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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: I'd call it about 5 inches of useable adjustment. https://i.imgur.com/H1Xs2Oa.jpeg  |
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Blue Alpha makes the best belts for the money IMO. Multicam is regular battle belt and black multicam is battle belt lite Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: I really like the JSTA. Very useful around the farm. Room for a flashlight, multitool, my phone, and my Obsidian 9 suppressor in short configuration. Balances out my pistol pretty well too. https://i.imgur.com/K1GCJcp.jpeg |
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Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Wow, that looks really useful! Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Originally Posted By sparky-kb: I really like the JSTA. Very useful around the farm. Room for a flashlight, multitool, my phone, and my Obsidian 9 suppressor in short configuration. Balances out my pistol pretty well too. https://i.imgur.com/K1GCJcp.jpeg It really is. I wear my belt for hours a day around the farm and I'm in and out of the JSTA all the time. I really like keeping my phone in there so it doesn't freak out and start dialing people when my pockets get sweaty. Plus it's good to tuck other random items I'm working with into. Solidly in the "would buy again" realm. |
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Top is the go-to. Other two are lighter configs for range days or other activities. Attached File |
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My duty belt is top. Bottom is mostly used in my instructor role. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Kiltakaze: My duty belt is top. Bottom is mostly used in my instructor role. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/293626/IMG_5417_jpeg-3611365.JPG Not shown is a TQ hanger that sits sandwiched between my duty belt and my inner belt, gun side appendix |
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Originally Posted By country_boy87: I see pics of the jsta pounch mounted closer to the hip, is that something to consider? Or Front left/Right is still the best? I need to get the mag insert for mine, the elastic aint gonna cut it. When I wear mine on my regular belt I have it just ahead of the 9 o'clock belt loop, no problems there. I've actually used it more as an EDC pouch than as a gun pouch because I am a dork. 😬 |
New idea for a plus up belt to keep in the truck when in urban environs. Ciguera belt with bfg pouches, dark medical and I forget the tq holder. Just use some my paddle holsters or even an iwb. Current is for my P2000
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Originally Posted By stoner01: I second MWTS. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/284414/20220815_162316-3436188.jpg @stoner01 Where did you get the woodland dump pouch? I’m setting up a woodland belt, and that’s one thing that’s difficult to find. |
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Originally Posted By Vaquero: @stoner01 Where did you get the woodland dump pouch? I’m setting up a woodland belt, and that’s one thing that’s difficult to find. Hand sewn by a .mil forum member here. I don't think he's sewing much anymore. |
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Attached File ● Blue Alpha Gear Belt. Contacted them to whip me up a 1.75" that has more molle up to the male bucket end along with routing the tail on the inside of the outer belt instead of the outside. Pretty much just their 2" belt but as a 1.75" ● Esstac Kywi pistol x 2 ● Esstac Kywi rifle mid height ● HSP multi tool pouch ● Leatherman Wave+ ● Zip Tie routed through the molle to quickly stow tools or attach other items ● Tactical Tailor dump pouch ● Coyote Tactical STOMP ● Shotgun retention magnet ● True North Concepts MHA ● Safariland 6390RDS ● ALS nub mod ● Crye Precision frag pouch ● Tyr Tactical frag pouch, to hold spare batteries. I prefer the Tyr because it has a small velcro closer along with the buckle. |
First battle belt! I've always just put the pouches straight on my leather gun belt. Tablet photo warning.  Daltech leather belt I've had for a few years Black Friday Wilder Tactical padded belt size large Safariland holster with an empty G17 Helikon Tex E&E pouch Spiritus JSTA pouch (also had this a while) with a Lunar Concepts 1r1, loaded G17 and 30 round PMag This thing is sticky, I've worn it over jeans and a belt and over athletic shorts and it doesn't move, even during jumping jacks. This is meant to be a crossover belt hence the GP pouch, it'll get replaced with something else but it's what I have at hand. I went back and forth on the belt size, I wear 36 jeans and measured myself right at 40-41", I wanted another belt notch over athletic shorts so I just pulled the tail end out one spot. Holster is probably going back a slot, I have to pull it apart so I can wear the belt to church tomorrow anyway. Attached File |
