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American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian

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A NEWCONCEPT IN<br />

GUN CLEANING!!<br />

HANDGUN<br />

BOB ARGANBRIGHT<br />

e Dunk-Kit, the fast, easy way to clean and<br />

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e Dunk-Kit cleans, oils, and displaces moisture<br />

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eOunkaKit comes i~ a large 3,4 gallon pail, is<br />

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protecting small parts, reels, cycle chains or<br />

almost anything!<br />

For your Dunk-Kit, send $12.95 plus $3.00<br />

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P.o. Box393<br />

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Complete information<br />

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4 page brochure<br />

+<br />

4 pages of Load Data<br />

+<br />

4 page reprint of<br />

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article,<br />

"Taurus Stands for Bullets"<br />

Send $1.00 to<br />

THE ALBERTS CORPORArION<br />

po. Box 157. Franklin Lakes, NJ. 07417<br />

24<br />

BLOCKER TEFLON.LINED ,HOLSTERS<br />

REDUCE FRICTION TO A MINIMUM<br />

Several years ago Roy Baker introduced<br />

his famous Pancake holsters. Made of<br />

two pieces of leather sewn together along<br />

the leading and trailing edges to form a<br />

pocket for the handgun, with belt slots in<br />

the leading and trailing edges, the Pancake<br />

was an immediate success. Today, most<br />

major holster manufacturers offer some<br />

version of pancake holster. The original<br />

Baker Pancake has two slots in the leading<br />

edge, allowing the user to wear it with gun<br />

butt canted forward, FBI style, or straight<br />

up and down, often as a cross draw.<br />

Recently, I received two holsters for testing<br />

from Ted Blocker's Custom Holsters,<br />

3559 Lashbrook, Rosemead, CA 91770.<br />

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Two models for the .45, with teflon.<br />

Author says Blocker holsters are fast.<br />

Called the "Bodyguard" and the "Security;'<br />

these holsters are of standard pancake<br />

configuration with single belt slots<br />

fore and aft. Made for the Colt Govt.<br />

model pistol, the Bodyguard has a thumb<br />

break retaining strap, while the Security<br />

holster has an adjustable tension retainer.<br />

What makes these holsters unique? Both<br />

are fully lined with a thin sheet of Teflon.<br />

This Teflon liner reduces to a minimum the<br />

friction on the gun when it is being inserted<br />

or drawn from the holster, which reduces<br />

gun finish wear to a minimum. In<br />

addition, the Teflon adds extra body which<br />

should greatly extend holster life. Normally,<br />

as holsters are used, the leather<br />

slowly stretches, just as leather boots will<br />

stretch. The Teflon lining should reduce or<br />

prevent this. An additional advantage is<br />

perspiration can not work through the<br />

leather to damage the gun.<br />

Teflon liners are not ne'w to me, but this<br />

is the first time they have been offered<br />

commercially as part of a sporting holster.<br />

For approximately 10 years, western fast<br />

draw shooters have been making their own<br />

liners out of 1116 inch sheet Teflon. A<br />

pattern is first made from paper ~y trial<br />

and error and the Teflon is cut to shape<br />

with a sharp knife, curled into a cylinder.<br />

and slipped into the fast draw holster. This<br />

greatly extends the life of a hard \!Sed,fast<br />

draw rig. Before the use of the Teflon in~<br />

sert, it was not unusual to·see a fast" draw.<br />

holster with the leather."':~rn dO~ll iQ the<br />

metal lining at the top ofthe pouch, where<br />

the eje~tor rod head rub):)ed at evd'y,'draw,<br />

Ted Blocker is a fast-draw shooter ·who<br />

started producing fast d~-aw rigs asa hobby<br />

in 1972. Today, he produces some ofthe<br />

finest holsters available, with his lfand<br />

carving being as fine as any I have seen.<br />

Ted's is a custom operation with many dife<br />

ferent finishes available. His two-tone<br />

brown, with basket stamping is especjally<br />

attractive. .',:<br />

Being a hobby custom holster maker<br />

myself, I am not easily impressed, but<br />

Ted's work is first class. I find the lazy-s<br />

curve of the back border of the basket<br />

stamping, on the adjustable tension holster,<br />

very pleasing to the eye. In this day<br />

when man's manual talents are constantly<br />

being replaced by machines, I was pleased<br />

to see that the basket stamping is done by<br />

(Continued on page 70)<br />

Teflon inner lining protects hQ's,ter.<br />

Also, draw speed is gre.at'y e'lI·ianted.<br />

AMERICAN HANDGUNNER· JULyIAUGUST <strong>1981</strong>.<br />

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