Travis Bickle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
As anyone who owns one will attest, the standard holster for the TT33, aside from being a historical piece, keeps it locked on your belt pretty solid but takes about 3.4 minutes to actually draw your sidearm from it. Not to mention it's about as big as a lunchbox on the hip.
I had one kicking about collecting dust and decided to try and make it functional. I know how much you milsurp guys hate people modding milsurp firearms (I do too
) but this was a cheap $10 holster.
I cut it down drastically with an exacto knife. Removed the mag pouch, cleaning tool holders, the entire flap, cut out the back between the loops for an all around solid grasp on the pistol grip, split the side to make it draw more smoothly, I even punched new holes and stiched them epoxying the threads after for durability. I reinforced/doubled up a portion on the back with some of the leather left over from the flap using thermal bond epoxy. It made it much more rigid as well as making the draw even smoother.
It wears very comfortable, holds the TT33 surprisingly firm and most important actually makes for a very smooth fast draw!
I stayed with the Soviet doctrine of "to f**k with the aesthetics, make it work". Is it pretty? f**k no, but I think it looks way cooler than it did. Do I actually want to use and wear it on the range next time I go and do I like it a lot more now? Hell yes!
Original holster:
My home made punches and sticthes epoxied over:
I had one kicking about collecting dust and decided to try and make it functional. I know how much you milsurp guys hate people modding milsurp firearms (I do too
) but this was a cheap $10 holster.I cut it down drastically with an exacto knife. Removed the mag pouch, cleaning tool holders, the entire flap, cut out the back between the loops for an all around solid grasp on the pistol grip, split the side to make it draw more smoothly, I even punched new holes and stiched them epoxying the threads after for durability. I reinforced/doubled up a portion on the back with some of the leather left over from the flap using thermal bond epoxy. It made it much more rigid as well as making the draw even smoother.
It wears very comfortable, holds the TT33 surprisingly firm and most important actually makes for a very smooth fast draw!
I stayed with the Soviet doctrine of "to f**k with the aesthetics, make it work". Is it pretty? f**k no, but I think it looks way cooler than it did. Do I actually want to use and wear it on the range next time I go and do I like it a lot more now? Hell yes!
Original holster:
My home made punches and sticthes epoxied over:
