who makes a good tact vest that will hold about 8 m14/m1a mags?

That's a lot of .308!



You might want to look at the HSGI weesatch. It will hold 4 internally and then you can buy some more pouches for magazines and put them up front.
There's a thread just a little further down in this forum all about the weesatch. Also check out the "pimp your gear" thread for other ideas.

what the hell I'll even hotlink for you.
weesatch thread
For the record I bought one of these from skd tactical and it arrived like 2 days later. Awesome people to deal with.
more ideas here: other gear

Quoted: who makes a good tact vest that will hold about 8 m14/m1a mags?

This one will hold 7 mags as is without any mods.  I attached a web belt to the vest with a couple of Spec Ops X-4 pouches attached.  These pouches will hold up to six more mags or 8 boxes (160 rounds) of  ammo.  I rarely carried that much but the pouches were there if I needed some extra space.  Right now I need some extra money so this has to go.
Eagle Vest

Check out Tactical Tailor's website
You could get a mav rack, some m14 pouches and spend a lot less.
The earlier mentioned sources are very nice, but spendy.
TT is good quality stuff.

Sorry, don't know how to hot link.

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