Michelle Cummings shows how you wear your revolvers when you shoot from the saddle.
Both cross-draw.
James Butler Hickock carried his pistols in the waistband, and did not need a caliber starting with .40 to put opponents down. Back then, then didn’t most men on horse carry cross draw? I thought the hip was all a Hollywood invention.
“James Butler Hickock carried his pistols in the waistband, and did not need a caliber starting with .40 to put opponents down. Back then, then didn’t most men on horse carry cross draw? I thought the hip was all a Hollywood invention.”
On the hip is THE standard way to carry for the modern rancher/cowboy that still chooses to work off of a horse. It’s THE style, just as much as western boots (the complete opposite of Rubio’s boots), blue jeans with creases ironed into them, a big belt buckle, and a hat. There’s quite a few outfits that use 4-wheelers instead of horses anymore, but even so, most those guys carry on the hip too, with a rifle in a scabbard mounted on the front rack. I can’t say I’ve ever seen someone carrying a revolver cross-draw style, except for perhaps at some cowboy action shooting events.
I carry inside the waistband, but it’s not a revolver, and I’m not a cowboy, and currently don’t have any cattle I have to move.
Michelle Cummings shows how you wear your revolvers when you shoot from the saddle.
Both cross-draw.