Can't remember if I've posted this or not.  I'm thinking dropping the rear mounted IFAK and going with a fanny pack IFAK in conjunction with the belt instead. I've already got a couple of fanny packs set up. The rear mounted IFAK just annoys the piss out of me when seated anywhere.  Could be worn around front of rear traditionally or across the chest/back bandolier style. Also gives added flexibility of using it with your CCW gear without going full on overt gun belt. Optic for the pistol is next on the list. Black X300 Turbo is also inbound so my tan one can go back to it's G34 
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: I'm thinking dropping the rear mounted IFAK and going with a fanny pack IFAK in conjunction with the belt instead. I've already got a couple of fanny packs set up. The rear mounted IFAK just annoys the piss out of me when seated. This is the conclusion I came to. |
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Originally Posted By the-answer-is-42: Put some new belts together recently. Havent had one in years. Bottom is the main and top is the spare/SMG belt. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/226579/IMG_1330-3669902.jpg What is the knife in the bottom rig? Can I see that? |
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: Can't remember if I've posted this or not. https://i.imgur.com/yqogBHy.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/XEn4C0e.jpeg I'm thinking dropping the rear mounted IFAK and going with a fanny pack IFAK in conjunction with the belt instead. I've already got a couple of fanny packs set up. The rear mounted IFAK just annoys the piss out of me when seated anywhere. https://i.imgur.com/cXaJWqq.jpeg Could be worn around front of rear traditionally or across the chest/back bandolier style. Also gives added flexibility of using it with your CCW gear without going full on overt gun belt. Optic for the pistol is next on the list. Black X300 Turbo is also inbound so my tan one can go back to it's G34 @sparky-kb What fanny pack is that? Thanks in advance! |
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: Can't remember if I've posted this or not. https://i.imgur.com/yqogBHy.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/XEn4C0e.jpeg I'm thinking dropping the rear mounted IFAK and going with a fanny pack IFAK in conjunction with the belt instead. I've already got a couple of fanny packs set up. The rear mounted IFAK just annoys the piss out of me when seated anywhere. https://i.imgur.com/cXaJWqq.jpeg Could be worn around front of rear traditionally or across the chest/back bandolier style. Also gives added flexibility of using it with your CCW gear without going full on overt gun belt. Optic for the pistol is next on the list. Black X300 Turbo is also inbound so my tan one can go back to it's G34 I’ve got the T-rex version rigged up to a DZ rig with the buckles meant to tie into a rucksack, it works surprisingly well, and it can be flipped to front or left to sit on top of the rear pouches. Could probably do the same setup for any other molle or two piece belt if you wanted to have it tied together, doesn’t take much in the way of arts and crafts. Anyone here have or tried the Crye airlight SLC blast belt? Little curious if the soft armor belts are worthwhile, or just obnoxious compared to standard padded war belts. |
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I asked elsewhere but I imagine this is a good place... what's a minimalist, probably elastic belt pouch to hold a pair of gloves and a packed compression bandage? Had an incident at the range and while this stuff is nearby, I want more literally ON me. For either a regular belt or a Blue Alpha battle belt set up. |
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Originally Posted By steviesterno16: I asked elsewhere but I imagine this is a good place... what's a minimalist, probably elastic belt pouch to hold a pair of gloves and a packed compression bandage? Had an incident at the range and while this stuff is nearby, I want more literally ON me. For either a regular belt or a Blue Alpha battle belt set up. Do you not have an ifak? |
