What Do Texas Rangers Carry?

[Crash]

Saw an older gentleman in my favorite watering hole yesterday wearing a bib-front western shirt, a straw cowboy hat and packin' a 1911 of some kind. His belt and holster had Texas star conchos, but he was not wearing--at least that I could see--a Texas ranger badge. The pistol was not cocked an locked and it did not have a grip safety. Can somebody tell me what Texas rangers carry?

Crash

[WTR]

Some Sigs, some 1911's and some what ever they want.

[KHickam]

Last one I saw was carrying what looked like a Sig 1911 in 45 ACP I assume.

[OlBill]

I've never seen one wearing a bib front shirt, either.

[LabRat]

Some previously discussed information here....a little older thread....2015

http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=78794

[Mxrdad]

Baseball glove and a bat.

[John Galt]

Baseball glove and a bat.

[WTR]

I've never seen one wearing a bib front shirt, either.

Haven't you watched Chuck Norris?

[mescobar_rpls]

A few years ago I was having lunch with my daughter at Whataburger. In the restaurant were two Cedar Park PD officers. Nobody paid any attention to them. After a while, three Rangers walked in and every head turned.

I noticed the nice leather rigs (matching holster, belt, mag carrier), starched white shirts and khaki pants, and the air of their presence.

Oh, and their pistols were 1911s.

[cmgee67]

I have seen several Texas Rangers and the majority i have seen carry a cocked and locked 1911 of some sort but I have seen a couple carrying a Sig P226 and also one or two carrying a Glock or some sort.

[Armybrat]

The only Ranger I've ever seen in person was in the aftermath of the 1966 UT Tower sniper mass murder (Charles Whitman). When the shootout was over and a couple thousand of us were milling around the Mall below the Tower, I saw a Texas Ranger in a dark suit & Stetson (or a Resistol - couldn't tell) carrying what appeared to be a 1928 Thompson with drum magazine propped on his hip, pointed in the air.

During the 90 minute gun battle, I heard hundreds of rounds fired, but no full auto Tommy gun action.

[twomillenium]

Baseball glove and a bat.

Did you happen to notice who made the holster for the bat?

[Jusme]

The last Texas Ranger I saw, was in QT in Alvarado. He was wearing a starched white shirt, starched jeans, and a silverbelly cowboy hat. He was carrying a fully engraved stainless, or nickle plated 1911, with ivory, or what looked like ivory, grips with a star on them. He was also about 6'-6" tall, so he did stand out.

[The Annoyed Man]

Saw an older gentleman in my favorite watering hole yesterday wearing a bib-front western shirt, a straw cowboy hat and packin' a 1911 of some kind. His belt and holster had Texas star conchos, but he was not wearing--at least that I could see--a Texas ranger badge. The pistol was not cocked an locked and it did not have a grip safety. Can somebody tell me what Texas rangers carry?

Crash

Could that have been a Browning Hipower? They look sort of 1911-ish and have no grip safety.

[The Annoyed Man]

They carry one of these:

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/ho ... 150172.php

Chambers County District Attorney Cheryl Leick is awed by Haralson.

"I started calling him, 'Gus,' from 'Lonesome Dove,' " she said, alluding to the character in Larry McMurtry's novel.

"His character is a retired Texas Ranger from the Old West days, who is tall and a badass, and has a booming voice, and always has a story to tell," she continued. "What is so funny about Joe is he is not a braggart or anything.

"He is very humble. He is not one to try and make you think he is a badass - he just is. "