Lanyard rings: Yes or No?

[oregon45]

Pondering sending a grip frame to Bowen to have a lanyard ring installed. Revolver is a Ruger NMFT 45 Colt, stainless. For those of you who have lanyard rings on your single actions, how do you like them? Pros? Cons? Pictures always appreciated

[kings6]

I understand their use and I had Hamilton install one on one of my lite weight customs. I even have one of his lanyards in the drawer but to be honest, I have never used the lanyard and simply depend on a good fitting holster. By the time I have a chest holster with the straps, my binoculars on their harness and a set of reins in my hands, the last thing I need is another piece of rope around my head to accidentally hang myself with.

[cmh]

I am a nobody here................ unless I had ordered a BOWEN Nimrod I would not install one........... let me say again I am a nobody here...........Personally I like them if Hamilton Bowen built my revolver lets just say its easy to learn your place here.................

[kings6]

Gosh cmh, we all are equal bodies here! Some are just beginning their custom revolver journey, some are into it up to their ears and some like me are nearing then end of our journey. Sorry if someone made you feel like you could not express an opinion. Shoot, just speak your mind. That is how we all learn, from the shared experience of the many.

Robb

[steve]

It's ending Robb? I started my custom revolver journey in the mid 90's, I don't plan on ever ending it

[CraigC]

I like `em, whether I use `em or not.

[cmh]

Thanks Robb but I figured out early on the pecking order................ Thanks though

[boxhead]

My 500 L Nimrod came with one and I have no use for it. Eventually I will have Alan Harton weld up the hole and get rid of it as I had him do on the BFR 475 L that came with a Huntington modified grip frame with lanyard. I find they can get in the way of my hold at times and I have never had a problem keeping a gun in a proper holster.

[98redline]

I really like the way they look, especially on a Bowen Nimrod, however from a practical standpoint I would prefer it not be there. I could see it messing with my grip and if there actually were a lanyard on it, probably getting it hung up in something else I was wearing and not be able to draw properly.

[contender]

The lanyard ring had it's place in our history. Especially for the Calvary. I had one on my issue handgun when I was "Air Cav" in the 1970's. To prevent loss when horseback or airborne.
Nowadays,, I have quality holsters, and don't ride horses enough, nor do I get to fly much. For my PERSONAL choice,, I'd say no.
If I were purchasing a handgun used,,, I'd look at it as a detractor to an "as factory" gun. A full blown custom, I'd look at it as a former owners personal choice item.
It's your gun, and you have to decide if it's an item you will use or just desire.

[stevemb]

I don't have any lanyard equipped handguns here. I would consider one for a handgun to be carried while fishing, or a back country horse pack trip. For ATV'ing I just use a holster with a strap for retention. stevemb

[brushpopper]

If a handgun came with a lanyard ring, I would not remove it. If a handgun did not come with a lanyard ring, I would not pay money to have one installed.

[CraigC]

A lanyard is not so much for retention while carrying as much as it is while it's in your hands.

[jiminyt]

They definitely have their place. I think fitting one depends on your taste in aesthetics and/or your usage.

There was a decent thread on this sometime back, here's the link:

singleactions.proboards.com/thread/6973/lanyard-loops-on-revolvers-practical

[sierra11b]

Sept 27, 2013 8:41:53 GMT -5 contender said:

I had one on my issue handgun when I was "Air Cav" in the 1970's. To prevent loss when horseback or airborne.

Same. Actually recall two occasions when I almost lost my sidearm had it not been for a 5-50 cord lanyard secured to my LBV. Once while airborne and one time I snagged the pistol on some wait-a-minute vines in our densest North Carolina jungle.   Then again, in that particular instance the lanyard is what snagged and pulled the pistol out of the holster.

As for whether or not to install one, aesthetically for me, I'm neutral... I would if I made my living outdoors and routinely had my gun in hand in an area where I could be considered prey, and would consider it a viable option if I shot a beast of a round, but do not and am barely able to get out to the range.