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Not Your Typical Kit Bag

Monday, April 4th, 2011

The new Kit Bag from Hill People Gear is something a little different that what you might expect. Rather than a big, lumbering holdall, it is a compact Admin-style pouch that fits right up front where you can access it. Designed primarily for civilian applications, it interfaces well with a pack and surprise!, includes a pistol pouch. The 7.5” x 2” x 11” sized pouch is designed to carry a pistol with a weapon light mounted and a few other essentials without interfering with a hip belt. It can be worn attached to a pack’s shoulders traps or with its included H harness making it very stable, even when running. This can be a great piece of kit for someone who doesn’t want to carry in a holster or fanny pack and can also use the convenience of a fold open admin pouch to access items such as maps as well as other gear.

You will notice that they are partial to Kifaru (as are we). In fact, you may also notice some similarities with the Koala and that is because it was initially designed by the folks at Hill People Gear.

The Kit Bag is manufactured for Hill People Gear by First Spear meaning it is made from mil-spec materials and is Berry compliant. Available in Ranger Green, Foliage, and Coyote, to order yours, visit www.hillpeoplegear.com.

Mayflower’s New 24 Hour Assault Pack

Friday, April 1st, 2011

We told you Mayflower Research and Consulting has been working on some new kit. This new 24 hour Assault Pack is just one example. Designed to carry a 100 ounce water reservoir, it can be worn as a pack or attached directly to armor via the Velocity Systems Swiftclip. For those of you looking for something a little smaller, Mayflower has a back panel in the works that should have you covered.

Don’t let the black zipper concern you. This is only a prototype. They will be sourcing Coyote zippers for the production versions which will be available in two to three months.

www.mayflower-rc.org

Mystery Ranch Opens New Facility

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Mystery Ranch celebrated the ribbon cutting for their new facility in Bozeman, Montana yesterday. On hand was Sen Max Baucus (Dem, MT).

If you happen to be in Bozeman today from 3-5 PM be sure to stop by 1750 Evergreen Drive for their grand opening!

Congrats guys!

www.mysteryranch.com

Lightweight Packs from Grey Ghost

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Grey Ghost is our favorite liquidator of things tactical and we just found out that they just did of a run of branded lightweight assault packs and lightweight 3-day packs. Like the name says, they were designed to be lightweight. For example, the 3-day pack weighs 30% lighter than standard models. They were also designed to mitigate the IR signature. The photos below are not to scale and the pack on the left is the assault model while the one on the right is the 3-day variant.

Both are available in MultiCam as well as A-TACS and this has us scratching our heads. All we can find out is that they are over runs from a developmental contract for SOF. No matter, the “why”, at these prices these are going to go fast so if you want one you’d better jump on it like a fat kid on a donut.

www.greyghostoutlet.com

TYR Assaulters Sustainment Pack

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

TYR Tactical just released their new low profile Assaulters Sustainment Pack which can be worn with its integral shoulder straps or attached directly to the back of an armor vest. Take a good look at the photo below. You can see that the “comfort panel” consisting of the shoulder straps and padding can be removed and this is how it attaches to the armor.

It’s a pretty streamlined design with a 360 cubic inch main compartment and additional 680 cubic inches in the expandable, mesh beavertail. The ASP is manufactured from the patent pending PV material in 500D. Overall it is pretty versatile with three hydration ports in addition to the requisite internal hydration reservoir pocket as well as an internal storage zipper pocket.

For more info visit www.tyrtactical.com.

S.O.Tech’s Mission Pack System

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Last week we posted a video featuring S.O.Tech’s head honcho explaining the various iterations of BLOCS. Now, we have a access to a video about the Mission Pack System. It is a great overview and can help guide you when deciding how you will use the system.

www.sotechtactical.com

CSM Gear’s Single Strap Pack

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

CSM Gear is run by a real-deal retired Navy Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman and his experience shows in his designs. It is some of the most no-nonsense kit on the market. In addition to the standard fare that you will run across with most outfitters, CSM Gear has a limited number of their Single Strap Packs left.

Designed for use by someone wearing armor, the single strap allows for the right shoulder to be free in order to shoulder a weapon without encumbrance and features a side release buckle to allow you to ditch the pack rapidly. The main compartment opens fully and the two outer pockets sit on a panel of foam, enabling you to use this pack as a shooting platform. In addition to full PALS fields inside and out, the pack also features a hidden compartment large enough to hold a 1911.

Available in Coyote, Ranger Green and Gray, it isn’t cheap but it is Berry compliant and well made.

CSM Tactical Gear

Granite Gear Tactical 2011

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

We met up with Granite Gear at last month’s Outdoor Retailer Winter Market and had an opportunity to check out their tactical line. They’ve always got lots of cool products in the works. This past year they concentrated on developing products for the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) solicitation so there are a bunch of new medical products coming out. They are featured on pages 6 – 8. The DA-Med Pack in particular is well thought out and features the most innovative use of translucent cubic material we have seen yet. Additionally, the Armor Mounting System MOLLEs into place in order to stabilize the pack yet facilitates a quick removal.

A couple of other highlights to look at…First, on page 5 is the Voile strap, adapted from the ski industry it makes an excellent tie down for packs and odd loads. Next on page 9 is the Dragster, GGT’s drag bag. it has too many features to list here so just make sure you read about it in the catalog. Finally, is page 15’s Steripen Ready Aquasack that combines a water bottle, a specialized pouch for the Steripen and batteries, and an Aquasack to carry the whole thing in.

Granite Gear Tactical 2011

To order GGT products visit www.extremeoutfitters.us.