These are the, 'must have' requirements:

(1) A 1 1/2 inch (dress) gun belt. (1 3/4 inch gun belts are only for use with dungarees.)

(2) A gun belt that is 2 inches longer than you would normally wear. This will give you the option of carrying IWB/ITB.

(3) A gun belt with a 7 hole rather than a standard 5 hole tongue. (Same reason as above.)

If you go with one of the thinner, (dress) leather gun belts then you, definitely, want...

‘Three Quartering’ … It usually starts with the gun side shoulder being turned away from an undesirable object of your attention. Good guys do this in order to protect or, sometimes, to conceal their pistol. Bad guys do this in order to, both, conceal their pistol, and - when the moment is right - to cover their draw.

The classic way to three quarter is to take one step to the rear on the gun side and, then, pull the weapon. The alternative is to keep the feet more or...