Belly band bad (stories). With rare exceptions belly bands don't work. First belly band I used pitted my off-duty Model 36 in the 1970s. I ended-up Tefloning it. Next, In 1973 while in a "shooting incident" in August in my partner's car while performing anti-crime work, I had to ease the same Model 36 out of a belly band holster and then return fire with a bad guy. I recently kept a belly band to use as backup, never used it and just gave it to a doctor who loves it. He wears it in his office under his "scrubs" and finds it very comfortable. That's the only use I have discovered for these critters.