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- Canada, west
Chest Rigs and Mags for your Black Rifle
- Thread starter TV-PressPass
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What crossfit gym are you wearing your 'plates' at?
And I can't believe I am questioning this, but 20lbs of gear??? As a civy, how many iPhones and iPads are you packing to equal 20lbs of gear?
And if you're trying to impress everyone with how hard core you are, 20lbs of gear is less than a healthy #### for most Men of Action.
WeatherdoG
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Trenton, ON
To amplify that, I'm a weather forecaster and when I was deployed with the artillery my tacvest and armour weighed 50-60lb.... Again, I'm just the weather guy...
Steve Janes
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary/Ontario
Seriously guys? If there is 12-14lbs in plates, then he sure doesn't need to be carrying much if anything else to add up to 20lbs, a camelbak with a couple liters of h20 would do it.
I'm sure his point is he wants to train with "some" weight, so he does crossfit wearing his plates and some gear, not full gear, and not all the gear, just some. If the guy wants to work out wearing plates, who cares, I say all the more power to em'
I'm sure his point is he wants to train with "some" weight, so he does crossfit wearing his plates and some gear, not full gear, and not all the gear, just some. If the guy wants to work out wearing plates, who cares, I say all the more power to em'
I pack my chest rig with 16 LAR mags (8 sticks = 160 rounds) for range time and coyote hunting. But I HATE packing loose ammo. So a trip to the range or the bush or hunting with the ACR requires nothing more than the rifle bag and grab the chest rig. Ammo is all there. Reaady to go.
So far it's been good for the range, excessive for hunting, but we end up shooting cans etc at the end of the day anyways, and it is far better than a pack for weight distrubution IMHO. On longer hikes I have the Eberlstock with a rifle pouched, but even then I dont carry spare ammo in the big pack. It's camera and food, water, etc.
So far it's been good for the range, excessive for hunting, but we end up shooting cans etc at the end of the day anyways, and it is far better than a pack for weight distrubution IMHO. On longer hikes I have the Eberlstock with a rifle pouched, but even then I dont carry spare ammo in the big pack. It's camera and food, water, etc.
For me it really depends on the specific application.
I have run massive rigs before - in one case I ran 8 mags on the rig and one on a belt just so I could spend as much time as possible taking notes and as little time as possible running back to the line for ammo. In that case it was pretty worth it.
Ordinarily my preference is to have a couple of mags on the rig and one or two on the belt. My current preferred chest rig set up is something very similar to the OSOE micro, although the layout I'm experimenting with at the moment is a two mag shingle (can't remember, might be ESSTAC? Not important) with a 10-speed double on top. That way I'm always set up to run up to 4 mags,but if I don't have to, taking out the front pair flattens the profile of the rig instantly. Next to that is a med pouch, which is really just there incase someone accidentally (or intentionally) shoots me, and there's a guy handy with enough knowledge to help out, but no gear on hand. If someone else gets shot...well, I could help, I guess. I actually shoot mostly with people I like enough to try to stop catastrophic leakage, so I guess there's some utility there. At the very least I can always pull out the gloves so I don't get whatever form of herpes they probably have.
On the belt are a couple of tacos. I usually use kydex for my pistol mags, because I have lots of kydex pistol mag holders.
I don't own a set of plates because I don't train enough, or around enough yahoos, to warrant the expense. If I was doing a lot of open enrolment carbine classes in a large market, I would DEFINITELY own a set of plates. But all the guys who take the courses I take are a pretty stable group of competent shooters. So as long as we never get Sonny Puzikas up to teach a class my odds of being shot during training are pretty tiny.
I have run massive rigs before - in one case I ran 8 mags on the rig and one on a belt just so I could spend as much time as possible taking notes and as little time as possible running back to the line for ammo. In that case it was pretty worth it.
Ordinarily my preference is to have a couple of mags on the rig and one or two on the belt. My current preferred chest rig set up is something very similar to the OSOE micro, although the layout I'm experimenting with at the moment is a two mag shingle (can't remember, might be ESSTAC? Not important) with a 10-speed double on top. That way I'm always set up to run up to 4 mags,but if I don't have to, taking out the front pair flattens the profile of the rig instantly. Next to that is a med pouch, which is really just there incase someone accidentally (or intentionally) shoots me, and there's a guy handy with enough knowledge to help out, but no gear on hand. If someone else gets shot...well, I could help, I guess. I actually shoot mostly with people I like enough to try to stop catastrophic leakage, so I guess there's some utility there. At the very least I can always pull out the gloves so I don't get whatever form of herpes they probably have.
On the belt are a couple of tacos. I usually use kydex for my pistol mags, because I have lots of kydex pistol mag holders.
I don't own a set of plates because I don't train enough, or around enough yahoos, to warrant the expense. If I was doing a lot of open enrolment carbine classes in a large market, I would DEFINITELY own a set of plates. But all the guys who take the courses I take are a pretty stable group of competent shooters. So as long as we never get Sonny Puzikas up to teach a class my odds of being shot during training are pretty tiny.
Kampfhamster
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Switzerland
what the hell did you put into your vest that it was so heavy? Just curious. I'm arty, too, and I'm trying to go as light as possible, but then again, Switzerland doesn't deploy it's artillery.
Ask and ye shall receive . . . a cheery TVPP
At the start of the day the bottom two pouches on the belt held shot-shells and a GPS-radio . . .
Thats an airsoft pistol?
TV-PressPass
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Mountains, Alberta
Hells no! 9mm FAMAE Mini my friend!
But it's non restricted correct?
Obviously not, and obviously he's shooting it at a range. Troll much?
You mean shooting it on the range?
For $25, I purchased this "get-up", and I absolutely love it:
13 years ago that was the shizzle....
Does it go well over your milsurp woodland pattern BDU's?
For $25, I purchased this "get-up", and I absolutely love it:
