Archive for April 4th, 2010

Operator Gloves and others

Vickers GlovesI still remember the days when I thought that fingerless gloves were tactical gloves, well they kinda sorta are in some ways.     It’s good to always know why you really need gloves because there is no such thing as a do it all glove.   Some gloves are going to be big and bulky because if they aren’t your fingers are going to freeze up and fall off when its reall cold out.   If you’ve ever noticed, most of the Com-bloc firearms have larger trigger guards for this very purpose.

Hunting gloves are not very descriptive because they can pretty much mean anything.   Loading a shotgun with just about any winter glove is possible, but try loading .223 bullets in a magpul P-mag and you’ll wish you could just use your bare hands.  Vickers Gloves are designed by the well known firearms instructor and these are hands down the best full coverage tactical glove we’ve tried.   Tactical gloves like this will protect you from a level of debris and heat and yet you’ll still be able to feel every millimeter of your trigger pull as well as every button and lever on your AR15.

Top

Casual pants with a tactical appeal

Tactical PantsIf you are toting around a knife, flashlight, gun, keys and a wallet, you might find regular jeans are pretty stuffed in the pocket area.   If you have to tuck a shirt in you’ll be even more cluttered.   Many recommend avoiding the clip on knife in the pocket as a dead giveaway that you are carrying, so what do you do?   If you are familiar with the Eotac Style 204 cotton canvas pants, the Eotac style 205 concealed carry pants are identical but made in a jean fabric.

These tactical pants have a side leg pant pockets on each side that can hold a small J-frame, Kimber Guardian Angel, mace, G2 or scorpion size flashlight or just about whatever tool you want to carry in that size.   This is something to consider when doing a lot of driving or accessing gear while in the seated position.   From my experience the zippers are very secure and reliable.   The jeans are very comfortable and not the purplish blue that many of our customers complained about with a previous companies version.

Top
Page 1 of 1