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Originally Posted By hoody2shoez: Do you not have an ifak? I don’t want to carry chest seals and all that stuff on my person because we have it staged nearby so for this work set up, no. Here’s what I’ve come up with based on stuff I already had. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By steviesterno16: I don’t want to carry chest seals and all that stuff on my person because we have it staged nearby so for this work set up, no. Here’s what I’ve come up with based on stuff I already had. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/455820/IMG_0466_jpeg-3693076.JPG Check out the wilder tactical narco pouch. Made to hold gloves and narcan but may hold those 3 items you have. Comes in two sizes. |
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Finally putting a good first line belt setup together. I've read through this whole thtead over the last few months. I'm somewhat stuck on holster choice. This will be used for classes and training and shit that hopefully never hits the fan. My primary pistol will be a G19 or G17. I shoot the G19 the most and feel most comfortable with it but would like a holster capable of accomdating either. Both pistols have RMR sized optics and a TLR-1-HL-X. I'm pretty much set on a 6390 for a G17 but open to suggestios on other level 1 options. What I have on order right now: Asstac: Enhanced Shooters belt 1.75" Double 40° Angled Pistol KYWI Pouch Single 5.56 Midlength KYWI Pouch Belt Mounted Elastic Tourniquet/TQ Holder Flatline Fiber Co: P.I.M.P TQ dangler for PIMP. Guardian Warrior Solutions: Bang Hanger Shaw Concepts : Side Kick V2 Holster Pad Eta: Package came today! Attached File Work in progress: Attached File |
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: It does. There's a decent amount, but I'm not sure the actual number. I'll try to measure it when I get the chance. In the meantime, here's a pic I took the other day of the buckle area. You can kinda get the idea based on the tail that's rolled up and secured. https://i.imgur.com/DWz6ydH.jpeg I'm a 34 waist in most pants and waffled back and forth on what size to go with since my real waist measurement was close to the top end for a medium. Eventually decided to go medium instead of the large and there's still tons of room to adjust out. I'm not sure if I'd have been able to get a large tight enough. @sparky-kb You got me rethinking my sizing now. I'm about to order a Haley D3 belt (once I finally decide between Ranger Green and Multicam). I usually wear a 34 waist pants. When I measured for the belt, I came up with a size Large. Now I wonder if I should go with a Medium like you did. I hate that I'm always right on the line between medium and large. I need to get back in shape lol |
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Originally Posted By m4hooah: @sparky-kb You got me rethinking my sizing now. I'm about to order a Haley D3 belt (once I finally decide between Ranger Green and Multicam). I usually wear a 34 waist pants. When I measured for the belt, I came up with a size Large. Now I wonder if I should go with a Medium like you did. I hate that I'm always right on the line between medium and large. I need to get back in shape lol Originally Posted By m4hooah: Originally Posted By sparky-kb: It does. There's a decent amount, but I'm not sure the actual number. I'll try to measure it when I get the chance. In the meantime, here's a pic I took the other day of the buckle area. You can kinda get the idea based on the tail that's rolled up and secured. https://i.imgur.com/DWz6ydH.jpeg I'm a 34 waist in most pants and waffled back and forth on what size to go with since my real waist measurement was close to the top end for a medium. Eventually decided to go medium instead of the large and there's still tons of room to adjust out. I'm not sure if I'd have been able to get a large tight enough. @sparky-kb You got me rethinking my sizing now. I'm about to order a Haley D3 belt (once I finally decide between Ranger Green and Multicam). I usually wear a 34 waist pants. When I measured for the belt, I came up with a size Large. Now I wonder if I should go with a Medium like you did. I hate that I'm always right on the line between medium and large. I need to get back in shape lol Sounds like we're in a similar position with constantly falling between sizes. I know that there's still plenty of room to adjust the medium out larger on me. Might also depend on where you wear your pants on your waist/hips. Even if you order the wrong size initially, you can always send it back for a size exchange. |
