Good place to buy a shooter's belt

tapeman1 · Jan 5, 2015

I have a decent shooter's belt now for IDPA, but I've lost some weight and it's too big. I'd like to just replace the nylon belt and keep the cobra buckle I already have to save a few bucks. Anyone know of a good place to buy just the nylon belt?

Everywhere I look I can only find the complete setup w/buckle.

Biggfoot44 · Jan 5, 2015

For my usual belts , that would involve a hole punch , YMMV . (Semi-humor, but only semi )

tapeman1 · Jan 5, 2015

Biggfoot44 said:
For my usual belts , that would involve a hole punch , YMMV . (Semi-humor, but only semi )

My problem is that the adjustable part of the belt on the right side has gotten so long that it runs to where my holster is and makes the belt too thick. If I cut off some of the length I'll lose too much of the Velcro.

Blaster229 · Jan 5, 2015

tapeman1 said:
My problem is that the adjustable part of the belt on the right side has gotten so long that it runs to where my holster is and makes the belt too thick. If I cut off some of the length I'll lose too much of the Velcro.

How about shifting the buckle center of the belt to the left side more to allow more belt room on the right for the holster? PITA but possible. I have done this before.

Alea Jacta Est · Jan 5, 2015

I got the best one I've ever had from THE BELTMAN in NC. Sorry I don't have a link...

Mdeng · Jan 5, 2015

Check with A1 Uniform. They may have what you are looking for.

vinjet700 · Jan 5, 2015

I've been looking at these.... Anyone have any experience with them?

http://www.dawsonprecision.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=BELTS,+HOLSTERS+AND+POUCHES:Belts

Thanx....

OrbitalEllipses · Jan 6, 2015

vinjet700 said:
I've been looking at these.... Anyone have any experience with them?

http://www.dawsonprecision.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=BELTS,+HOLSTERS+AND+POUCHES:Belts

Thanx....

Very popular in action shooting. I just picked up a Double Alpha belt and haven't had a chance to run it yet, but it feels sturdy. Very stiff.

photoracer · Jan 6, 2015

OrbitalEllipses said:
Very popular in action shooting. I just picked up a Double Alpha belt and haven't had a chance to run it yet, but it feels sturdy. Very stiff.

Only issue is the 2 piece belts are not legal in IDPA. Locally they may not give you a hard time about it. Think about a training or operaters belt for IDPA. I use one like these when I can't use a 2-piece belt:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/3398875712/propper-720-heavy-duty-belt-1-1-2-aircraft-aluminum-buckle-nylon?cm_vc=ProductFinding

What size do you need? I actually have a second belt that is too small for me that I acquired with something else.

platoonDaddy · Jan 6, 2015

Hands down the best battle belts out there is by USGruntGear:

http://www.usgruntgear.com/tapamobe.html

tapeman1 · Jan 6, 2015

Blaster229 said:
How about shifting the buckle center of the belt to the left side more to allow more belt room on the right for the holster? PITA but possible. I have done this before.

Already did that.

I've lost quite a bit of weight around the middle. :thumbsup:

tapeman1 · Jan 6, 2015

photoracer said:
What size do you need? I actually have a second belt that is too small for me that I acquired with something else.

32/34

Jim12 · Jan 6, 2015

Take it to a local shoe/luggage repair shop and see whether they can shorten it from the buckle end.

tapeman1 · Jan 6, 2015

Jim12 said:
Take it to a local shoe/luggage repair shop and see whether they can shorten it from the buckle end.

I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. :thumbsup:

bigalf · Jan 6, 2015

I've been considering SOE gear. supposed to be great. http://www.originalsoegear.com/ made is USA.

BrotherOfTheRepublic · Jan 7, 2015

Buy a SOE belt http://www.originalsoegear.com/

tapeman1 · Jan 7, 2015

SOE definitely makes top notch gear - or so I hear at least - but that sort of defeats my purpose of trying to save a few bucks.

BrotherOfTheRepublic · Jan 7, 2015

tapeman1 said:
SOE definitely makes top notch gear - or so I hear at least - but that sort of defeats my purpose of trying to save a few bucks.

I takes a little while to ship since it's handmade and they cater to military and law enforcement but it's well worth the wait and it really is the best damn gear on the market.

photoracer · Jan 8, 2015

tapeman1 said:
32/34

Nope its a 38/40 I think.

photoracer · Jan 8, 2015

I like the looks of that SOE EDC belt.

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