast resin might not be up to the task. I mean, I dropped mine on the floor and it weathered the fall with only a minor injury (broke off the hammer spur), so it might be able to be used for holster forming.

Russ

I had a mint Webley-Green in my hand at the Tucson show last weekend. It will fit. the birdshead grip is actually smaller than the MK Vl grip. I did have to wipe the drool off the gun.

I just placed my order for this. Cannot wait till it arrives!