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Originally Posted By sparky-kb: Sounds like we're in a similar position with constantly falling between sizes. I know that there's still plenty of room to adjust the medium out larger on me. Might also depend on where you wear your pants on your waist/hips. Even if you order the wrong size initially, you can always send it back for a size exchange. Originally Posted By sparky-kb: Originally Posted By m4hooah: Originally Posted By sparky-kb: It does. There's a decent amount, but I'm not sure the actual number. I'll try to measure it when I get the chance. In the meantime, here's a pic I took the other day of the buckle area. You can kinda get the idea based on the tail that's rolled up and secured. https://i.imgur.com/DWz6ydH.jpeg I'm a 34 waist in most pants and waffled back and forth on what size to go with since my real waist measurement was close to the top end for a medium. Eventually decided to go medium instead of the large and there's still tons of room to adjust out. I'm not sure if I'd have been able to get a large tight enough. @sparky-kb You got me rethinking my sizing now. I'm about to order a Haley D3 belt (once I finally decide between Ranger Green and Multicam). I usually wear a 34 waist pants. When I measured for the belt, I came up with a size Large. Now I wonder if I should go with a Medium like you did. I hate that I'm always right on the line between medium and large. I need to get back in shape lol Sounds like we're in a similar position with constantly falling between sizes. I know that there's still plenty of room to adjust the medium out larger on me. Might also depend on where you wear your pants on your waist/hips. Even if you order the wrong size initially, you can always send it back for a size exchange. I bought a large and lost 25 lbs. I have to wear the Velcro under-belt for it to fit. |
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Originally Posted By Ironmaker: I bought a large and lost 25 lbs. I have to wear the Velcro under-belt for it to fit. Real preppers get a backup set of gear a size smaller than their normal 'in shape' weight. For when the apocalypse happens and you end up on a scant diet and you drop another 25 pounds and end up super skinny running from the Chinese paratroopers. |
| It doesn't really matter that much, but how did y'all choose the color of your belt setup. Did you just grab whatever, or did you have some sort of logic to it? |
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Originally Posted By m4hooah: It doesn't really matter that much, but how did y'all choose the color of your belt setup. Did you just grab whatever, or did you have some sort of logic to it? Personally, I don't care specifically about all matching camo, as long as it somewhat matches. IE, Atacs generally matches decently with Multicam as an example. Multicam Tropical works well with regular Multicam. I am in the Appalachian, rural, so I lean towards more green than base multicam if possible. The belt's base color doesn't matter, so if it's cheaper, I'm ok with a solid color. As a general rule of thumb, multicam is a decent 'base camo' too. It tends to work decently with most camo types. And it's usually available in whatever you are getting. Also, all the foreign 'multicam' colors work well too, like British MTP. Most are better in my AO than the regular US Multicam. IE, Australia's is more green. As is Slovakia's for instance. But not as green as Multicam Tropic. So I treat them as interchangeable. So I mix and match camo if I have to. I prefer Pencott Greenzone, ATACS FG, and ATACS ix in that order. But it's hard to find gear in those camos, especially the first two. M81 Woodland comes next and is a bit easier to get. But I don't go out of my way to get specific camos. I do collect camos though, so if some oddball camo is available, that somewhat matches my gear, and is the same price as multicam, I'll grab that instead. Thus why I have a Slovakian multicam boonie. Saying all that, I am also a gear maker, and sometimes will make stuff just for myself in funky camos. But it's rarely cost effective - I'm better off making regular gear and selling it, then using that money to buy gear from other people. So I still buy alot of gear from other companies. Unless it's stuff I generally make already. |
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Originally Posted By m4hooah: It doesn't really matter that much, but how did y'all choose the color of your belt setup. Did you just grab whatever, or did you have some sort of logic to it? I originally had a mix of Multicam and Coyote Brown. When I divided those pouches up to go on two separate belts- one for 5.56, one for 6.5CM- the situation kinda sorted itself out in that the 6.5 belt is all CB and the 5.56 is all MC. It doesn't matter too terribly much that all the pouches match, but it didn't cost anything additional to make it work out that way when buying more pouches. Whatever 'tism I might have was sidestepped.
