These aren't "battle belts" like what's been popular for a while. They're more like ALICE style load bearing belts with suspenders and big pouches and some sort of butt pack.
Nice setup! Very simple, and enough utility for hunting/field work. What blade is that?I use a mini chest rig for hunting. View attachment 8398632Left to Right.
-IFAK
-2x mag pouches (Universal rear, 556 front holding Leica 2800I rangefinder)
-1x Mag pouch and knife
-Pouch for Thermal spotter
Both magazines in the rig in that picture are 6.5 Grendel
niceI use a mini chest rig for hunting. View attachment 8398632Left to Right.
-IFAK
-2x mag pouches (Universal rear, 556 front holding Leica 2800I rangefinder)
-1x Mag pouch and knife
-Pouch for Thermal spotter
Both magazines in the rig in that picture are 6.5 Grendel
RMJ UCAP. It's nice and flat but can gut and skin a deer or take the back straps off a hog. I have added a few pistol mag pouches between the knife and 556 pouch. I usually have a flashlight and 1 pistol mag in them. I looked for a while to find a one and done solution but in the end I just bought the plain chest rig and then started experimenting with various pouches that fit my specific need. On the flip side my brother uses a HPG Chest pack and that works well for him.Nice setup! Very simple, and enough utility for hunting/field work. What blade is that?
I would but they sell out too fast. I'm convenient to Heartbreaker and Guardian and they always sell out in minutes.Go to a run and gun and when it’s over and everyone is breaking down their kit, see if you can check out some of the set ups . I promise you will see every manner of kit made, including some homemade amazing shit.
Hmmm. No. Battle belts are all "sprung" weight. Chest rigs for "unsprung" weight. I'd rather carry things on my chest than directly on my hip flexors. Chest rigs carry mags and equipment; battle belts also aren't armor. If you're going to treat them as an either/ or I'll take a chest rig everyday. Battle belts are for range princesses. You can still run a holster, dump pouch, frag pouch, bang pouch, and A/C tie down off a rated belt. Doesn't require a 20lb spare tire around your waist.Didn’t know anyone did chest rigs anymore. Battle belts FTW. Seriously though, if you’re not in armor putting a chest rig on doesn’t do anything other than make it hard for you to get over an obstacle and chafe your nipples.
Interesting. My first deployment was in 2004, I’ve got more than 60 month’s deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan, and 8 months in Ukraine (training a few years back) among seven other countries I’ve been paid by the government to go to. My most recent experience in Iraq was less than eight months ago. I’ve left the ramp on missions with as much as 140 pounds of gear…I don’t like it. I’ve had to get over walls while being shot at and understand how much I don’t like much on my chest that will slow me down (a chest rig is not body armor BTW). Short of a long tab you probably can’t name many Army schools I haven’t been to. On top of that, I haven’t lived inside city limits in more than 15 years even though it’s a total ass pain to move so often and sell places like that, but if I can’t shoot off the back porch I don’t live there. Actually the last two places have had 100+ meter ranges.Hmmm. No. Battle belts are all "sprung" weight. Chest rigs for "unsprung" weight. I'd rather carry things on my chest than directly on my hip flexors. Chest rigs carry mags and equipment; battle belts also aren't armor. If you're going to treat them as an either/ or I'll take a chest rig everyday. Battle belts are for range princesses. You can still run a holster, dump pouch, frag pouch, bang pouch, and A/C tie down off a rated belt. Doesn't require a 20lb spare tire around your waist.
My only question is...what are you suburban commandos doing with your tactical Timmy gear? I shoot 5 days a week, shoot matches, drive and camp in the national forest once a month. What are you? Posing in front of a mirror? Patrolling your yard? Instagram'ing on the flat range?
I think there is room for different gear for different people and different situations. There’s no way I’m carrying 140 lbs anywhere.and to be honest I can’t even figure out how one would carry 140 lbs on a battle belt.Interesting. My first deployment was in 2004, I’ve got more than 60 month’s deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan, and 8 months in Ukraine (training a few years back) among seven other countries I’ve been paid by the government to go to. My most recent experience in Iraq was less than eight months ago. I’ve left the ramp on missions with as much as 140 pounds of gear…I don’t like it. I’ve had to get over walls while being shot at and understand how much I don’t like much on my chest that will slow me down (a chest rig is not body armor BTW). Short of a long tab you probably can’t name many Army schools I haven’t been to. On top of that, I haven’t lived inside city limits in more than 15 years even though it’s a total ass pain to move so often and sell places like that, but if I can’t shoot off the back porch I don’t live there. Actually the last two places have had 100+ meter ranges.
But hey, you shoot and go to the national forests all the time so I’m sure you know better how to best carry gear.
I don’t have to fk your goat I’ll only sit back and critique, maybe hold the horns if it’s a friendI think there is room for different gear for different people and different situations. There’s no way I’m carrying 140 lbs anywhere.and to be honest I can’t even figure out how one would carry 140 lbs on a battle belt.
Put on your kit and sprint, not seven strides barricade to barricade but something like 50-150 meters and you’ll get the idea. Anything that bounces is the enemy, literally gonna be different strokes for different folks.I don't see how the sprung/unsprung metaphor works for the human body.
Why do you hate boobs?Anything that bounces is the enemy.
Put on your kit and sprint, not seven strides barricade to barricade but something like 50-150 meters and you’ll get the idea. Anything that bounces is the enemy, literally gonna be different strokes for different folks.