Author Topic: SECNAV Packs in Astan (Read 4577 times)

230RN · « **Reply #25 on:** January 04, 2018, 01:29:01 AM »

Quote from: TommyGunn on January 03, 2018, 11:55:29 AM

I'll ask that man behind the curtain once the smoke clears....

I thought they used smokeless curtains nowadays.

Scout26 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 04, 2018, 05:35:45 PM »

One of the stories said he would have to permission from the appropriate authority to carry.

To which I replied: "He IS the appropriate authority."

T.O.M. · « **Reply #27 on:** January 04, 2018, 07:50:06 PM »

Quote from: Amy Schumer on January 04, 2018, 05:35:45 PM

One of the stories said he would have to permission from the appropriate authority to carry.

To which I replied: "He IS the appropriate authority."

That's funny. I'm guessing chain of command is POTUS, Sec Def, Sec Nav, right? Don't see either of them crap about a sidearm.

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2018, 09:20:36 PM »

Commander-in-Chief (President of the United States)
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Navy
Chief of Naval Operations

230RN · « **Reply #29 on:** January 04, 2018, 10:16:24 PM »

Did I see someone else in the background with a thigh rig as well?

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #30 on:** January 04, 2018, 10:40:38 PM »

Quote from: 230RN on January 04, 2018, 10:16:24 PM

Did I see someone else in the background with a thigh rig as well?

It sure looked that way to me.

230RN · « **Reply #31 on:** January 05, 2018, 07:42:11 AM »

Hawkmoon said,

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Quote from: 230RN on January 04, 2018, 08:16:24 PM
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Did I see someone else in the background with a thigh rig as well?

It sure looked that way to me.

I guess the philosophy is do it until someone says no.

While I don't like high-riding holsters because my strong arm doesn't readily bend that way (hence my preference for cross-draw), I suspect thigh rigs aren't real good for running. Sort of like ankle rigs.

Strikes me that thigh rigs are good for imitating cowboy movie dusty street draw-downs or something. Or maybe for keeping the gun out of the way of other stuff one might have to carry in a full-bore military / tactical loadout.

Or for intimidating the unarmed peons?

But what do I know?

Terry

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #32 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:13:58 AM »

I think every SWAT team I've ever seen photos of has been equipped with thigh rigs. I know the arson field squad from my state's State Police wear 5-11 tactical (cargo) pants and thigh rig holsters as their standard duty uniform. So do the K-9 handlers.

dogmush · « **Reply #33 on:** January 05, 2018, 02:44:20 PM »

Thigh rigs are pretty common in theater.

It drops it down from body armor, as well as allowing you to keep your weapon on you and doff said body armor. They also tend to come off and on without unlacing your belt.

You can draw when seated in a vehicle, as well as easily in the 1,589,609 clearing barrels scattered around FOBs.

They aren't great for runing, and tend to hit on doorways and *expletive deleted*it.

I deploy with a thigh rig, a drop/offset belt holster and a molle holster on my armor. I stick my M9 in whichever is better for that day's activities.

DittoHead · « **Reply #34 on:** January 05, 2018, 02:51:00 PM »

Quote from: Hawkmoon on January 05, 2018, 11:13:58 AM

I think every SWAT team I've ever seen photos of has been equipped with thigh rigs.

Quote from: 230RN on January 05, 2018, 07:42:11 AM

intimidating the unarmed peons

I think these two are related.

230RN · « **Reply #35 on:** January 06, 2018, 10:00:44 AM »

Oh, man, over the decades I've used so many holsters that I've got a big boxful of them. Drop-holster-wise, I used this hinged one for a while since it was given to me and, well, um, you gotta use it if a friend gave it to you, right?

It's the old highway patrol model... I call it my Barney Fife holster.

