Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Purple Colt. [mad]

Doesn't work that well in humid Louisiana, ask me how I know.

Any particular reason for not holstering one 284?

I have a first gen 4" barreled Colt Trooper in 357 Mag, I can see a bit of the finish turning purple-ish, anyone know why?

I keep it in a holster all the time.

I'm not 284 but I'll give you some reasons based on the experiences of an acquaintance of mine who has been a leather smith for well over forty years. He repairs and builds shoes and boots, repairs and builds saddles, and makes holsters and other leather products. He has a custom leather shop.

He does not recommend leaving a pistol, revolver, long gun, knife or anything else like that in leather forever. There are many tanning processes for leather and some of those processes play hell with steel and bluing. For example, some of the worse leather he has dealt with has come from Mexico because the Mexican tanning process uses urine in the tanning. That really messes with the leather. On the other hand, some of the best tanned leather for fine products comes out of the British Isles because the British tend to raise their cattle for the leather and their tanning processes tend to produce premium quality leather.

Another area of concern is the dye used in the the leather. There's vegetable based dye, oil based dye, and everything in between. Some dyes are harder on steel and bluing than others.

And last but not least, is the lining or lack thereof. Non-lined holsters really pick up moisture and dirt. Not all linings are created equal either. Some do a very good job of protecting steel and fine bluing while other linings are not much better than an unlined holster.

Sorry I can't do better in answering your question but I do hope this helps somewhat.