YES! This part cannot be over-emphasized. And we're not just talking a good quality belt, though that is one must-have parameter. Equally important is a STRONG belt made to hold a gun holster - at least 1.5-inches thick, and either double-layer stiff leather or double-layer web belt or leather belt with a plastic stiffer insert. You'd be amazed the difference in comfort and secure retention in all-day use that a good stiff gun belt can make.txbirddog wrote:Get a GOOD belt.
Recommend these brands that I use myself
Wilderness Tactical - best gun-carrying web belt made
The Beltman - http://www.thebeltman.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - best gun-carrying leather belt I've used (expensive)
5.11 Tactical - good selection of more reasonably price, but quite as nice or well built, leather and web belts.
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), but I believe the slide and frame of a 1911 is thinner than a standard-size 9/40/357 frame Glock and MUCH THINNER than a large-frame 45/10mm Glock. The 1.28 inches on a 1911 includes all the pointy bits like the safety and slide release lever etc., correct? Those items on a Glock are very small and tight to the body of the gun, whereas they hang off a ways on a 1911. Thus the true width of a 1911 (slide/frame) is thinner even while the overall width is wider.