How to Make a Gun Holster

A custom-made holster provides a tremendous amount of comfort and personalized detail for any gun aficionado. Crafting a gun holster allows you to choose the materials that best suit your particular firearm and your body. In sharp contrast to the one-size-fits-all holsters, a personalized holster can be designed to fit any part of your body: under the arm, on the hip or hidden in the small of the back. A few choice details can make the holster a perfect companion piece to any firearm.

Things You'll Need

  • 2x2 foot square of soft leather
  • Graph paper
  • Chosen firearm
  • Leather-piercing needle & thread
  • Glue stick
  • Utility knife
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Instructions

    • 1

      Trace the basic shape of your holster using the contours of your firearm as a frame of reference. This can be done by placing the gun on a sheet of graph paper, then tracing the holster around it. Be sure to trace a mirror image as you will be sewing two pieces of leather together to make the holster.

    • 2

      Cut out your graph paper template and place it on your choice of soft leather. Carefully pin the template to the leather with a set of pins or a few dabs from a glue stick.

    • 3

      Cut the leather to the shape of your template, using the utility knife. You should now have two mirrored pieces of leather to work with. Choose one piece to make a belt loop incision---this will allow you to fit it to a belt.

    • 4

      Fit the two leather pieces together. Using a leather-piercing needle and thread, sew them together. This is your basic holster.

    • 5

      You can form-fit the holster to the gun's trigger or barrel by stitching the leather accordingly.