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With my other thread asking about CC carry 9mm's other than the S&W Shield Plus going relatively well, with mostly useful information, I thought I'd ask another question. I carry with just my normal dress-clothes type of belt, but I'm wondering it anyone has a good recommendations for something a little more sturdy, possibly a little more stiff and adjustable? I don't want something that looks all tactical-paramilitary. I'm not into the whole tactical look and have to wear relatively nice dress clothes to work so those military belts won't fly as we do have a dress code. I prefer everything I do in regards to CC to be as low key and unnoticeable as possible.

There's a lot of places to obtain what you're looking for.. Just do a search for 'gun belts' and tons of 'em should show up.. Places like Mitch Rosen, El Paso Saddlery, Sparks, etc... Early this year I had a custom western dress belt made for CCW and it's excellent.. I just wish I could remember where the hell I got it from..

Mean Jean Leathers makes 'em for Kimbers - I just got one from there on sale..

My leather gun belts are from Black Hills Leather out of Laredo Texas.

theBeltman.com

Hank's Belts.

Montana Gun Slings belt. I wear a G19 all day every day, AIWB or OWB w/ a 1.5" works perfectly and has done so for>10 years.


mike r

This has been my gun belt for at least 30 years: Galco

I'm on my third.

I've got ones from Milt Sparks, Wilderness belts, the Beltman, Crossbreed and even a double thick Filson belt. They all work well. Some have the options to add a stiffening piece of material between the two pieces of leather.


I really like the Crossbreed belt that I have and it doesn't look like a gun belt. Look on their crossbreed seconds website, you can find a good deal on a great belt there.

https://www.crossbreed-seconds.com/

I just purchased 2 Concealed carry belts from KORE Essentials. They are leather or nylon with hard plastic sewn inside. They ratchet up in small increments for a perfect fit. Amazing how much difference a rigid carry belt makes. Especially with a heavier gun.

Ron

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By all means get a good belt and holster for your CCW. It is night and day between what you are using and a good belt designed to carry a gun. Sparks, Rosen, the beltman, are excellent.

For something a bit different and works well. Ladder34.com repurposed fire hose belts. Extremely sturdy, well made, and inexpensive

Plus 2 on the Galco belt.

I bought a leather punch and added holes between the factory holes, for a more precise fit.

Been wearing it every day for about 20 years. Best belt I've ever had!

Virgil B.

And lifetime warranty I believe

Might as well be, but it’s 100 years no BS

I have a DeSantis belt I bought, it's comfortable and sturdy, but damn it shouts "GUN BELT" at the top of it's lungs. It's like taking out a billboard on the local Interstate highway.

That's okay, I don't GAS about that. Only gun guys would notice that, anyway, and a gun guy is someone I'm not worried about. We'd likely be jabbering about our choices in sidearms, anyway.

These are very good belts. Large selection, too.

https://www.bullhidebelts.com/pages/shop-belts

L.W.

I have a few More belts and like them

I have 2 AG Gunleather belts that are excellent and a very thick bull hide belt whose maker I don’t remember. It’s a bit stiff but also very good. No sag with any of them.

Montana Slings belt

30dollargunbelt.com, for 15 bucks more, they'll lay you a steel core in those belts, bet you could whip a bull elephants ass with that thing ; ]

Lots of nice belts mentioned here, but many of them are very heavy. I don't need a heavy belt for an airweight J-frame, but I might for a boat anchor Glock or similar.

My belt has to suit the firearm, so naturally I have a drawer-full of those as well.

For a typical mid-size pistol in a belt holster, I've been happy with Galco belts.

For holsters like a Remora, any decent leather belt on the wider side will work fine as the belt does not need to support the weight of the gun as the holster is not attached to it.

MM

I like the belts from https://www.abetterbeltusa.com/. I have one of theirs in Elephant and have worn it all day everyday for the past year and a half and it looks as good today as it did the day I got it

Hanks Belts. My sons and I all wear 'em. Got my Shepherds' collars there too.

https://www.hanksbelts.com/collections/leather-gun-belts

I got carried away and ordered 4, so I am probably set for belts for the rest of my life unless I gain 20 lbs. I'm very impressed with them. My brain doesn't wrap around how you can sell that sort of work for $15 per copy.

