Just received a Tom Threepersons' style holster from El Paso Saddlery. I wanted it with the hammer thong, but it showed up with the retention strap. Oh, well. It'll work. It's for a Ruger NM Blackhawk 4.62" 357. Question is this: trying to get this firearm to fit in this holster is like trying to drive a round peg into a square hole! I'm doing the plastic bag trick right now, but it looks like I'm running out of insertion room for the firearm and may not be able to close the retention strap. I guess I could work the strap to try and get it to stretch? Any other suggestions? I'm shying away from dampening the holster with water or applying leather softener. Heard bad things about those methods. Is just drawing the holster over and over, twisting it while drawing the best trick?
Thanks.
Thanks.