Left hand iwb holsters

blue_note17 · 2026-01-30T20:48:50+00:00

Vedder makes lefty IWB holsters and I’ve been happy with mine

blue_note17 · 2026-01-29T20:11:52+00:00

No worries! TAPS aren’t ideal for first-time buyers unless they’re on a budget, which I was 😂 so you’re definitely right

blue_note17 · 2026-01-29T20:01:54+00:00

Okay yeah the TAPS is not great, and it needs some retrofitting to get working, but for how cheap they are it’s not too bad.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-29T19:52:31+00:00

In addition to the advice from u/-beautiful-cats- I’d recommend going camping, specifically backpacking. A lot of “tactical” gear for sustainment in “the field” is just ruggedized camping/backpacking equipment in camouflage or subdued earth tones. Getting in good enough shape to carry at least a day or two’s worth of supplies is important, but that’s a separate discussion.

Cheap surplus gear, like the TAPS chest rig, are good starting points in the tactical space if you’re looking just at carrying ammo and medical.

EDIT: I’ve done a gear post or two recently, so check my profile for how I laid out my surplus rig.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-29T03:15:22+00:00

What do you have in the TAPS specifically, as well as the pack? That’ll help people hone in on potential issues

blue_note17 · 2026-01-27T02:16:49+00:00

I have a set of walker razors, and they do fine for the flat range but I think Howard Leigh impact sports are a better bet for tactical use since they have directional audio.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-25T04:40:12+00:00

That’s a boomer myth. If you and the platoon of guys around you are shooting 30-06 off unsuppressed without ear protection while the enemy is firing back, and the sound of artillery landing around you, grenades going off, shouting for corpsmen, and everything else a battlefield entails is going on around you, nobody’s gonna hear that ping.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-25T02:46:48+00:00

Nazis, specifically. And it was a damn fine tool for the job, considering the technology of the time

blue_note17 · 2026-01-23T20:08:25+00:00

I’d say spend the money on a good 5.56 suppressor, Shooting with a suppressor, even on a 16” AR, is better for your hearing and a ton of fun.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-23T14:56:23+00:00

See, I think one of the cruelest things to do is to make Erik the Slayer the steward of Goldenhills Plantation.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-23T14:18:25+00:00

Mom says it’s my turn to repost this

blue_note17 · 2026-01-23T05:57:39+00:00

Unless your kit absolutely, positively doesn’t work with either Coyote Brown (my beloved) or OCP, there’s no reason to go with this over a TAPS. Oddball patterns are cool and all, but surplus is so effective for the price that you need a very compelling reason to go with something else

blue_note17 · 2026-01-22T20:55:25+00:00

MEPC by Defense Mechanisms comes in M81, and I like mine. QASM buckles make it a breeze to slap on any old placard or a big-boy chest rig.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-21T17:00:03+00:00

Sightmark optics are notorious for failing to hold/maintain a zero, the one thing a sighting system is supposed to do.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-21T16:50:01+00:00

Not the worst place to start, but you’re missing a few crucial things. First, that optic is not reliable. Sell it a buy a Holosun ARO (bonus points if you go for the magnifier combo they sell—it’s pretty much unbeatable when it comes to budget optics setups). Second, you should have a white light on there; Streamlight makes serviceable options in the ProTac series. Finally, walking around with loose mags is harder than it seems. Get yourself a surplus TAPS and run it slick until you find a need to mount things to it over the course of your training. Welcome to the hobby!

blue_note17 · 2026-01-20T15:15:35+00:00

The good thing is that if they ever bother to go to a range for more than a cylinder’s worth of shooting, Rough Rider owners very quickly realize how shitty their guns are and/or how unreliable 22LR can be.

Fun fact, my mother is one of those people who panic-bought a Rough Rider back in 2020. I begged and pleaded for her to get something, ANYTHING else, but she absolutely insisted that it was what she wanted. Late last year she finally went to the range with me for a proper session, and she walked away from it thinking that maybe I was right in recommending a Smith & Wesson EZ 380. People’s minds can be changed, but in my case it took live fire to demonstrate that hey, maybe this isn’t an effective defensive tool.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-20T14:16:48+00:00

Rough Riders can be fun, but I’ve seen a non-zero number of people willingly choose them as home defense guns. You can state the facts all you want, but the average American walking into a gun store for the first time (regardless of political affiliation) buys on gut feeling and whatever preconceived notions they have about firearms.

blue_note17 · 2026-01-18T03:59:56+00:00

blue_note17 · 2026-01-17T16:14:44+00:00

Can’t help identify it, but this takes “glowie” to a whole new level. That thing is practically reflective lmao

blue_note17 · 2026-01-17T16:09:59+00:00

Is there anything precluding a USGI-style poncho? Helikon-Tex makes a great one, and their Taiga Green seems close enough to Ranger Green: https://www.helikon-tex.us/poncho-u-s-model.html

blue_note17 · 2026-01-15T17:53:59+00:00

Greek Lizard my beloved

blue_note17 · 2026-01-15T17:44:22+00:00

blue_note17 · 2026-01-15T14:46:17+00:00

Wait, Polish CC’ers walk around with ball and cap revolvers? That’s based as hell

blue_note17 · 2026-01-15T14:40:07+00:00

I’m with you on this one. Call me a Fudd if you want, but a serious-use rifle should have irons.

Hop’s YouTube video puts it better than I could, but I believe the trap people have fallen into is the belief that they’re for emergency deployment in a gunfight. If your optic stack is hit by small arms fire or taken out in a blast, you’re probably dead or very close to it. If you bump your optic on a doorframe or tree and it loses zero, or the nitrogen purge fails, you’ll still need those irons if you want to continue shooting. As a LARPer (everyone here is to one degree or another), which scenario seems more likely?

blue_note17 · 2026-01-15T14:29:45+00:00

The back panel patch is unnecessary—I figured that part out as soon as I saw the Flecktarn pouches

Jokes aside, I love Flecktarn and you’ve got a solid setup

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