Gun Belt Thickness/weight

[vahillbilly]

I have been making holsters for a couple of years now, and my dad, who recently retired, has asked about helping us begin making gun belts. I have seen several posts on thickness in the past, but can't get the search to go back far enough to find them. I know that the standard for a 1 1/2" belt is about 1/4" thick, but I am interested in making some a little thinner for IWB carry of smaller firearms.

Also, does anyone have experience making 1 1/4" or even 1" double layer belts?

Thanks

Sam

[particle]

From the past threads, most will say 1/4" (two layers of 8-9oz) is border-line too thick. Depending on who you ask, you'll get something along the following:

• (2) 6-7oz
• 8-9oz backed with 5oz
• 9-10oz backed with 2-3oz

I posted a thread a while back asking this and got loads of responses - search my threads and you should find it fairly quickly.

Regarding the narrower belts - I made my 6yr old son a double-layered belt. It was either 1" or 1.25". I skived the blanks down much thinner, but it went together just like the thicker/wider belts. The finished thickness is probably between 1/8" and 3/16".

[vahillbilly]

Particle,

Thanks for the reply. I think the thread I saw that had a lot of replies was further back than I have been able to go. It seems like lobo had a lot of good advice in that one. I was able to find the one that involved much conversation about the Boss stitcher.

By the way, love your holsters.

Sam