Author Topic: FS: R9 Pocket Holster SOLD (Read 3964 times)

yankee2500 · « **on:** December 18, 2011, 06:47:43 PM »

I have a surplus of pocket holsters so I have decided to sell one it is Right Hand and made of Beaver Tail.
It's a one of a kind made by Rob Keeton. It has been carried a couple of times but not much.

$125 Shipped

I will accept a USPS money order or paypal (add 4% for paypal)

PM or email yankee2500@rtmc.net

Thanks
John

Jack_F · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2011, 07:59:08 PM »

Just what I need another #$%@*%$ holster. I'll take it if still available.

Richard S · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:16:16 PM »

Jack:

Go for it and save me from myself. Were it not for the Milt Sparks R9 elephant hide holster in my pocket . . . .

Jack_F · « **Reply #3 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:24:28 PM »

I have a Milt Sparks shark skin pocket holster and mag holder.

yankee2500 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:27:04 PM »

Jack it's yours, I replied to your email with payment info.

kjtrains · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:29:19 PM »

Congrats Jack! You've done good!

AmmoToad · « **Reply #6 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:31:39 PM »

What a coincidence. My beaver happens to be missing a tail, anyone seen one around. Holster hanging off probably wouldn’t look so swift though. Bonus points to anyone who can name the item on the right side, leaning into the corner.

AmmoToad · « **Reply #7 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:50:58 PM »

Had to have a genuine beaver for The Toadville Tavern....beautiful tanned Alaska beaver.

nope, not a land mine tester....I would almost say you are in the ballpark though, but not quite....

yankee2500 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:04:53 PM »

Toad you need to shave the beaver to use it for a holster.

tracker · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:05:58 PM »

Toad,

That looks similar to the working end of a 2.75" HVAR or possibly a Zuni Rocket but it doesn't look like U.S. inventory.

AmmoToad · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:53:08 PM »

Tracker,
You got it! It's a 5" Zuni training round. The warhead and fuze are both removable. These were used for weapons load crews to practice loading the pods. Good eye!
Toad

tracker · « **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2011, 06:13:32 PM »

Thanks, Toad; that was fun. The Zuni has been around a long time and is now also laser guided and packs 40# of unleashed hell to the unfortunate target. On May 1, 1967 LCDR T.R. Swartz of VA-76 flying an A-4C fired a salvo of unguided Zunis at a MIG-17 and one went up his tailpipe, the only air-to-air kill with a Zuni in the Vietnam war. Here is a photo of a typical A-4 that was flown by Ted Swartz.

Sorry for the thread drift from beavers to bangers.

http://tvrphoto.photoshelter.com/image/I0000HJheLwkDIGs

AmmoToad · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2011, 07:48:00 PM »

The A-4 is a beautiful aircraft. If you are ever in the Panama City, FL area, I can take you for a tour of the Weapons Test and Evaluation Unit. There you will see F-4 aircraft still flying. There are a number of them painted and restored to pristine condition and are used to support air shows around the country. These war horses are awesome.

Richard S · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:08:58 AM »

Tracker is too modest to note it, but his extraordinary service to this country has involved more hours of up-close-and-personal experience with Zunis and A-4s than he may care to recall.

The A-4, in my view, is one of the best looking warbirds ever designed, right up there with the Spitfire and the P-51 Mustang. It was sometimes called "Scooter", "Tink," or "Heinemann's Hot Rod," after its designer, Ed Heinemann at Douglas Aircraft Co. Subject to correction, I believe it remains the smallest attack aircraft ever adopted by the Navy for carrier service -- small, beautiful, sleek, and deadly.

It occurs to me that those last four words might also be used to describe the R9.

tracker · « **Reply #14 on:** December 20, 2011, 07:40:32 PM »

Thanks, Richard, for the very perceptive analogy of the scooter and the pup. Dynamite comes in both of these small packages.

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