Active Self Protection

I'm looking to understand what I need to be looking for in a tactical belt. Here's why:

I run concealed only. Enigma in deep appendix; foresee a possible vertical shoulder rig for RV travel. I don't have a box of holsters (although I do have a box of accoutrements used in the efforts to make the Enigma work for me); I do not own a side holster. (Unless I go to war or become a LEO, I have no interest in one.)

My regular belt is sturdy enough to support my accessories -- largely, at present, consisting of a single horizontal spare mag holder. (Ironically, I use suspenders to hold up the pants, so -- at least at first glance -- I am a "belts & suspenders" guy LOL)

I use Move & Shoot events to get non-square-range experience, and to add the extra distractions commensurate with such an event, in an effort to get the reps in for that horrible day I pray never comes. I am not there to compete against the other participants; I am there to compete against myself -- to improve my focus, awareness, speed, and accuracy under simulated duress.

Therefore, I always run them in EDC and EDW. For me, it's not really a competion -- it's training.

Here's the catch: My re-holster time is costing the event time and is an inconvenience to everyone, and I have ZERO interest in being "that guy".

So my compromise is that from now I'll strip the outer layer for the event. Jeans and outer shirt come off, and I'll run the course in my leggings and undershirt.

But that leaves me with no belt for the spare mags, and there are often mandatory (or implied-mandatory) reloads.

SO -- what am I looking for in a tactical belt which will be worn without belt loops and without feminine curvy hips to hold up the belt?

Wow. So I'm guessing that, once again, I'm the weirdo who is doing something odd compared to everyone else.

Guess I'll just have to experiment.

I appreciate those who took the time to read the question, at least.

Well, I certainly am not ignoring you. I just saw this now. The idea of a dude running a match in leggings and an undershirt as outer garments just seems like a bad idea.

The drawing/reholstering part of USPSA, IDPA and Steel Challenge is a minimal part of the day. My advice it train that stuff on your own time, and run a reasonable rig in the competition under reasonable concealment. The real stressors in competition occur from having to think with a gun in your hand, not in drawing and shooting. Certainly not in reholstering.

If I understood this right, you want a belt for a mag holder?
How about something like this: https://theneomag.com/shop-neomag/ so you won't even need a belt...

Well, I'm an idiot.

(Far too many of my posts start with this sentence, gosh darn it.)

After re-centering my Enigma Sport Belt, I hadn't realized there was now enough conventional belt space left for my favorite horizontal spare mag holder.

So it fits right on the Enigma. No new belts to try out or anything.

I'd never even bothered to check.

: : wanders off, muttering : :

A side note: Testing the new rig in my dry fire range has revealed that I don't need to remove the entire outer layer -- just the jeans.

The re-holster time causing the issues is mostly spent getting past the jeans; getting the muzzle into the waistband without pointing it at myself, then getting the trigger guard assembly and optic settled against the waistband, then carefully molding the waistband and belt around the trigger assembly, and the waistband around the optic, then reseating and re-aligning the belt so it can finally be settled in place.

Pulling up the outer shirt to re-holster costs almost nothing in time and effectiveness; and leaving the shirt on means I still get to integrate the clearing of the topshirt at the start of the event. So the only thing I have to change is to remove the jeans and run in leggings for a nice compromise between how the real life event would go down vs. not wasting everyone's time at the range.

My next challenge is to remain mindful not to holster on auto-pilot with the new rig. My hand knows right where to go now without looking, and doing that repeatedly during dry fire is just asking to shoot myself during re-holstering after a nerve-wracking defense encounter. So I MUST MUST MUST make myself be mindful during reholstering in this configuration, lest I form terribly bad habits.

I have no interest in being the next Tex Grebner.