If I can't go to shot how on earth will I know what it likes to hold an AR15 with a blender on it? I mean fuck it's shot show, they don't sell guns anymore, it's just AR15s with shit no one asks for done to them.
They're the biggest name but they're not the best. I'd take Grey Ghost Gear over some of their offerings plus there is a bunch of micro niche gear guys on IG like Windy Hill Stitch Works and others that make neat shit.
While I am far from a gear afficianado I can say with great confidence that they are probably better than AR500/geneic chinkshit gear even if their gear is made in Cambodia or Vietnam.
I'm a mostly history collector and I know some active shit so I can run guns hard if I need to defend my self, but otherwise I want to fuck around with old shit.
No.
They’re both okay. They won’t just fall apart like voodoo tactical and ncstar junk, but definitely not crye, blue force, tactical tailor, or whatever the high speed low drag guys are running today. The one Blackhawk thing I can absolutely vouch for is their rigger belt. I’ve been wearing mine for 12 years as my daily belt, and it’s held up as both a gunbelt and a safety belt.
Just need some Merrell trail runners, gascans, and a g-shock to complete the “dude who’s definitely packing and is carrying at least two knives” look.
Don't forget the Oakley sun glasses.
I'll be honest, a lot of the stuff I know I got through osmosis from being around other autists for years, and about half of it I learned due to airsoft, so I don't think there's a one-stop-shop.
Ha! An excuse to post my LARP belt.
Not 100% sure I follow, but the actual rigger type belt passes through the "battle belt", which is what provides the padding and MOLLE attachments. In the case of the Brokos belt, you can pass the inner rigger belt outside the MOLLE panels every two loops if you want to run it through your holster loops and then back in/under to leave the MOLLE panels open for gear that attaches that way - there's no Velcro involved.
I may be mis-understanding you, but both the AWS and the blue alpha look like the inner belt that goes thru your pants belt loops simply is all velcro on the outside, and the outer belt that you attach everything too just velcros on?
That's a different setup than I'm using. My inner belt is just an oversized duty type belt with the same Kobra buckle and is worn over whatever I'm actually wearing - I'm not passing it through the belt loops of my pants. The point is that I can take the whole thing off or put it on without fucking around with my actual clothes.
The only Blackhawk thing I'll vouch for is their basic bitch web sling because its nigh impossible to fuck up a canvas sling. Having used both 5.11 and Blackhawk in duty capacities I would never recommend them because their shit doesn't hold up to long term abuse in my personal experience. I know 5.11 is in balls deep with a lot of LE agencies but that doesn't really make them worth a shit.
A lot of these, if not most them do because they're designed for duty use and so you don't have to fuck with belt keepers (lol we all still have to wear belt keeper). The idea is quick don and doff for conveniences sake. My old war belt has the inner belt velcro'd in and the outer belt is basically MOLLE hip padding.