In a home defense situation I'd just stuff mags and a first aid kit in cargo pants I think. For training and major social disturbances I'm liking war belt and suspenders because to me it just distribute the load better. But then again, I just can't have that much stuff on the belt without causing issues. The most I see is 3~4 primary mags, 4 secondary mags, light, ifak, and storage pouch for other stuff. Adding a chest rig is an option I played with (TT 2 piece MAV, Eagle FB chest rig), but too many straps are bad.
Obviously I still need to play with gear setup a lot more
What I got so far is this setup (I'm still playing with the pouch setup)
The belt is a Blackwater IO belt I picked up for $20 back when everything was on sale.
The suspenders are HSGI, cut and mated to a Tactical Tailor X-Harness. (In retrospect I may want to go with a ATS H-Harness or OSOE H-Harness for lower profile) and allows a hydration pouch to be connected on the back.
Since the blackwater belt is not like the sleeves setup where one can access the inner belt, I chose to keep the pistol holster (either bladetech 1.5" drop or Safariland 6004 dropleg) connected to the pants belt still. There are ways to get around this of course.
The chest piece is a TT Mav BiB, connected to the X-Harness using 1.5" SR buckles. A strap around the body was made with 1" webbing and 1" repair SR buckles. It can be added and removed quite easily. It allows 3x8 rows of molle. One can use a TT MAP bib instead also. For even more real estate one can hook up a TT MAP or TT MAV. I would imaging other micro rigs on the market can be adapted also.
Last edited by zchen; 10-12-09 at 21:04.
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