So I bought this holster off ebay... got it for ~$10.50... it is an Alessi Hideout; I believe.
Description as purchased...
Brown Allesi holster for Smith & Wesson 4516
Here is a Brown Allesi holster for Smith & Wesson 4516 for your bidding pleasure.
The holster is in
excellent condition overall with just a very few signs of use as you can see from the pictures. Quite strong and pliable. It is marked 4516 1 so, I presume it fits a discontinued S & W 4516.
and later in the description...again....
A nice looking holster rig in
excellent condition and no reserve!
Here is a photo...
This holster arrived nicely packed and upon inspection I realized that this is not ECXELLENT CONDITION as stated, it is infact flatened and very soft...(not the quality you want in a holster) it had very little rigidity left in the old leather... obviously this had seen its day and has long since been up for retirement.
I purchased this holster to try for my Smith and Wesson 945-40. This is a performance center pistol built on the 4516 frame; the compact .40 caliber version of the 945.
The holster was dirt cheap and it would give me an opportunity to rule out another variation of the 4516 in my quest for a holster. The 4516 came in many varients, ie... 4516, 4516-1, 4516-2... etc. This holster was for the -1 variety. Not having much invested and finding that my pistol did not fit the holster, I opted not to complain to the seller, after all we are only talking $10, and to be fair, he/she probably thought it was tip top!
TIME TO EXPERIMENT
The next thing I did was wash the holster, degrease the outer and inner surfaces and fill it with near boiling water...
I then ziplocked and heatgunned my performance center pistola and proceded to stuff it into the now slimy, pliable and somewhat FUBAR'ed holster... Lou will disinherit me I am sure...
I will also say that my labrador retreiver was rather upset at this point having been cheated out of a very vialbe chew toy...
Here it is after the boning and drying a few hours under the halogen shop lights...
