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HOLSTER RIG
The wood on the Bounty Hunter
appears to be walnut and has enough figure
to make it quite attractive. The buttstock,
abbreviated 3 inches behind the end of
its top tang, fits up to metal as neat and
clean as any I’ve ever encountered on a
replica 92, and the same can be said for
its forearm.
Like its slightly longer barrel, the
buttstock is also cut longer than the
Randall guns, and I’m not sure why that
is since this gun is designated as a pistol
and doesn’t have to meet any overall length
requirements.
It’s capped with a nicely fitted
buttplate and its oiled exterior is quite
reminiscent of the finish found on early
original Winchesters.
Because the Bounty Hunter uses an
action that is a faithful reproduction of
an 1892 Winchester’s, it possesses neither
a tang (nor any other type) safety nor
rebounding hammer like that found on
some of the other modern renditions of
this rifle. It is true to the original in how
it operates.
This was a nicely assembled gun
and I could find no fault with either its
fit or finish.
It locked up tightly with no slop
in the breech bolt or locking bolts when
closed. It cycled smoothly from the get-
go and its hammer released crisply with
no creep present with but 5 pounds of
trigger pressure.
Since the Bounty Hunter was built
without a saddle ring, a more conventional
pouch to pack it in was needed over the
hook-and-spring clip arrangement used by
Randall. Legacy turned to holster maker
Bob Mernickle of Mernickle Custom
Holsters.
Built like a conventional holster,
the heavy-duty pouch of the Mernickle
rig is fabricated from a laminate of two
thicknesses of premium quality vegetable-
tanned leather with a deep, recessed front
to allow for easier drawing of the cut-down
clone. It is of an open-toed design allowing
about 5.5 inches of the Bounty Hunter to
extend below the bottom of the holster.
Maybe not as fast as the rig used
by Randall, the pouch system offered by
Mernickle is a more secure carry.
I remember a scene where Randall tried
unsuccessfully to holster his Mare’s Laig
while bending down to check on the status
of a fallen comrade.
Although he made several attempts
to get it secured, the scene finished with
it still flopping around, hanging only by
its ring.
The holster has a folded-over belt
loop secured to the back of the pouch by
three screw posts that will allow it to ride
over a belt of some 2½ inches in width