Who Keeps A Duty Belt @ The Ready?

[sipowicz]

Had a friend that was on the LASD, when I was out there about 33 years ago. His name was Sid Heal, he was on the SEB.

I never met him.but found his profile. Retired as a Commander.

PPSC Staff Profile - Sid Heal

 

[AJ]

I never met him.but found his profile. Retired as a Commander.

PPSC Staff Profile - Sid Heal

That is him. He was also a USMC Reserve W.O. at the time. I was at NWS Seal Beach as the Guard Chief and then moved to NS Long Beach as the Security Force Weapons & Tactics Instructor. Trained a bit with SEB. Ran a base wide training exercise at NS Long Beach with the entire SEB as the aggressors. Was an eye opener for the Navy.

 

[heeter3]

Sipowicz,I could not think of a better way to outfit an old duty belt.Your dad and brother are smiling and are surely right beside you as you "walk the beat".

 

[sipowicz]

Sipowicz,I could not think of a better way to outfit an old duty belt.Your dad and brother are smiling and are surely right beside you as you "walk the beat".

Thank you. Wearing their brass makes me feel that way.

 

[Old cop]

I hung my duty belt up in my closet when I walked in the door after I retired four years ago. I don't think I've taken it down since then nor do I plan too.

Same here when I pulled the pin in '97. I called 911 both times but was glad I was ready b/c @ 75 & handicapped I know I'm no match for real bad guys anymore.

 

[majick47]

Might be one in a million that anyone of us will ever need those items but if the **** hits the fan it will be too late to go out shopping for them. Just can't get away from the mentality of if this item saves my *** one time it was worth lugging around for 30+ years.

 

[AJ]

Might be one in a million that anyone of us will ever need those items but if the **** hits the fan it will be too late to go out shopping for them. Just can't get away from the mentality of if this item saves my *** one time it was worth lugging around for 30+ years.

Items for serious situations, hopefully are never needed. That said it is better to have things and not need them than to need them and not have them.

 

[fatcat3]

Not really but kind of. All Nylon. Duty belt with suspenders, holster, knife, 18 rds or 240gr SWC .44 mag, canteen & cup, bino's. pouch of assorted stuff.( stone, tea bags, dry soup, Bic, Slim Jims, etc.) Grab gun, fill canteen, I'm ready to go hunting.
If I'm responding to a bump in the night I'm taking a long gun

 

[Kiwi cop]

I got out my duty rig a few months ago. old all leather basket weave style plus old uniform shirt. Something in the air here causes leather and cotton to shrink a few sizes over the years.

Actually I currently have the other problem. Since the New Year all my belts, including a brand new gunbelt I bought from Amazon in January 'cause Kiwi belts are to light, have stretched. So have all my clothes.

Of course it has absolutely nothing to do with shedding weight because the doctor changed my diabetic meds at the start of the year.

 

[biku324]

Mine hangs in the closet where I put it 21 years ago. It may be stiff.

 

[ironhead7544]

My above mentioned belts are for SHTF.

I still have my duty belt. It is a Safariland with a Bianchi High Ride Judge holster that fits a 4" S&W M66.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Not a duty belt but I keep a M1923 cartridge belt filled with Garand clips and an M1 bayonet on M7 scabbard in my closet.

BUT.....Where is the Garand?

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I'm not ninga........So I just keep a pistol and one extra clip/mag handy.

 

[vipermd]

It hangs on bedroom wall. 2 mags, cuffs, gloves, light, two knives Recon Tanto, Kershaw Blur, cuff and house keys, clotting agent, tourniquet, wound dressing. It is for the pistol on my beside table. Next to it is vest with AR Mags, and one Beta mag for the AR that hangs on the wall. I can have both on in under 30 seconds out of bed. Is it perfect?, No but better than nothing. Be Safe.

 

[Donn]

Sadly, my belt fell victim to the "closet disease."

 

[Lex_Ordo]

Evening Gents... I was reading the responses, and chuckled a bit. Although I am not retired, I absolutely keep a gunbelt at home, ready to go with my Glock 19, and a Colt M4 to accompany it.

The chuckle came from me thinking about how the years have passed, and all the things no longer on my rig. Now, with 25 years under my belt so to speak, I carry my pistol with X200B weapon light, Surefire G2xPro flashlight, 2 pistol mags, cuffs, and my Specter Gear leg pouch with my M4 Mags. Oh and of course, every now and then my 640-2, in a pancake holster on my trouser belt, as a back up.

 

[biku324]

My above mentioned belts are for SHTF.

I still have my duty belt. It is a Safariland with a Bianchi High Ride Judge holster that fits a 4" S&W M66.

A 'go bag' is a great idea. A good backpack (not the huge milspec rucks) with passport, 14 days meds, two water bottles, leatherman, steel pocket flashlight, cell phone charge pad, finger/toenail clipper, tweezers, protein bars, soap, toothbrush/paste, credit cards, folded toilet paper, pen/notepad, spare glasses, and bandaids can keep you fine in a tight spot for a while.