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azredhawk44 · January 5, 2010, 03:40 PM

I have two woods carry rigs:

#1 - a Hunter brand leather cartridge belt and holster for my 5.5" Redhawk. Holds 25 spare .44 or .45 cartridges.

#2 - a Wilderness Tactical Products "Instructor" belt and Uncle Mike's Sidekick holster. I also have an Uncle Mike's dual speedloader carrier that rides on this for 12 extra rounds aside from the 6 in the gun. The Sidekick holster fits either my 4" Redhawk or my 4" Smith model 65 K-frame.

The Hunter rig has about 200 miles of back country hiking on it, and the second rig only has about 75 or 100 miles on it. But, I'm liking it better than the leather rig. It's a little lighter, and the cartridge loops on the leather one can sometimes create an irritating "shelf" that the backpack pushes down on.

I've got a Simply Rugged pancake for my 4" Redhawk and many other holsters for other guns... but out of everything I've tried so far, I like the above two solutions the best.

January 5, 2010, 03:40 PM	#20
azredhawk44 Junior member Join Date: September 28, 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 6,465	I have two woods carry rigs: #1 - a Hunter brand leather cartridge belt and holster for my 5.5" Redhawk. Holds 25 spare .44 or .45 cartridges. #2 - a Wilderness Tactical Products "Instructor" belt and Uncle Mike's Sidekick holster. I also have an Uncle Mike's dual speedloader carrier that rides on this for 12 extra rounds aside from the 6 in the gun. The Sidekick holster fits either my 4" Redhawk or my 4" Smith model 65 K-frame. The Hunter rig has about 200 miles of back country hiking on it, and the second rig only has about 75 or 100 miles on it. But, I'm liking it better than the leather rig. It's a little lighter, and the cartridge loops on the leather one can sometimes create an irritating "shelf" that the backpack pushes down on. I've got a Simply Rugged pancake for my 4" Redhawk and many other holsters for other guns... but out of everything I've tried so far, I like the above two solutions the best.