Belt/Holster sizing opinions

[aterry33]

Do you think I will get excessive holster "shift" using a 1 3/4" belt and a Don Hume Bill Jordan holster with 2 1/8" loops? Carrying Model 19.

What about a M29 in a holster with 1 1/2" belt and 1 3/4" loop?

Thanks.

 

[safearm]

Carrying a drop loop holster made for a 2 inch duty belt on a standard trouser belt is rife with problems. The holster is going to shift around and depending on how new or used the holster is, the gun may not draw as smoothly as you would like as the holster will shift during the draw. There is a great picture in Jordan's book, "No Second Place Winner," where he is drawing his Model 19 from a Jordan holster and it is pulling the holster and gunbelt with it. Jordan advocated looping both the trouser belt and the gunbelt through holster loop to prevent the holster from shifting.
A holster with 1 3/4 inch slots on a 1 1/2 belt should not be a problem, assuming the belt is stout enough to carry the weight of the gun. Don't use a cheap belt; a trouser belt used to carry a handgun should be as strong as a duty belt since it must carry the same weight.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Carrying a drop loop holster made for a 2 inch duty belt on a standard trouser belt is rife with problems. The holster is going to shift around and depending on how new or used the holster is, the gun may not draw as smoothly as you would like as the holster will shift during the draw. There is a great picture in Jordan's book, "No Second Place Winner," where he is drawing his Model 19 from a Jordan holster and it is pulling the holster and gunbelt with it. Jordan advocated looping both the trouser belt and the gunbelt through holster loop to prevent the holster from shifting.
A holster with 1 3/4 inch slots on a 1 1/2 belt should not be a problem, assuming the belt is stout enough to carry the weight of the gun. Don't use a cheap belt; a trouser belt used to carry a handgun should be as strong as a duty belt since it must carry the same weight.

Very well done response. Ditto!

 

[aterry33]

So do you think a (proper) 1 1/2" belt is sufficient to carry an N-Frame outside the waistband? Or is a thicker belt necessary?

 

[safearm]

I think a 1 3/4 inch belt would be your best bet. It should be a double thickness belt.

 

[Glock 'em down]

I personally would buy a Wilderness Instructor's belt in 1.75" width with the C.S.M. insert.

I wear one each and every day on duty.

Wilderness Tactical Products, LLC | Home of the Titanium Instructor Belt

For off duty/concealed carry, I wear a Looper brand "Kydex" belt. It looks like any other 1.5" leather belt out there, but it has a strip of kydex sandwiched between two straps of belt leather.

Looper Reinforced Holster Belt