Terry

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #36 on:** January 06, 2018, 11:17:36 AM »

I always liked this style (although it's not great for concealed carry)

French G. · « **Reply #37 on:** January 06, 2018, 11:22:37 AM »

Unlike all the serpa clad ninjas stateside it looks to me the only two practical rigs in combat are the thigh holster for reasons mentioned and on the chest of the plate carrier, easy access in vehicles. Anything on the waist is not practical with armor, vehicles, and the vast amount of other crap carried.

230RN · « **Reply #38 on:** January 06, 2018, 11:35:58 AM »

That's why I added that remark about depending on loadout.

Dogmush...

"You can draw when seated in a vehicle, as well as easily in the 1,589,609 ^{[Citation Needed]} clearing barrels scattered around FOBs."

Terry

freakazoid · « **Reply #39 on:** January 06, 2018, 12:16:26 PM »

We were pretty much always issued a thigh holster since we wore armor, although I would try to snag the one belt holster if I could as I hated the thigh one.

Scout26 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 06, 2018, 03:32:45 PM »

Back in the day, I refused to wear the pistol belt holster and wore the shoulder holster instead. IN fact I still have mine.

Ours were black leather and not brown.

With the modern body armor, that rig is somewhat impractical, but they now have this:

230RN · « **Reply #41 on:** January 06, 2018, 05:17:20 PM »

Yeah, right over COM. A "trauma gun."

Frankly, if open carry for real (as opposed to in theory) ever comes about, I might be tempted to try a chest rig. I know some big game hunters carry their big game hanguns that way.

But I too, hate shoulder rigs. I've only got one, but if it's an adequate sample, yuck.

Terry

MechAg94 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 06, 2018, 05:57:36 PM »

Quote from: 230RN on January 06, 2018, 05:17:20 PM

Yeah, right over COM. A "trauma gun."

Frankly, if open carry for real (as opposed to in theory) ever comes about, I might be tempted to try a chest rig. I know some big game hunters carry their big game hanguns that way.

But I too, hate shoulder rigs. I've only got one, but if it's an adequate sample, yuck.

Terry

I have a chest rig I bought years ago for a S&W 627 357 mag 8-shot. It does keep it out of the way of your arms, but the revolver seems a lot bigger strapped across my chest. It might be the extra mass just below my chest that is the culprit.

230RN · « **Reply #43 on:** January 07, 2018, 09:21:45 AM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on January 06, 2018, 05:57:36 PM

I have a chest rig I bought years ago for a S&W 627 357 mag 8-shot. It does keep it out of the way of your arms, but the revolver seems a lot bigger strapped across my chest. It might be the extra mass just below my chest that is the culprit.

Yer not talkin' "gun," here, right? Yer talkin' "personal" mass, right?

And somehow when I think of a chest holster, I think "gun bra."

Terry

Fly320s · « **Reply #44 on:** January 07, 2018, 09:53:08 AM »

Quote from: 230RN on January 07, 2018, 09:21:45 AM

And somehow when I think of a chest holster, I think "gun bra."

Must be popular because I have seen many women carrying 38s.

French G. · « **Reply #45 on:** January 07, 2018, 10:44:19 AM »

Quote from: Fly320s on January 07, 2018, 09:53:08 AM

Must be popular because I have seen many women carrying 38s.

What you did there, we all like to see it.

French G. · « **Reply #46 on:** January 07, 2018, 10:49:00 AM »

Quote from: 230RN on January 07, 2018, 09:21:45 AM

Yer not talkin' "gun," here, right? Yer talkin' "personal" mass, right?

And somehow when I think of a chest holster, I think "gun bra."

Terry

Gun bra for men? Moob holster? Maybe just duck tape and bare skin. Anyone remember SkunkApe from TFL?

I once saw a pic of prince Harry in his pre-SJW, pre-trailer trash Barbie days carrying a BHP just stuffed in the molle loops on his plate carrier. I would find that ideal as long as I could be assured the front sight doesn't snag coming out, which I think it would.

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Author Topic: SECNAV Packs in Astan (Read 4577 times)