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So as usual, it's a friday night and the wife is giving me strange looks and making noises about going out for coffee while I say "just a minute" and go about reconfiguring my tac vest, my backpack, and all kinds of other stuff and still not being happy with it.
So I'm looking for feedback, what do you put on your tac vest that you use either for practical shooting, eventual BOB use, or anything like it?
What I have as a basis is a Tac Tailor 2-pc MAV with the X-harness, it's a great rig, is comfortable, but I feel like I have a tendency to either overload it, and even then, it still doesn't feel like it carries enough.
So here's what I've got on it:
Hydration carrier - Attached to this is a saw gunners pouch (where I can stuff my lunch) a stick mag pouch for rocket flares, and my IFAK
on the back side of the X-harness there's an attachment that relocates the antenna for my main radio.
On the main body of the mav, I have a TAG 3x2 gear stacker M-16 mag pouch, attached to that is a compass pouch, a pistol mag pouch, and a grenade pouch.
On that same side I have a smoke grenade pouch
On the other side, I have 3 2x1 USGI M-16 mag pouches, and my pistol holster.
The problem I'm having with all this, is the stuff on my back needs to go somewhere else, because this setup is kludgy for working with vehicles (either put the seat all the way back, crush my lunch, and sit uncomfortably, or simply take the stuff off and not carry it) and also prevents the use of a backpack.
I don't know if you have any thoughts, I know I probably carry too much ammo, and this whole rig is a bit bulky to wear over armor, I've been thinking about dropping it in favor of a plate carrier.
Any thoughts?
So I'm looking for feedback, what do you put on your tac vest that you use either for practical shooting, eventual BOB use, or anything like it?
What I have as a basis is a Tac Tailor 2-pc MAV with the X-harness, it's a great rig, is comfortable, but I feel like I have a tendency to either overload it, and even then, it still doesn't feel like it carries enough.
So here's what I've got on it:
Hydration carrier - Attached to this is a saw gunners pouch (where I can stuff my lunch) a stick mag pouch for rocket flares, and my IFAK
on the back side of the X-harness there's an attachment that relocates the antenna for my main radio.
On the main body of the mav, I have a TAG 3x2 gear stacker M-16 mag pouch, attached to that is a compass pouch, a pistol mag pouch, and a grenade pouch.
On that same side I have a smoke grenade pouch
On the other side, I have 3 2x1 USGI M-16 mag pouches, and my pistol holster.
The problem I'm having with all this, is the stuff on my back needs to go somewhere else, because this setup is kludgy for working with vehicles (either put the seat all the way back, crush my lunch, and sit uncomfortably, or simply take the stuff off and not carry it) and also prevents the use of a backpack.
I don't know if you have any thoughts, I know I probably carry too much ammo, and this whole rig is a bit bulky to wear over armor, I've been thinking about dropping it in favor of a plate carrier.
Any thoughts?
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