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Why Leather Holsters?; Heirloom Guns Track Family History; Firearms For Mature Shooters: 01.11.26 Hour 2

Gun Talk

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Politics, Leisure, Hobbies, News

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In This Hour:

-- Mike Barham, of Galco Gunleather, explains why some shooters still prefer leather holsters.

--  Firearms often carry stories passed down through families.

--  What guns work best for older shooters?

Gun Talk 01.11.26 Hour 2

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0:00.0

The Ruger Light Rack Security 380 is easy to shoot and easy to rack.

0:05.7

Small enough to carry concealed or in a purse, big enough to absorb recoil.

0:11.2

Learn more at Ruger.com.

0:13.9

All right, we're back with you.

0:15.1

Tom Gresham here.

0:16.5

Our number is 866 Talk Gun or Tom Talk Gun.

0:19.9

If you want to give me a call, We'd love to have you weigh in.

0:23.6

I've been talking about this kind of a fun class. It's an event I'm going to at GunSight.

0:29.7

The Jeff Cooper anniversary 250 class. 250 is a basic pistol. And it's going to be all 1911's

0:36.9

Iron Sites, leather holsters. I get it.

0:40.8

It is not like the latest, greatest, Wonder 9, plastic guns, striker fired, optics, all the rest of it.

0:49.4

This is not the high-speed, low drag. This is a fun thing to do. At the same time, you're learning all the same skills, and you're working on stuff and having

0:58.7

some fun with some cool guns and cool holsters and everything else.

1:03.2

Along those lines, I was thinking, we'll talk about leather holsters, because I like leather.

1:08.7

I like the craftsmanship, I like the way it smells.

1:11.3

I like the way it feels.

1:12.8

And frankly, I like the way it lasts.

1:15.1

Because in my experience, I have leather holsters that are literally 50 years old.

1:21.1

And they work just fine.

1:22.5

Well, I thought, who are going to have on to talk about that?

1:24.9

Well, let's get Mike Barron mom because, because he's with Galco Leather,

1:27.9

and Mike, Galco may be the biggest company making leather holsters.

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