I recently joined a workplace fitness/fundraiser program and as part of the pack that everyone was sent, I was given this drink bottle holder. The pocket comfortably holds a CS-6 clip (Recon, Longshot, &c.) but the drink bottle holder is too narrow for either a Maverick or a Recon. Let's fix that.
First, cut the holder apart, like so:
Note that there's enough space to stitch elastic on both sides. You don't want to cut right next to the main part of the holder. Stitch over any cut edges to prevent fraying.
Next, test your blaster for fit:
And cut some elastic strips. You can buy this stuff (and velcro strips, which I use later) from places like Spotlight:
I made a mistake here and cut mine too short; I had to stitch two of them into one that was long enough. The third short piece I ran across the bottom of the holster. Anyway, after cutting your elastic, pin it all into place and check the fit:
If it all looks good, stitch it together:
You can see in the above picture that there are three strips flying off the holster. Two of them are a belt that clips around, while the third is an elastic strap that I added. It passes between my legs and velcros onto the holster just below the pocket flap. This is to stop it bouncing around when I run.
At this point, it's essentially complete, but I finished up by trimming the pointy corner you can see above and adding some velcro between the elastic. This lets me resize the holster to fit either my Maverick:
Or to fit my Recon:
I'm not yet sure which will end up as my secondary, so I wanted that extra flexibility.
First, cut the holder apart, like so:
Note that there's enough space to stitch elastic on both sides. You don't want to cut right next to the main part of the holder. Stitch over any cut edges to prevent fraying.
Next, test your blaster for fit:
And cut some elastic strips. You can buy this stuff (and velcro strips, which I use later) from places like Spotlight:
I made a mistake here and cut mine too short; I had to stitch two of them into one that was long enough. The third short piece I ran across the bottom of the holster. Anyway, after cutting your elastic, pin it all into place and check the fit:
If it all looks good, stitch it together:
You can see in the above picture that there are three strips flying off the holster. Two of them are a belt that clips around, while the third is an elastic strap that I added. It passes between my legs and velcros onto the holster just below the pocket flap. This is to stop it bouncing around when I run.
At this point, it's essentially complete, but I finished up by trimming the pointy corner you can see above and adding some velcro between the elastic. This lets me resize the holster to fit either my Maverick:
Or to fit my Recon:
I'm not yet sure which will end up as my secondary, so I wanted that extra flexibility.
Last edited by #endgame on Sun May 16, 2010 12:22 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Fix first/third person disagreement.)