Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Saiga-12 Molle Pouches

I have been making pouches for 10rnd Saiga-12 mags for a long time, but just never sat down to make a few to put up on the site. Here are three styles of retention; flapped, bungee and elastic. I can't do a kydex insert because of the size/shape of the mags and even these pouches will not fit evenly on the 1.5" molle spacing. The pouches are 3.5-4" wide so to get an even molle column amount you need to run two on 5 columns.




The flap on this pouch is adjustable for using 8 or 5 rnd mags.




Friday, March 11, 2011

Fold down GPS pouch





While hiking I noticed how often I check my GPS for distance and elevation information and along the same lines as the fold down radio pouch I thought of this. The GPS shown(Garmin vista HCX and Garmin Summit) is 4"x2.5"x1" unit. There is a small hole cut in the vinyl to allow for the navigation toggle on the Vista. One prototype uses a full cordura shell and the other is made with 2" webbing as the backing. The GPS unit can be removed by folding over the elastic and sliding it out. Also as an option is shock cord to suspend the pouch as it folds down. Both are molle mounted but could easily be used on a belt.

33rnd glock 9mm mag pouch



This pouch holds 4 33rnd 9mm Glock mags. This particular customer requested buckles for retention but this pouch could easily be made with velcro.

Competition rig V3


Because of some interest and a request made by a customer I made another variation of the competition chest rig. This rig has velcro flaps instead of the kydex inserts. Each mag pouch is only single deep. This particular one is done in Ranger Green. Shown in the side mag area is an MP5 mag and a 33rnd 9mm Glock mag.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

IOTV panel carrier in Multicam

This is an OTV (outer tactical vest) built for the IOTV panels. This particular vest is slick and low profile. The vest has internal front/rear plate pockets and side plate pockets built into the cummerbund. The side plate pockets are molle mounted so that they can be moved to accommodate the users size. This vest can easily be made with molle webbing and a cummerbund. This particular vest does not have attachment points for DAPS, Groin and ballistic Yoke but that could be an option if needed.




Fold down radio pouch v2

I had wanted to redo this design and refine it a bit. I am still trying to find a solution to make it able to be fully manipulated with one hand and still remain secure with a buckle. this is the latest iteration. The radio can be removed by the shock cord tab. the radio is held horizontal by the shock cord on the sides and as the entire shock cord system is one piece the tension can be controlled by the cord lock on the front.




Paper keeper notebook

This is a small notebook to carry multiple sheets of 81/2" x 11" paper in vinyl protectors as well as a small notebook and writing implements on the front cover. The back side of the front cover has velcro for adding patches. When folded and zipped up the width is about 1".








Shot Shell molle

Made this to be able to adapt a shot shell carrier to a molle vest. This could be made in almost any configuration and size. Currently working on one with horizontal shell carriers to fit on two molle columns.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Competition Rig V1

This Rig is set up for 3 gun competition. The M4 mags are retained by kydex inserts while the subgun mags are held by elastic internally so that the space can accommodate either the pictured MP5 mags or high capacity Glock mags. I made a previous version with two rows of shot shells holding a total of 36 shells but after using it at a match, it was deemed a bit too much weight. The bottom row of molle webbing allows for some customization and can be set up horizontally or virtically.


Competition Rig V2

This rig was built for a competition shooter to carry rifle and shotgun ammo. This rig has internal kydex inserts to provide retention on the mags and has slots on the front of the rig to allow for the addition of California Competition Works shot shell carriers. This rig was set up for a left handed shooter with the mags offset to the optimal position. On the opposite side there was some extra space so I built a IFAK that slips nicely into the space and is retained by a side release buckle. The bottom features belt hanger/duty keepers to keep the rig in place while on the go.


CB OTV

This was a vest built over a soft armor shape. The difference with this one specifically was the shoulder arrangement was overlapping instead of the tunnel and slip pad that I usually do. This vest was made in 500D coyote brown. Sorry for the low quality picture, must have had a smudge on the lens that day.


Kydex pistol pouch

Following the lines of the kydex M4 mag pouches I made some pistol pouches. The mag pictured is a S&W 9mm double stack, however the overall size is similar to that of 9mm Glock mags. the front portion is low enough to allow for easy access and the width is such that you could put may of these next to each other. The downside to making these is that there is so much variation in pistol mag size and I can't go out and buy every mag in every caliber in the hopes that someone will buy it. I usually request the specific mag that the person intends to use these pouches with and return the mag with the finished pouches. Like the M4 kydex mags, the insert is uni-directional (uni = 1, not universal) so to flip directions the inserts are removed and rotated.

3d lid rig in cadpat

This is a lightly padded chest rig with 3 double mag pouches per side. Each pouch was designed to carry 2 M4 mags and can accommodate 1 AK mag as well. The user requested 3D lids for the pouches so I obliged. The base panels have slip pockets behind each mag cell to fit admin stuff.

Telesteps ladder pack

This was a weird gear project but a fun one. A team needed a pack to carry a Telesteps ladder. The pack has strap suspension a back panel to protect the wearer and two buckets to catch the legs of the ladder. The ladder is accessed by unlocking a flapped panel via a side release buckle and then lifting the ladder out. I also added some pull straps so the ladder could be rapidly deployed with gloves on.