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Posted: 5/3/2013 6:34:58 PM EDT
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I know the usual sentiment towards drop leg rigs is that they suck, flop around on the leg while running, and aren't the best to access. I have used a HSGI drop leg holster and had similar experience with it mainly because of how low I ran it. Now the Costa leg rig has come out and seems that drop leg rigs have improved somewhat and have drawn my interest. I am getting into having gear for use in classes and have had a chest rig for some time that I got on trade. It is an older Blackhawk design with 3 double mag pouches and 3 pistol mag pouches, serves it's purpose for now but something i will be upgrading in the future.
What I would like to have in compliment to that is a drop leg panel that is kind of a play on the Costa rig but instead have 1 HSGI double decker taco, 1 HSGI Bleeder pouch with TQ, and 1 pouch to hold a flashlight. This would be something to throw on quick if the need ever arose and would keep the most critical items at hand, but in reality would be used for 2-gun (and some 3-gun) competitions where a full on chest rig is usually overkill. My plan is to have this drop leg for use with a regular belt and holster for my M&P, a battle belt with a little more in the way of magazines, the chest rig or one similar, and eventually a full-on plate carrier setup. Different gear for different needs. Anybody have a set-up similar to this or have any other thoughts on it? I found the Original SOE gear mini drop leg panel I believe it was called and liked that it had MOLLE webbing, 2 belt attachment points, and a single leg strap that I could sung up nice and high to better stabilize the rig. |
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Most people wear them too low, as they were designed. That's what causes the flopping around.
Try using only the lowest leg strap to secure it, and shorten the belt strap/loop so that it rides on your lower hip, not your thigh. I think it'll be more secure for you. |
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For something simple that you can clip on as you need it has its place. For a few years I ran with a female buckle adaptor on my pants belt under my duty belt. If I was going to clear an open door or something where I was going to bring out the carbine because its the better tool, but it wasn't feasible to setup with the whole plate carrier or additional armor, I'd clip on a MOLLE drop leg panel made by Voodoo, and it was adjusted to ride as absolutely high as it could possibly go. As in, literally just a couple inches below the beltline. On that I put on a quad mag pouch and used it to either carry two rifle mags (Don't go more than this, the less weight on a subload the better) or a Taser and a rifle mag depending on what I was going into. I can see putting some form of light pouch on a setup like that, but would say not to go with the bleeder pouch or mount a TQ there. The bleeder pouch will have enough of a thickness to it that it increases what you will catch the subload on. If you have EMT shears in it, it will be guaranteed you will snag them things on something at some point. The TQ might work on it, but to me it leaves the TQ pretty exposed to possible damage.
Voodoo panel I bought because I wasn't going to invest a lot of money into the concept. True to form, the buckles broke and I had to raid my stuff and take one off some other gear that was better quality. There is a lot of flexing and stress going on in that area, so the plastic needs to be able to handle it. I eventually took the adaptor off my belt because the way I wear stuff now it interferes with how my baton and TQ ride when I sit. The idea can work still, but it of limited, almost specialized utility. It doesn't conceal well, it's tougher to ride in vehicles because it can make an already tight space even tighter, and its not always as fast as it seems to get the male part into the female part, like many married guys are aware... |
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Most people wear them too low, as they were designed. That's what causes the flopping around. Try using only the lowest leg strap to secure it, and shorten the belt strap/loop so that it rides on your lower hip, not your thigh. I think it'll be more secure for you. This. Safariland with the lower strap only is the trend these days. I have the 5.11 thumb drive set up the same way and it's working well. A good rule of thumb is with your arms hanging naturally at your sides, you should be able to curl your fingers around the bottom of the holster. |
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HSGI Mini Modular Drop Leg Panel add pouches to taste.
Looking at the Costa rig, it looks like what it was based on. Below is a rig I've been wearing for a few years now at my work.. I run it high and keep it light of course, and have no problems running. HSGI mini drop panel, TT multi tool pouch, HSGI bleeder pouch, TT zipper utility. 
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After some more thought on it, I may get the Raven subload setup but use an Esstac Kywi instead of a Taco to give me a pistol mag and a light. Now to decide on getting 1 5-finger to hold both that and the Bleeder, or 2 2-finger models so I can use one or both.
There aren't too many pics of the Raven setup in the thread dedicated to them, any of you guys have experience with them? Thanks |
| I've been drooling over the Raven ModuLoader subload. I guess I need to bite the bullet and order - it's not expensive. I just don't know 100% for sure if it will work with OSOE pouches, but I have a gut feeling it will. I wish there were more pics of it out on the net showing how well some the pouches from different manufactures connect to it. |
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