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Chest Rig Porn....

Farmboy - first sorry for the hijack bud


and for Infanteer  ;)
Dude - that the wonderful thing about MOLLE = pers pref.

Patrol vest are good for something - and I agree with Pappy we need both. - I had to ditch my vest and go to a chest rig /then RAV  8) since I could not drive and do shit with the vest it was too bulky on the sides.
FWIW you can wear the Pac Safety Chest rig higher up if you like.


The big problem in adoption positions is not nec just the vest - but the soft armour and the hard plates.

Brandon M (he was on Combat camera on patrol so I know he is not camera shy and he is a buddy of mine.) wearing a LMG vest (4 box vest)
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Me wearing the first vest I tried
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I had 16 mags ( 14 x 28rds ea.  ;)  and 2 20 rds mags one of 77gr Mk262 (mooched) and 20 of tracer) in the vest at that time - a wee bit overkill

Me playing MasterChief (HALO guys...  ;) ) in the yard  ::)
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and some prone at the range

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and kneeling

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biggest problem is getting out and using your kit so you know your limits while wearing it.

I can shoot both the MEUSOC pistol and carbine courses in my gear (I sometimes pass too  ;D )


I know I can't get to the ground like I can unarmoured - One of my biggest pet peeves is the prone for rifle colony guys doign attacks - fine wearing webbing - but try it in full 'sunday go to meeting' kit  >:(









 
Farmboy - first sorry for the hijack bud

It's all good, lot's of gear porn    8)

It also shows what option are avalible, and informs guys on the different gear (including me   ;D ).
 
lol "kit porn"  lol  ;D

one interesting option on the Pac. Safety Patrol Vest is the semi-modular design, for one example, the hip/large zip-on/off pouches are realitively easy to remove and re-install, without a lot of messing around with a bunch of MOLLE straps/ MALICE clips, etc....  while it loses a bit of bulk but still not quite as lean as a chest rig.  only nice design feature is the matching Pac. Safety chest rig uses the same zip on/zip off pouches, so you wouldn't need to dump out the contents and transfer for switch over.

gotta say all the work lately on Load Bearing gear is progressing by leaps and bounds...

inculded are a 3/4 view of the chest rig and PV to show the zip/ons/zip offs (pouches removed)
 
Pappy - nice pics.

I need to get a few mannequins

Pics of the pouch (and mandetory haircare pomade  ;) ) - it holds 6 rifle mags and 12 glowsticks - three securing (topflap) options - fastex - velcro and drawstring - outstanding construction too.

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I know the two guys (albiet not well) who designed it and they did a BANG UP job -- the pouch swap is ingenious -
 
Kevin, yeah I forgot to post the pouch pics.... 
if fact I used the pics probably the same guy you might know who designed it sent to me, I figured the mannequins would be less objectional then pics of me.

I agree they did a outstanding job.  I sort if wish the upper chest pockets where removeable as well, but hey, can't have everhting. 

 
I spoke to a buddy at the Hill and I think the GenV fully mod died on the vine.


The one problem about modular vest is the "pouch of the week club" that I have occasional belonged to - I have it on good authority I am not the only one and a few who know better have fallen in to it - and reached for the wrong pouch at the wrong time - thankfully just in trg - and I got a colourful play by play / lecture - which has changed my habits.


 
don't these accessories go better?  lol

too bad about the GenV, I don't think the Gen4 needed much touch up if any.  But I gotta say a great the concept and end results where impressive. A peity they didn't continue with a good thing.
 
:-[

Living in the shacks (as of last week) has really put a crimp in Kevin's gun enjoyment 

Looks good though - I'll see what I can assemble in the next few days  ;)
 
Okay, so here is the rig I've built - until the CF decides to quit treating me as an Administrative Leper, it won't get much bush time - but I've been playing with it a bit (okay, some paintball, but don't tell) and it seems to be a pretty snug setup.

The base is a OD SOTech Mk III Hellcat

I've added (from L-R)

- 2 Tiger Tactical CADPAT double mag pouches (with the internal mag slots on the rig, that's ten mag capacity; Kevin says that should be kosher)
- 1 x ESSTAC Large GP pouch in CADPAT (for water), with a Maxpedition RollyPolly for dumping mags on the front (which rolls up nice and tight when not in use)
- On the back I put a Tiger Tactical CADPAT C-9 pouch for a little extra stuff, which will probably be taken off on most occasions
- The Hellcat has the option of attaching a harness (you can go between High/Low arrangments) with an intergral hydration carrier - I've put a 3L Camelback Storm.
- On the other side is 2 Tiger Tactical Zippered Utility Pouches in CADPAT for all the little crap and a Tiger Tactical Radio Pouch.