I didn't feel like changing my belts either so I changed my holster. I use thin kydex holsters made by FIST. They are very slick to draw from and as the material is only as thick as a business card and it sort of eliminates the need to use a stiff belt to get a reliable draw stroke. They also add no thickness to the gun if you are wearing dress pants.

the cross breed seconds?

its belts / holsters that folks test drove and returned.

ive bought several holsters from there.

last was a lefty mini-tuck in horsehide for $20 + $3 shipping. hard to beat that.

There are lots of choices from work belts/tool belts to Hermes or Gucci. You want something stiff but not thick so it barely squeezes through belt loops. The type of leather makes a difference. For example horsehide is stiffer then cowhide....... I would go to Yoder Leather Company (Yoderleather.com) and get recommendation from them. They have nice exotic selection and non-leather gun & tool forever belt. BBB rating A+ with 1 complaint in 3 years.

Actually clicked when I saw the village idiots name.
Couldn't help myself.
Is it paste and copy, or totally stupid.

Paste and Copy wins today!

You really should refrain from giving advice.

🙄

I have sharkskin belts by Sparks, Wilson, Rafter S, shrunken bison belt by beltman, wilderness instructor, etc.

There are a lot of classy looking and extremely functional belts that work well for ccw and don't scream gun by a lot of vendors.

Bigfoot belts and Hanks Belts are high quality. Also take a look at DM Bullard, high quality classic leather belts.

Manny

Tag

Another plug for Crossbreed. I have used this quite happily for several years:

https://www.crossbreedholsters.com/belts/western-gun-belt.html

Another vote for Hank’s Belts.

Another thumbs-up for the Crossbreed basic leather gun belt.

I started with a Bianchi leather belt, it was good. As I got older it became too small. tried the nylon tactical style belts with cobra buckle, they are a pain in the azz to adjust. Tried Wilderness Tactical nylon belt, it was good for a couple years, then the velcro wore out so the buckle would loosen.

I've come full circle, back to a stiff leather gun belt, with a basic buckle.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1018423064?pid=796242

Hank's belts. Bought one last summer.....very happy so far.

Good idea. I may try that out.

I have 3 Crossbreed belts: 2 leather and 1 nylon.

Classic Gunbelt, the slightly dressier Executive Gunbelt, and a Reversible nylon belt. They've all seen a lot of use, and are still in good shape. The nylon belt even survived being chewed on by our Great Dane puppy (only 150 lbs at 1 year old).

Take a look at nextbelt. It is a ratcheting system with lots of ‘micro’ adjustment built in, and sizing is easy as you cut the belt to size from the buckle end. They make dress belts, but my experience is limited to one of the nylon style EDC belts.

+1 for Hank's Belts

Reading back over this thread I noticed that "autocorrect" got me. That should have said Core not More.....lol

If you've been carrying using a dress belt you'll find a huge difference in a good gun belt. Best of luck

This ^^

Now there's a man that understand the needs of gun toters. Look at the number of holes and spacing...

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2009/8697/products/30Gunbrown2_480x480.jpg?v=1528992428

I carry a couple different guns, IWB or OWB and and I've had to take a leather punch to regular belts to get the right fit for a particular gun/holster combo on a given day. This belt comes already punched for fine adjustment.

Thanks for posting this Gunner. I ordered one this morning.

LOL, they're the real deal Sarge, i have 4 different buckle roller marks on one of my 30dollargunbelt belts, it depends on how many pistols/knives, what is carried on, inside or outside the belt, never looking for a hole, they're right there ; ]

I've got a Hanks that I'm really happy with.

That 30dollerbelt looks nice too

FrontierGunleather.com - John Bianchi's place. His basic JB8 1 1/2" belt works on any pant, stiff enough to support a holster properly, no rattle buckle.

He literally wrote a book on holsters and belts. First quality product.

I ordered one yesterday.

I bought my last belt from the local Dutchman harness maker. They make a sturdy belt designed to hold Emil's britches up with a pocket knife, pliers and coin purse on board. But Emil don't tote iron.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^You're going to like that belt Sarge.

Galco here, and am quite happy, or Tucker Gunleather makes quality belts. You can get the Galco within a few days, and the Tuckers about a month. Galco has a 22% Shot Show discount right now.