From Range Hot: "How to Setup a Range Belt or Battle Belt." While we typically talk about what to attach to the belt, the article begins by examining the "foundation" belt:
ANR Design’s preferred range belt is the Blue Alpha Gear Duty Molle Belt & Battle Belt Lite belt. These are great host battle belts. They do require a liner belt, which is a Velcro inner belt of 1.5″ that fits through all normal pants. The duty belt preferred width is at the 1.75″ size. They are super sturdy and load bearing range belts. Blue Alpha Gear has a bunch of cool accessories that allows modularity of your range belt. They have the padded Velcro liners to create a rubberized texture surface to put over a jacket, or over garments if you don’t have access to your liner belt.
While on the subject of Velcro and building a stable foundation for your range belt setup, make sure that you invest in a roll of hook Velcro. Make sure to always apply stick-on hook Velcro to all of your hard plastic accessories when using a duty belt. Going through the Molle loops on the duty belts isn’t always the best practice. You’ll get a much more stable platform by going over the belt itself with a belt clip. To make sure that it clings on to the liner belt that is attached to your pants, use hook stick on Velcro on your hard plastic accessories so that they maintain a positive contact against your liner belt.
The article also discusses what to put on the belt, including medical supplies and an IFAC pouch, magazine carriers, some tools you might want on the range, why you might want a dump pouch on a range belt, and, of course, holsters:
Most off-the-shelf KYDEX holsters for a range belt or a battle belt are what is considered a level 1 retention system. Level one retention is friction that holds the firearm in place inside the holster. Therefore, in a tactical application, you might want to consider a holster that has mechanical retention. Mechanical retention is defined by level two annotation. Once you get into level 3 holsters, you are talking about holsters that are typically NIJ certified and carried by police officers. Level 3 holsters are not utilized by Special Forces or military units.
Related:
- "The Bump-in-the-Night Belt"
- "Bump In The Night Sling"
- "Do You Need an All-in-One Fighting Kit?"--Everyday Marksman. The author describes what he calls his "Minuteman Kit": a belt and Y-harness type system.
- VIDEO: "Minuteman Battle Belt Setup! What Do You Need? Do The Things!"--Asymmetrical Preparedness (19 min.)
- VIDEO: "How to setup a 'gunfighter' Belt / Battle Belt / Ferro Concepts Bison Belt"--Garand Thumb (24 min.).
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