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Attached File Got sick of the little baby pull tabs on my jsta and dump pouches so I fashioned a tail to make it easier to grab. |
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Originally Posted By 135Patriots: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/487230/IMG_4914_jpeg-3729716.JPG Got sick of the little baby pull tabs on my jsta and dump pouches so I fashioned a tail to make it easier to grab. I wish someone made a JSTA with loop on the top of the flap so I could flex my patches on that pouch 
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Originally Posted By the-answer-is-42: I wish someone made a JSTA with loop on the top of the flap so I could flex my patches on that pouch That should be ez mode if you or your better half own a set of sewing needles/machine. It’ll punch right thru the laminate and shouldn’t fray much if at all over time. I was thinking about starting a thread that basically covers “how are you modifying your kit to fit *your* needs”, I feel like we don’t have one here. I wonder if it would be useful or just more clutter 
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Originally Posted By 135Patriots: That should be ez mode if you or your better half own a set of sewing needles/machine. It’ll punch right thru the laminate and shouldn’t fray much if at all over time. I was thinking about starting a thread that basically covers “how are you modifying your kit to fit *your* needs”, I feel like we don’t have one here. I wonder if it would be useful or just more clutter There's a number of sewing threads on here. And you can easily sew a patch sized piece of velcro on by hand if you had to and didn't have a sewing machine. Do it while watching a movie. |
 The Hunter's Belt Kit You NEED For Bushcraft and Outdoors I have taken my battle belt hunting and seemed like way over kill. So Seen this video the other day and like the concept. Even though the guy looks a bit funny. |
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I broke down and got Platatac's Billy Pouch V2 from OP Tactical. Not my first time ordering from them, and shipping was prompt as usual. Great job. As for the pouch, it's just what I needed for my 7.62N/6.5CM belt kit. The pouch's main compartment has loop fields on the front and back iterior surfaces, and, with the provided divider, I've arranged it so one subcompartment can hold a radio, while other admin garbage can occupy the rest. A dedicated holster takes up a lot of MOLLE space, but my problem is that I hike with my kit quite a bit sans long arm, making a pistol and the holster to contain it a requirement. The supplied pistol holster insert is fine...if your pistol doesn't have a weaponlight. If it does, don't despair: I was able to put the 2x pistol mag insert in and snug it over to one side as much as I could. There was then enough room for the handgun (Smith M&P with a TLR-1). A piece of shock cord fastened to the D-ring attachment point is more than enough to secure the pistol. If I take a tumble, I'm confident it will still be in there. A few pieces of Velcro One Wrap stacked on top of each other and stuck down on the belt side loop field allowed me to snug up the fit and push the pistol out away from the belt just a bit. I don't feel a need to get a holster to fit in there, but that's an option. This is a first for me, and I'm a gear slut who's bought from many of the big names: there's not one loose end on any of the components that needs to be melted and the stitching is exemplary. As soon as OP Tactical restocks, I'll grab one for my 5.56 belt kit. |
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Is anyone using the ANR Short holster mount? I'm using the Safariland belt loop with my ALS holster and would like to bump it down just a bit, it seems SL mid ride mounts push you towards a leg strap. They also have 1.5" and 1.75 belt options, I go between just using a regular 1.5 leather gun belt or using it in a Wilder belt pad; I don't think 1.75 would be an issue but the 1.5 option is nice. https://www.anrkydexholsters.com/product/tactical-belt-mount-system/ |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sxdcyE3tGII have taken my battle belt hunting and seemed like way over kill. So Seen this video the other day and like the concept. Even though the guy looks a bit funny. I like that idea too, but watching his videos it moves around too much. I think sticking the holster and pouches on a pants belt or even using some sort of grippy belt pad would be better. A holster, JSTA pouch and a knife does the same thing and it fits just fine on a pants belt without getting too crowded or heavy. You could even skip the stand alone knife sheath and put it in the mag section with a single pistol mag as long as it's not too long, maybe like an SRK Compact or the like with one wrap wrapped around the sheath. |
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Originally Posted By brachiosaur: Is anyone using the ANR Short holster mount? I'm using the Safariland belt loop with my ALS holster and would like to bump it down just a bit, it seems SL mid ride mounts push you towards a leg strap. They also have 1.5" and 1.75 belt options, I go between just using a regular 1.5 leather gun belt or using it in a Wilder belt pad; I don't think 1.75 would be an issue but the 1.5 option is nice. https://www.anrkydexholsters.com/product/tactical-belt-mount-system/ @brachiosaur I got the bang hanger & it does the same thing. I’ve got it threaded into a blue alpha molle belt. Similar to what you posted but mounts on molle. https://guardianwarriorsolutions.com/product/bang-hanger/ |
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