mine came in the mail today. will p-lay with it tomorrow. initial inspection-looks bulletproof...

I got mine in the mail yesterday, looks great, looks like a very well put together piece of gear. Can't wait to load up some mags and put it through some drills. I was looking at getting a bladder for the hydro-carrier, I wouldn't normally think that I would even need it, but since the rig came with the carrier, I might as well outfit it with the bladder. I found a website that sells the Camelbak bladders, but the tube doesn't look nearly long enough. Will this one work??

Camelbak Omega Water Beast 100 oz Replacement Reservoir

what size hydration bladder does this take. tried to put mine in tonight and it was too big *where have I heard that before, so many nights?).

Al,

The hydration pouch was designed to accept most 100 oz / 3 liter bladders.
We kept the hydro pouch as low profile as possible.


Two common problems I see when a bladder doesn't fit the hydration pouch is:


1) The user is trying to over fill the bladder. The bladder is designed to be filled to the bottom of the mouth. Some guys will hold the mouth of the bladder horizontal and try to get as much water into the bladder as possible, by doing this you will over fill the bladder and it won't fit in the hydro pouch.
To properly fill the bladder, hold the top of the bladder and fill the bladder until the water is at the bottom of the mouth.


2) Often times guys will hold the top of the bladder and try to insert the bladder into the pouch vertically. Keep in mind that the bladder is plyable, and if you hold the bladder at the top all the water pools at the bottom of the bladder and bottom of the bladder will be larger than the top of the bladder.
If you lay the full bladder and the hydration carrier on a table (or any horizontal flat surface) and insert the bladder into the hydro pouch horizontally, you shouldn't have a problem getting the bladder into the hydro carrier because the bladder will be flatter on a flat horizontal surface (ie. the water will evenly fill the bladder from top to bottom when the bladder is laying on a flat horizontal surface).

Another option is to put the empty bladder in the hydro carrier and fill the bladder while it's inside the hydro carrier.

I use a 100 oz camel back bladder in my BCM 03 MSF's



Hope this helps




Take care and be safe

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From left to right - Pat Rogers, myself, and Carol B all rockin the BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness:





Pat rockin his BCM 12.5" Kino Configuration with LaRue 9.0:


Carol B rockin my 12" LaRue Tactical Stealth (complete LaRue Stealth upper on a SBR LaRue billet lower). This is the second class this gun has been through. Also used it in a 3 day SWAT Carbine Course with Dave Neth last year.

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Carol, myself, and Pat Rogers all rockin the BCM 03 MSF chest harness and short barreled rifles (Pat and I are using BCM 12.5" Kino configurations, Carol is using my 12" LaRue Stealth):


3 short barreled rifles:

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Jimmy_0861 rockin the BCM 12.5" Kino and the BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness

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A student running a drill with his BCM mid-length and BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness:


Entire line doing a movement drill:


Jimmy_0861 during a movement drill with his BCM 12.5" Kino Configuration and BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness:

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Me running a drill with a BCM 12.5" Kino Configuration and BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness during a timed drill:

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Carol B running my LaRue Stealth SBR (12" barrel) and the BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness during a drill. Carol is an awesome lady and a solid shooter.








Me running the same drill with a BCM 12.5" Kino configuration and BCM 03 MSF Chest Harness:

Finally pulled the trigger on a green one tonight.

Any pictures of anyones setups with additional mag pouches/other attachments?