Anyways, the setup seems to be pretty good - the only further changes I want to try are ESSTAC triple-mag shingles so I can do away with a few pouches and perhaps an EMDOM admin shingle.   As well, I've seen some neat looking belt orders made up over at Lightfighter that might be worth experimenting with if they can help move some gear off the chest and onto the hips.

Anyways, here's the porn:

PIC 1:   Rig in CADPAT TW
PIC 2:   I got Tiger Tactical to make up some CADPAT AR pouches and put them on a Coyote Hellcat (I had money to burn from tax season.... ;))   Here is the Hellcat setup in a Chestrig with straps rather then a low-riding "webbing" with a yoke and harness.
PIC 3:   Inside of the Hellcat - nice mappouches
PIC 4:   Tactical Tailor Assault pack in CADPAT - wears quite well with the chest rigs; should allow you to get rid of some of the extreneous junk that tends to find its way into your fighting order.
 
Infanteer,

Verrry NICE - good to see that I'm not the only Hellcat fan on here.  I've been threatening for awhile to get pics up but still haven't got digital capability...


Kevin,

I take it that since you're back in the shacks you won't be driving thru???  If you need someplace to store your shooting sticks, I've got a (partially) empty safe in my toy room (It's the "spare" safe...)!!! ;D ;D ;D


Blake
 
Driving is still in question.

But I also want to hit the Tactical Responce Rifle class in BC 11-13 Aug - which would make me fly  :(  - PLUS 9'er Domestic still has not made a travel ruling...
 
Hey Kev,

Did I read you right in that the Hill was looking to do another vest? If so I can hook them up with a mfg in T. who is willing and very capable.

Andrew
 
Andy - I dont think so.  The R&D guy I spoke with had mentioned his Sqn was interested in one - but then it seemed like they decided they had enough systems in the tool box.

I can hook you up if you want...
 
Actually that would be cool, I've sort of lost contact with my contacts and it would be good to talk with someone there about kit.

Andrew
 
hummm if I laid out everything in the safe I'd need a larger bed  he he he  good thing it ain't full yet (the safe) damn if I wasn't forced to pick up a new ACOG 4x32 TA31F today, my arm still hurts...
hell I had to have something to replace my old one while I send it in for some new Nuke gas.  My old one is just an old TA01, but damn that thing had been one good scope, hever failed me.  I picked it up ages ago, as can be noted from the serial # of 1510. Good Glass is one of my passions.  Hopefuly it won't take 6-9 months to get the old one recharged, I'm tempted to have them (Trijicon) add the water proof external adjustment windage/Elevation knobs, but not sure, ACOG's hold a Zero better then Nuns hold thier knees togather, (oops did I really type that?) so it's not a big consideration.  Humm how I gotta browse the GG&G site for the specs on thier Accu-cam QD mount.  Got one on these on the EOTech, I highly recommend them for the EOTechs, nice peice of kit.
 
Pappy - try the Larue mount...


Puts the irons in the bottom third of the EOTECH visible window 


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Same with the Larue ACOG mount.
 
yeah Kevin, Larue makes some outstanding mounts too, I hear lots of good stuff about that  where to mount the Larue Armodillo...

Humm any other Marines out there notice the Web-Belt buckel fits a beer ahhh coke bottle top? (Matt?)  haha

nice to see all the M1913 rail stuff out there, damn if I need get get one of the Knight M1913 rail systems for my M1A1 SM...

hummm sad to say I don't own one of these.... yet.... (something tells be KevinB already has one each of these...)
 
I'm not a M1A/M14 guy by any stretch - I sold mine in CADPAT AR to Morpheus for a project he was doing - the KAC M14 RAS was nice - but I could not justify that setup.

I know some people fell into the M14 trap - while the 14SE Crazy Horse is a nice setup I can't see a Canadian need since we dont have the host platform already...  Much better either building off stock FN's - or getting the KAC SR25 BattleRifle series.
Must be nice to have an large R&D budget...  ;)
 
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