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Originally Posted by fiasconva
Are you sure it's the holster and not the belt you are using? A good belt should keep it from sagging. Just another point of view here.
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I am good on belts. I have quality 1.5 single, 1.5 double, 1.75 double - thick leather gun belts and 1.5 & 1.75 nylon reinforced 5.11 gun belts, too.
FTR, the holster loops max out at 1.5 double-thick leahter gun belts or 1.5 reinforced 5.11 belts.
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Originally Posted by John Patrick
I would take a wire brush to that holster!
From you initial description I thought it was a rough out holster, not a smooth leather outer surface.
I’m thinking you need to snug up your belt.
If you want more stick the rubber sheet option sounds good.
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If I snug anymore I won't be able to feel anything below my waist.
The key pieces of evidence:
1. With this holster and a 1911 Lightweight Commander I get serious sag.
2. With a different rough-out holster and an all steel 1911 Gov't Model (much heavier) I get no sag.
3. Both holsters Milt Sparks VM2 clones.
4. Both holsters usually caried on 1.5 double thick leather gun belt or 1.5 reinforced nylon 5.11, though I can get away with a 1.5 single-thick with the 1911GM & rough out.
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I think I will approach the issue this way, given y'all's input.
1. Try the rubber band technique. The rubber band(s) will likely cover no more than 10% or the back surface area and will likely be tolerable.
If #1 does not work...
2. Rough up the back side contact points (avoiding stitching) with a tool made for that I saw at Tandy leather. It is aggresive, but smaller than most wire brushes and made to score the leather for later glueing.
I will not glue a slab of rubber to the holster. May as well get a kydex plastic holster. If neither solution works, I will put in an order to either Milt Sparks or Kramer and use the IWB holster I'd normally use for my 1911 GM.