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Leather or nylon belt? For leather, Milt Sparks, Alessi, Ritchie Holsters are some I would look into. For nylon, the Ares Gear Aegis belt gets my top vote.

 

As for the Galco, it sucks. Mass produced junk. Stick with smaller hand made leather holster shops such as Sparks.

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Garret industries does a nice hybrid Kydex - leather lined holster too

 

I'm thinking I may get one of their competition holsters for speed on steel

 

something about sliding my duty treat wesson in and out of kydex 30 times in a day bothers me

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I have a Beltman and A&G custom belt and feel that the latter is made better. The A&G has nicer leather, stitching, burnishing, etc... I also opted for the internal stiffener which definitely helps prevent the leather from sagging. He also offers 10% active military/1st responder discount.

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If you use a leather holster, I would recommend getting the mouth reinforced. That will prevent the leather from folding over and potentially causing an AD when holstering. Also, the holster that the guy, who had the AD, was using is garbage.

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+1 on milt sparks. Got one for my colt and it fits it like a glove.

 

 

Question for the group. I need a good 1.5 inch gun belt. I get a ton of sag with the one I have now

 

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Look at Alien Gear holsters. Reasonably priced. Have spring steel sandwiched between leather layers. No sag there.

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If you use a leather holster, I would recommend getting the mouth reinforced. That will prevent the leather from folding over and potentially causing an AD when holstering. Also, the holster that the guy, who had the AD, was using is garbage.

A quality holster will already be designed with this in mind. If you abuse a holster (store it so it's squared flat, use the wrong products to maintain it,etc) you can ruin a good holster.

 

While I generally agree with not storing a gun in a holster I don't think that's an absolute (like most things). It most likely is a good idea for guns with a high polish blued gun. My Ruger P90, S&W M60, and other stainless guns have been stored in holsters for 20 or more years. My blued Taurus 1911 is about 10 years old. Supposedly notorious for having a poor finish. It's been in the holster unless I was shooting it, cleaning it, or showing it all the time with no bad effects for those 10 years. It's also the one I pick when I carry a 1911 over all my others which are older Colts. That's a topic for another thread.

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I recommend Mitch Rosen Holsters.  Bought mine through Dillon years ago.  For belts I wear a 5.11 Off-Duty belt.  It can support a brace of Colt's Dragoon Horse Pistols (4.5 pounds of steel on each hip) for my Hog Hunting trips in PA.!

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I recommend Mitch Rosen Holsters.  Bought mine through Dillon years ago.  For belts I wear a 5.11 Off-Duty belt.  It can support a brace of Colt's Dragoon Horse Pistols (4.5 pounds of steel on each hip) for my Hog Hunting trips in PA.!

 

 

Do you mind linking me to that belt?  I don't see any "off duty" belts on 5.11's website. 

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I bought the double duty off of Amazon it's a nice belt

 

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Have you carried with it? I carry a full size 1911 sometimes and it gets heavy

 

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Have you carried with it? I carry a full size 1911 sometimes and it gets heavy

 

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I carried my 686 with it around the house but nothing for an extended time. At work I carry a walkie talkie and usually have full pockets and It holds my pants up fine. I carried my shield in North Carolina and it was great with that

 

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Have you carried with it? I carry a full size 1911 sometimes and it gets heavy

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I've carried full size SAs and revolvers for years. Carry it often enough and it won't seem so heavy. A good holster like a pancake type mitigate the weight significantly. The extra weight is worth it when you get a gun easier to shoot well and a longer barrel and/or a more effective caliber. Concealing a full size gun is not as hard as many think.

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I've carried full size SAs and revolvers for years. Carry it often enough and it won't seem so heavy. A good holster like a pancake type mitigate the weight significantly. The extra weight is worth it when you get a gun easier to shoot well and a longer barrel and/or a more effective caliber. Concealing a full size gun is not as hard as many think.

I wasn't talking about weight as far as fatigue goes. Its more the weight bringing the belt down. I want something sturdy enough for a full size steel gun. My milt sparks is a comfy holster.

 

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