Chest Rig Porn....

[Farmboy]

A few of these have gone through my store so I finally got to set one aside for me.

It's the High Speed Gear Warlord V1.

Not only am I the owner of One Shot Tactical Supply, I'm also a client   ;D

 

[kyleg]

That looks pretty sexy. I have no experience with chest rigs so forgive my ignorance, but how comfortable is it having all that weight on your front?

Pinky

 

[Infanteer]

I'm not a big fan of the HSGI "everything plus the kitchen sink on your chest" principle.  Their Denali is the same.

 

[kyleg]

kinda like the emr of chest rigs?

 

[Blackhorse7]

Dead sexy... but I agree, that's a lot of crap to have have on your chest.  But I will definately be checking out the site...

 

[KevinB]

- Uhm - where else would one put it? Behind you so you can't use it?

I must admit I dont prefer the layout -- I like the DHTC Chest Rig with the Banger/Pistol/M203 pouch above the rifle mag pouches better.

BUT I view the fixed pouch designs as pre 911 Dinosaur mentality.   HSGI make awesome kit I'd just prefer a MOLLE/PALS setup in that frame.

 

[Farmboy]

It's no different from carrying around our new "Tac-vest" with the required rain jacket and stuff    ;D

There are 4 versions of it, # 4 being all MOLLE/PALS on the front with no pouches.

 

[Blackhorse7]

Maybe it's the Tac guy in me.  I still fancy the leg drop pouches for the pistol, and either mags or flashbangs on the offside.

 

[KevinB]

V4 is much more Kevin friendly 


Blackhorse - after you have to go for a long walk one day - your going to despise leg rigs  :'(

 

[kyleg]

Maybe this is just a rookie mistake, but wouldn't a vest with mag and 40mm grenade pouches along with a small assault pack both 1. be more comfortable (more even load distribution) and 2. hold just as much, if not more kit? I've never "been there" so please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Pinky

 

[Farmboy]

V4 is much more Kevin friendly

  ;D

 

[Farmboy]

A small pack is a problem for me because I would be in and out of vehicles, and sitting with a small pack in your back is not fun. Neither is taking it off and on.

Whether I actually would ever get to wear this or similar while deployed is another question   :


But I got it mainly for 3 gun matches.  :threat:

 

[mudgunner49]

Is that an AR magwell conversion on that SL8???  If so, how well does it work??

I agree 100% with KB on the user friendliness of fixed pocket chest rigs.  MOLLE is the way to go  -  CTS, are you listening???


Blake

 

[Farmboy]

Good eyes.

I got it from Wolverine, and it works perfectly. There were two little knobs inside the mag well itself that had to be taken out to fit the AR mags, but that was it.

 

[Kal]

Kevin, were did you have that vest done up at and what are the specs on it?

 

[KevinB]

I suckered an assaulter with a hair flip and he fell for it - then I took it and ran like crazy   ;D

(its posted stuff on it elswhere so I wont hijack the thread anymore than I have)

 

[devil39]

Blackhorse - after you have to go for a long walk one day - your going to despise leg rigs   :'(

Different strokes for different folks they say.  I went for a bunch of long walks (not necessarily that far, but certainly walking all day) with my Eagle Industries dropleg, in some very, very hot weather.  Never had a problem, even with missing showers for a week or two.  Perhaps the fact that it was an extremely dry heat might have helped, thus sparing me the constant accumulation of sweat.  Occasionally I would undo the leg clips to give the leg a break.  The Eagle holster fit very tight to my leg, and I spent the time to have it rigged exactly the way I wanted it.  Never any friction.  I generally wore it most every day for 5 months.

I would certainly wear it again in the same environment.  Now on a 32 km ruck march I might have to reconsider, however undoing the legstraps and letting it hang lose would seem to be a reasonable solution.

I likely wouldn't wear the issue Bianchi on my leg though, too much movement and therefore friction.

 

[pappy]

KevinB,

nice camobats... what do you have to say about the Cyre combats?

as to other commments...
I guess it's all personnal preference when it comes to chest rigs.  I looked at the HSGI chest rigs, pretty interesting design.
Chest rigs are handy if your in and out of a vehical as one poster said.  small packs (or for that matter any size pack) are a bitch getting on and off each time your in and out.

Modular is the way to go, having one dedicated set of load bearing gear for each role (rifelman, 249, etc) is a supply nightmare.  I like the modulare stuff better to adapt to each members needs.

for a standard foot-borne infantry, espeically one that has to yomp long distances with larger loads then I chest chest rigs loss some advantage, but you can adapt.
to me the Canadian TV missed thge boat, not enough capacity, as I'm sure you all will agree.  The JTF-2 Patrol Vest is more what's needed in my opinion, or something better...

One of my pet peeves about chest rigs, espcially ones that hold everythng but a bathtub is... well it makes it so much harder to get close to the ground...  am I the only one that just can't seem to get close enough (low enough) when people are shooting at ya?   ;D  Chest rigs do make it harder to oad, etc if your prone... but that's just me... you have to roll up on one side or the other to grab a mag... something to think about...

Personnaly I think they (the powers to be) should issue and have people train with both chest rigs and the more standard LB gear, become comfortable using both.

One soluthion the IDF uses is a small lightweight nylon pack that's attached to the webbing (not the smaller fanny pack).  if carrying a radio, larger pack, etc, the attached one is light enough to compress down and not interfer and doesn't need to be removed.  if empty it doesn't bug one sitting in a vehical.  These work nice to carry rain gear, etc.  The older C-7 Assualt vest had the same idea, just in canvas and not quite as large as the IDF version.

Again it comes down to personaly preference when your free to pick, if you don't get a choice, well you'd better learn to use what you got on hard.

 

[Farmboy]

Here is the V-4, Kevin B friendly version  ;D

 

[Infanteer]

- Uhm - where else would one put it? Behind you so you can't use it?

Lower down - just like the rig you put in the picture....

I'm just a poser though, and it really is a matter of preference.