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Post by Lord Newport on Jul 20, 2020 15:41:11 GMT
I also hate thigh holsters. They may look cool, but wearing one all day will give you blisters and rashes in places where you shouldn't have any. Also, they restrict air circulation under the clothing and make you sweat something terrible. I've also seen guys develop ring worm from wearing them (which is a fungal infection, not an actual worm). Hated my thigh rig. I rather wore my side arm on the belly where it's out of the way, but near to where I needed it. I learned that in Bosnia. I also learned that velcro is stupid on tactical gear when you are trying to get said pistol out of said holster and not make any noise while doing it. I like the thigh rig.. keeps pistol clear of body armor and rappelling gear but in a place where I have good muscle memory to access it... strong side hip. I now wear it higher than in the photo shown so it is closer to be belt line but still clear of armor /gear. I prefer to keep ammo/other gear on my carrier. If you are going to take rounds to your armor, your not in a good place and the last thing I would want to risk is the back up weapon getting struck and rendered inoperable. Nice thing about all this is its totally up to individual needs/mission and.. you can always change it up.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jul 20, 2020 15:48:12 GMT
What makes you think the incoming rounds will be respectful enough to hit your body armor and not your thigh? I'm not concerned if my back-up weapon gets hit, I'm only concerned about me getting hit. A random incoming bullet has equal chances of hitting anywhere, placement of your gear should not be dictated by that concept. It should be dictated by comfort and accessibility.
If it works for you, then it's the right thing to do.
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Post by Lord Newport on Jul 20, 2020 16:58:49 GMT
What makes you think the incoming rounds will be respectful enough to hit your body armor and not your thigh? I'm not concerned if my back-up weapon gets hit, I'm only concerned about me getting hit. A random incoming bullet has equal chances of hitting anywhere, placement of your gear should not be dictated by that concept. It should be dictated by comfort and accessibility. If it works for you, then it's the right thing to do. No way to know where incoming rounds are going to hit but if you take incoming frontally in your armor.. I prefer not to have the pistol there. More importantly, I personally prefer the pistol to be where I am most used to accessing it. Of course if working in a vehicle/AFV, a thigh rig is NOT the way to go but again...whatever works.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jul 20, 2020 17:43:19 GMT
No way to know where the incoming rounds will hit, but I would prefer a solid chunk of metal between them and my torso rather than my thigh. I found the pistol easier to access in most situations when it was on my torso rather than my leg. All I'm saying is that I would rather watch The Last Jedi twice in a row than wear a thigh rig. They don't work for me.
We had a guy in Afghanistan get shot in one of the grenades he was carrying on his ballistic vest, it went off, knocked him down, and then he got up again without a scratch. Go figure that one. We had another Super Trooper who was Rambo reincarnated, only to be shot in the thigh literally 90 seconds after getting off the helicopter for the very first time being in country. As he was being carried out on the stretcher I remember him saying over and over again "that's it? That's all I got to do? I can't believe it's over already" Funny in a bizarre cosmic sort of way. But who knows, it probably ended up saving his life because the cemetery is full of heroes.
Being shot or hit by shrapnel is a completely random event, you can't predict the outcome.
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Post by Lord Newport on Jul 20, 2020 21:20:07 GMT
I'm saying is that I would rather watch The Last Jedi twice in a row than wear a thigh rig.
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Post by howler on Jul 20, 2020 21:47:49 GMT
I'm saying is that I would rather watch The Last Jedi twice in a row than wear a thigh rig. At least the shameless Ewok scenes...complete with zippers.
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Post by Lord Newport on Jul 21, 2020 13:24:49 GMT
At least the shameless Ewok scenes...complete with zippers. Plastic zippers no doubt... LMAO
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jul 21, 2020 15:47:29 GMT
At least the Ewoks were relevant to the story line- unlike everything that happened in TLJ. Sure, they were a shameless cash grab at selling toys (the original script it was the Wookies fight that battle), but they had a purpose to the plot. And those aren't zippers: Ewoks shed their skin when they grow like a snake- those are parting lines for when they molt.
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Post by howler on Jul 21, 2020 19:11:09 GMT
At least the Ewoks were relevant to the story line- unlike everything that happened in TLJ. Sure, they were a shameless cash grab at selling toys (the original script it was the Wookies fight that battle), but they had a purpose to the plot. And those aren't zippers: Ewoks shed their skin when they grow like a snake- those are parting lines for when they molt. Oh man, I'm so screwed up I confused Last Jedi with Jedi Returns...hahaha. I had a lot of problems with TLJ (episode 8, I think). I think going into hyper drive as a weapon pretty much turns all those large star ships into "meat on the table", so to speak. Haven't seen the last one (no spoilers) but SOOO dumb (if true) taking Luke out.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jul 21, 2020 19:22:01 GMT
TLJ: vast fleets of First Order Star Destroyers and they never fired a shot.
Opening battle: Destroy the escaping Resistance fleet, THEN bombard the planet. The planet isn't going anywhere, but the fleet is.
Battle of Crait: Resistance never fired a shot/ hopelessly trapped in the bunker with no way out except the doors they used to get out into the trenches and launch the unarmed speeders.
Slow speed sub-light OJ chase: The FO had no fuel problems. They could have taken any one of their Star destroyers and light speeded ahead of the Resistance and cut them down in a no-survivor massacre at any time (would have taken maybe 3 or 4 minutes, tops).
Rise of Skywalker: nothing happens. You can not watch the movie and get the same information about the story.
But none of that matters since none of it is actual Star Wars.
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Post by howler on Jul 21, 2020 19:47:14 GMT
TLJ: vast fleets of First Order Star Destroyers and they never fired a shot. Opening battle: Destroy the escaping Resistance fleet, THEN bombard the planet. The planet isn't going anywhere, but the fleet is. Battle of Crait: Resistance never fired a shot/ hopelessly trapped in the bunker with no way out except the doors they used to get out into the trenches and launch the unarmed speeders. Slow speed sub-light OJ chase: The FO had no fuel problems. They could have taken any one of their Star destroyers and light speeded ahead of the Resistance and cut them down in a no-survivor massacre at any time (would have taken maybe 3 or 4 minutes, tops). Rise of Skywalker: nothing happens. You can not watch the movie and get the same information about the story. But none of that matters since none of it is actual Star Wars. In the end, they probably should have called it done after 83' and Return Of The Jedi (episodes 3-6). But money talks and prequels & sequels equal a huge amount of that. This means ENDLESS movies from before episode 1 and after episode 9 into infinity.
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Post by jonessteave on Apr 28, 2022 0:29:43 GMT
I have been looking for a new tactical vest but don't want to spend an arm and a leg as I will probably pick up 3 or 4 of them. The one below looks good and has a lot of customer reviews with pretty positive opinions on the vest. What do you think if you own one...and if you have a great recommendation of a different product please throw it out there.
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