Matching What Can't Be Seen

Guns Magazine, Jan, 2001 by Massad Ayoob

Why worry about the concealment leather matching? We carry it concealed, right? Still, many serious shooters just like everything to match. There's also the matter of the plainclothes officer, whose belt gear is not concealed inside the walls of the police station. Detectives like to look sharp, too.

There's a more practical reason to want your dress gunbelt to come from the same maker as your concealment holster: It's more likely to fit snugly. This reduces "printing," enhances comfort and prevents a sloppy draw. You can, of course, get good results with, say, a 1.5" Greg Kramer belt and a Milt Sparks holster with 1.5" slots, or vice versa.

Some of it, though, is just pride of ownership. I have to admit that my Mitch Rosen dress gunbelt is what I'm most likely to slide my Mitch Rosen ARG holster onto, and that my Milt Sparks Executive Companion holster is usually affixed to a mated Milt Sparks narrow dress belt.