Custom Gear Report

We are finally getting around to giving away the 762 Tactical AK Chest Rig we reviewed a while back. Check out the review if you haven’t already.

Contest Details:

This one is easy to enter, just subscribe to the Custom Gear Report YouTube account.  

We will be choosing a subscriber at random with the help of our favorite random number generator.

The contest is going to run until May 28, 2010.

Of course we would like to thank our contest sponsor 762 Tactical. Without great companies like 762 Donating gear for our giveaways these contests wouldn’t be possible. So do us a favor and support them whenever you can.

Check out their website at http://www.762tactical.com/ they also have a YouTube Channel you may be interested in subscribing to. http://www.youtube.com/762Tactical

Came across this post on the ITS Tactical blog. They have received a donation of a bunch of equipment and will be passing it out to those that need it. If you fit the bill or know of someone that might head on over to check out the guidelines.

While reading one of our favorite blogs, Soldier Systems, I came across an article about the “Travel Shirt”. Apparently the owner of Beyond Tactical came up with it and has been wearing around for a while now. There’s a photo in the article and I must say, I’m not feeling it. Looks a little too feminine to me.

For starters I’m not a big fan of “tactical clothing” for everyday wear to begin with, I get a kick out of the SHOT Show uniform every time I go. But this doesn’t even go in that direction, I can’t put my finger on it I think it kinda reminds me of something out of early 90’s Europe with a touch of tactical by way of sleeve pockets, maybe Germany in a “touch my monkey” kinda way?

Anyway, for those of you that might be more in touch with your feminine side (of course you will say “secure in your manhood”), Beyond apparently has said if there’s enough interest they will produce it for the masses.

This article is not meant to be a dig on Beyond they make great stuff, but this shirt was just too much fun to pass up. You of course can form your own opinion.

Soldier Systems and PEO Soldier have written articles about the Army’s move to allowing Soldiers to camo their weapons after they get the thumbs up from Command.

Well if you were interested in seeing how the Army wants it’s personnel to go about it, check out their handy little guide. Wonder if this will become an EIB task at some point?

Ok this has been a long time in the works. Colin from 762 Tactical sent us a Chi Com Chest Rig for review a few months back and we’ve finally gotten around to putting a video together for it.

I’ll start by saying I am not an “AK guy” my experience is limited to familiarization training and fun shoots. So I don’t claim to be an expert on it. But the review is not intended to be based on functionality.

My overall impression is that the rig is very well made. This is a basic chest rig just like the original with minimal bells and whistles, just like the weapons system it is designed to be used with. Some nice features include, adjustable flaps, PALS on either side of mag pouches and non snag pouch edges.

My only gripe would be the depth of the pockets, they are deeper than I’d prefer but my guess is that this is in staying true to the original design.

Colin sent me retail pricing but that was a while back, so I’m  not too sure if that has changed. I’ll email him and update this article when I get the latest info.

You can contact Colin through his website www.762tactical.com, 762 also has an eBay store at  http://myworld.ebay.com/762tactical/

Another point to note is 762 Tactical is sponsoring our next contest, and this rig is going to be the “prize” for so stay tuned for details.