The Bill Akins spin draw from the holster.

[@MRREE-zw6xc]

wow you made cross draw Even better with that. I practiced the calvary twist as you shown. but this move is so much more fluid then the twist. well I know what I'm practicing next! thank you for the great video sir.

[@BillAkinsProduction]

Thanks for the kind words Mr Ree. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@MRREE-zw6xc]

BillAkinsProduction yes sir not a problem have a good one.

[@dustinmorrison147]

Bill, your the man! That's some impressive pistol work!

[@BillAkinsProduction]

Thanks Dustin. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@miopera40]

that was great *****

[@BillAkinsProduction]

+miopera40 Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@MrJbbooks]

do you do your draw with loaded revolvers? that takes a lot of practice. I'm a cas shooter. not sure the safety officer would allow that draw. very cool tho.

[@BillAkinsProduction]

+Ken Day I haven't done it with loaded revolvers. However; I plan to load some very low powered charges of powder with some wax bullets or even just use no powder and only percussion caps along with foam earplugs as bullets and draw and fire those for demonstration.

[@shanedonahue7602]

where did you get the butt facing holsters? i like them and want to get them for my 1860

[@BillAkinsProduction]

Hi Shane. Those aren't actually angled nor butt facing holsters. They are straight hand cheapo holsters,....the cheapest out there....seriously. I bought the left hand and right hand straight hang versions and then wear the left on my right and the right on my left so they BECOME butt forward. And still, they are straight hang. I FORCE them to more of a forward angle by simply pushing them to that angle on my belt. If you want to get the same holsters, I forget the exact name of them or where I ordered them from, but they are the cheapest ones out there on the market. So they won't hurt your wallet. I did that because with all the draw practicing I do, I did not want to scratch and bang up expensive good holsters until I became proficient enough to not scratch up and bang the holsters up teaching myself this reverse spin draw technique. But you would be better served to buy a left and right CROSSDRAW holsters that are already angled for crossdrawing, and use them to start off practicing with. However, their angle will still not be as angled forward as I wear mine and you will have to force angle them a little bit more forward to duplicate the angle of the holsters I'm using in my video. The best bet, and what I would like to eventually do, is to custom make my own holsters and belt rig, with sheet steel between leather to hold them absolutely rigid to my hip. Because I have found that the holsters move around on my belt and complicate both my draw and return to the holster by not being rigidly fixed to the belt. A section of bent sheet steel in the belt and holster where the holster is rigidly attached to the belt would fix that problem. But you will either have to make it yourself or have a holster maker make that, because there aren't any like that on the market since my draw would not be allowed in single action cowboy shooting matches since in my draw the barrel makes an arc as it spins that would be deemed unsafe according to their standards. So no holster maker would mass produce something for cowboy holsters that could not be used in cowboy action shooting matches. Thus the need for self making or a custom holster maker to make it for you. Hope this helped you.

[@iamnotanumber6945]

very good but can you draw like that with your hands off the gun ? as you might do be in a dual ,?

[@BillAkinsProduction]

Yes I can. But just barely off the gun. My dueling opponent's second could carefully watch my hand and see that it was just barely maybe an inch off the gun. Here's what you have to do to draw without the hand actually on the gun. You'd have to have your trigger finger just below and off the middle bottom of the trigger guard ready to curl over the edge of the trigger guard for the later spin and you'd have to have your middle finger (with ring and pinky finger against and backing up middle finger) just off the front of the trigger guard ready to push against the front of the trigger guard to push revolver out of holster. It would only slow the draw by a nano second. But you have to practice it to have the muscle memory as well as the distance in your mind of where your hand is positioned in relation to your revolver. Your holster can act as a guide for your hand to feel where your hand is in relation to the revolver. You didn't say anything about the hand touching the holster, just the gun. But I could also do it without my hand touching the holster. Just practice the draw hundreds and thousands of times and you'll see what I mean.

[@stevebuckskinner5482]

I noticed you had cartridges on your belt. are those cartridge conversions?

[@BillAkinsProduction]

No Steve. Those 1860 revolvers are muzzle loaders. I was just using a cheap pistol belt I picked up that happened to have cartridge loops. My short barreled 1858 Remington revolver in my shoulder holster is also a muzzle loader but has a fluted cartridge conversion cylinder in it in the video.

[@jakemalone7892]

should check out me doing this draw. way quicker

[@BillAkinsProduction]

Using the exact same shorter barrel (thus lighter) revolver you are using in your video, (shorter barrel 1858 Remington) I'm "way quicker" too Jake. But I was using 8 inch barrel 1860 Colt clones in my video. Much more difficult to draw and spin than the shorter barrel 1858 Remington in your video. I have the same fluted cylinder, shorter barrel, 1858 Remington revolver as you, and it is in my shoulder holster in my above video. Although I do not draw nor spin it in my video, you can see a short bit of it in my video where I somersault it into the air and catch it. From your video Jake, it appears you have the basics of my draw, but it appears you are cocking it with the area of your thumb that is behind the last joint rather than the pad/end of your thumb like I do. Try mastering it that way. (Here's a tip on doing that, stick your thumb straight out as you draw so your thumb is already out ready to cock it when the revolver finishes its spin). Also try drawing and cocking from a holster, it is much different, a bit slower due to holster friction/drag, and more difficult than doing it without a holster as you are doing in your video.