My second and third (first is a magnet) is canted slightly backwards, the fourth is vertical and the last two are csnted forward. I found it more natural with the slight cant backwards on the 2nd/3rd pouches than vertically. I tried it again last night vertical and the wrist angle required didn't feel natural to me. I'm just wonky that way. This is where tweaking your rig comes into play.
How many mags for IPSC?
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That's funny ####. I did the same thing this week, had my mags loaded for PPC (6) rounds, #### the bed during an IPSC match
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Fantastic advice
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VanMan, what shirt is that?
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Here's my rig. Large magnet on first position for table pickups, four standard pouches set to bullet-out and one rear magnet pouch for my barney mag. I hate fidgeting trying to stick the barney mag back into a standard pouch when on the line, the magnet makes it much easier. But this setup works for me.
OP, give your rig a lot of dry run practice at home and you'll adjust the spacing and angle lean and your preference for bullet out or bullet forward on the pouches that work for you. After your first couple matches, you'll end up tweaking your rig a little more.
I run my rig almost the same way (my DAA pouches are bullets forward). One question - I recently switched from running a Glock 17 to a Shadow 2 for production, and that front magnet is insanely powerful on the CZ mags. The Glock mags are plastic over metal and hold just fine through running around but come off of that magnet perfectly - the CZ magazines require quite a serious effort. I was playing around with adding some material in front of the magnet to weaken its grasp a bit but wondered how you found it.
Yeah, that magnet is freaking strong! When I grab a mag, it's a 100% effort in first getting a firm grasp on it and then it's a quick snatch/snap move to get it up and off the magnet. You want to slide it off, not lift it off.
Looks like a GrandPower team jersey.
I have seen people cut a hook piece of velcro over the magnet. Still strong but not as aggressive.
I've gotten used to the magnet. There only seems to be a slight difference in resistance from a regular pouch. It doesn't seem to affect my reload times. I'd hate to have it drop when running through a stage.
^^ This.
I use a magnet on the back...but I also have them on the front. I like running six mags and the back magnet is for casually loading the mag the goes into my gun on a stage. I've dislocated my shoulders before and it's not big on putting that far back mag in a pouch, so it's easier to throw it on a magnet.
I also have two sets of magnets on the front for table pickup stages. Yes, only a back magnet makes you go...why?
Ya, I had someone tell me to cant back...I thought it was lame be he insisted it was better. I gave it an open mind and a month one winter and yup, it still sucks. My arms don't move like that but now I know for sure ��
Here's my rig. Large magnet on first position for table pickups, four standard pouches set to bullet-out and one rear magnet pouch for my barney mag. I hate fidgeting trying to stick the barney mag back into a standard pouch when on the line, the magnet makes it much easier. But this setup works for me.
OP, give your rig a lot of dry run practice at home and you'll adjust the spacing and angle lean and your preference for bullet out or bullet forward on the pouches that work for you. After your first couple matches, you'll end up tweaking your rig a little more.
A buddy had a second magazine on an external magnet like this and the RO said the second mag was more than 50mm away from his body, told him to refer to Appendix D-10.
Wow, 6 mags? Why 60 rounds? A long course is 32 rounds no? 4 pouches and the fifth mag in your gun should be plenty.
All depends on the stage. I remember one where it was nicely split up to use 5 mags, based on the shooting positions. It's good to have a spare mag in case you fumble one and drop it. One time I was sloppy and grabbed a mag, and my fingers went back too far and I pulled two mags out at once. One stayed in my hand and the other fell to the ground.
The back mag is my Barney mag and only has 1rnd in it. The other 5 are for the stage. Some bigger stages are setup so that you need to reload a full mag to get all the targets after the transitions or you will have to reload midway and burn the clock. Some matches make you shoot back to back stages and you don't have time to go back to your range bag to bomb your mags.
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I use 5 mags. 4 on the belt and one for in the gun. Then again I've never shot a level 3 yet.
