War Belt 2.0

Hey what's up YouTube, this is Rifleman First and it's been a little while since my last video and well my gear has undergone numerous upgrades that I want to share with you. So for those of you who saw my last SHTF loadout video you'll recall that I was talking about a battle belt that I put together and it was my first battle belt but since then I have changed things up considerably. So previously the battle belt was predominantly Condor products and now I've upgraded. So let's go ahead and review those items. So you can see on either end of the battle belt is the inner belt and so I now have an actual Cobra buckle belt. It's a very stiff belt. It happens to be Condor also and it happens to be made in America which is unusual for Condor. So you actually pay a premium for that relative to other Condor price points but it's a great belt. Very happy with it and that's the one Condor item that stayed on my battle belt setup. So I've become a big fan of HSGI taco pouches. The Condor pouches that I was using before had a like a shock cord retention system that you needed to move out of the way when you want to withdraw the mag and it was kind of annoying doing that in like speed drills, trying to do a tactical reload and that's just a training issue but I did realize then that I preferred an open top magazine pouch and HSGI makes arguably the best ones around taco pouches. There's tons of videos out there about taco pouches. I don't really have to go into it too much, I wouldn't say, other than to point out that they're extremely versatile. So right there you can see that I have two double stack pouches and one single rifle pouch. So that's a total of three rifle magazines and two pistol mags and because of the design like let's say I was going to run an AK or something, then I could put AK mags in there. Or let's say I was going to loan this to my buddy who has a Saiga auto-loading 12 gauge which has huge magazines. Well, you know, these pouches would accommodate them and just as an example, so you can see right there that there's some Glock 21 magazines which is in 45 but if I was to, let's say on a particular day I was going to run my Glock my 9mm, this pouch will work just as well for it. You see that? Holds them just as fine. Great retention. There's two drawbacks to taco pouches. One is that they're pricey. They are expensive but you get good quality for the price, no doubt about it. And although I haven't had them very long, I expect these pouches to last a really long time. So, you know, I'll be reporting back on that but I've seen other YouTube videos where people had HSGI products that you know, two years of hard use and still just you know, performing the way they were designed to perform. So, you know, once again on my left side that's where all my ammunition is. Oh, and also previously I'd had three double stack kangaroo pouches for a total of you know, three rifle mags and three pistol mags but I decided to go with just two pistol mags. It just seemed excessive to have three plus one mags for the pistol considering that it's a secondary weapon. This balances out pretty well and I'm happy with the setup. Alright, then in the middle there you know, no changes there. I still have my tactical tailor dump pouch and my tactical tailor tourniquet pouch. As you recall, it's easy to just go ahead and deploy this and I can carry all my mags there while I'm in training or in a firefight or whatever. Okay, so then there with my, of course, my blood type is my combat applications tourniquet. That's very easy to get to in an emergency. And again, you see how easily this rolls back up nice and neat. Alright, so one of the bigger changes is with the accessories that I'm carrying on my belt. So, I'm using again taco pouches and those are pistol magazine pouches. But right now, so you can consider those utility pouches and right now I'm running a a folding knife and a you know, a flashlight. So, you guys have seen this before but there's my Surefire flashlight. And this right here is a, of course, cold steel Tonto Recon 1. It's got the serrated edge, not a big fan. But anyway, this is more for utility and I guess if my weapons were to run dry or becoming operable, this would be my last kind of lethal tool at my disposal before going to, you know, hands and feet. Oh, one thing, you know, and if, you know, if I didn't want to run those particular items, so here for instance is a Leatherman. That goes in there perfectly. Or if I need to go heavy on pistol mags, you see, I can carry, it's very versatile. Taco pouches rule. And then finally, this is my Kydex holster from the guys at G-Code. This is my Glock 21. But let's say I wanted to run my 9mm. Because of the RTI cam system, this comes right out and I can put a different weapon in there, right? My Glock 19. Now we're ready to roll with the Glock 19. So that was just a short update on my battle belt. I'll post all the individual items on there on the video. And hopefully you enjoyed this. Thanks a lot. Take it easy. Bye.