I think its a night and day difference. A regular belt flexes and sags under gun weight, your gun shifts all day and it's miserable. A proper gun belt distributes weight, stays rigid, keeps everything in place. It's one of those upgrades you don't appreciate until you try it and wonder how you lived without it.
Gun belt or regular belt for carry
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Shots_fired
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I didn't want to buy one for years. When I got one, carrying all day stopped being a pain, being comfortable is more important than people think.
flash60601
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As much - or maybe even MORE - depends on your choice of firearm and holster as does depend on the belt. Stuff a 500 caliber howitzer into an Uncle Mike's "one-size-fits-all" holster and put it on a very high quality gun belt and you'll still regret that choice.
However, you can stuff a KelTec P-11 on it's own beltclip into your jeans on an ordinary WalMart grade belt and carry all day without ever noticing - - and you're welcome to ask me just how I know that little fact.
There may be many variations in between. (To be sure, I don't even own anything heavier than a 1911-A1, and the only way I carry one of them is in a military holster on a GI belt.)
However, you can stuff a KelTec P-11 on it's own beltclip into your jeans on an ordinary WalMart grade belt and carry all day without ever noticing - - and you're welcome to ask me just how I know that little fact.
There may be many variations in between. (To be sure, I don't even own anything heavier than a 1911-A1, and the only way I carry one of them is in a military holster on a GI belt.)
