Do not, repeat do NOT, skimp on your belt or holster, OP.
I am NOT saying buy a $300.00 belt or holster, but buy a REAL gun belt and a GOOD holster. Anything else will beat your ass to death,
sag, stretch, roll, flex, collapse and otherwise make your life miserable, not to mention unsafe.
I can comfortably carry my big-ass 5" steel 1911 with my Blackhawk! Kydex-lined Instructor's belt and Old Faithful hybrid OWB. Less than $100.00
and I trust my life to it. I finally went with an Instructor's belt because of weight loss (yay me!) and all I have to do is cinch it tighter. Before hand I wore
a Wild Bill's gunbelt; GREAT belt @ $54.00. That what my Instructor's belt cost, too.
Don't skimp! That is the single hardest point I struggle to make with my new-to-CCW friends (and I don't think I've made it with some of them
).
There's great products out there, OP. Be prepared to eventually get several holsters, to fit your wardrobe. No, I'm not kidding.