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Originally Posted by Old Dog New Trick
Reading this thread and the responses has prompted another question in my mind. Not to take from TR's podium too much, but -
How have you guys chosen to load bearing all this equipment? Lets take for instance you have a 45Lb B-O-B (average 3-day pack), 15-20Lbs of weapons (some of you have another 20Lbs of ammo), and then there are some specific "must haves" that are either climate or geographical in nature...
Describe how you load out on your person each and every piece of equipment deemed important enough (or by importance to the success of your endeavor) to get you from point "A" to point "Z" being 100-miles away?
Be specific, and think about what you can and cannot afford to jettison should you have to to evade capture or get in an extended fight where time or failure means game over. Be very specific about how and where you will carry the weapons you have chosen (including edged) and sufficient ammo for each type.
This is a mental exercise whereas each piece of your "kit" is assembled and carried in such a way that if you are forced to run and hide or out run you can dump the unnecessary comfort items and continue with the mission in the best possible outcome.
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My set up excluding what my wife would be carrying (already posted earlier in the thread) if we chose to bug instead of stand our ground. I modified my gear from my original post a bit. Also, each garment will be doubled as to accommodate the wife as well. The 700 will be cross-slung at a 45 degree angle on my back with the .22 at the ready, but it has a sling as well. Here it goes:
Medium ALICE ruck main compartment from bottom to top:
1pr BDU bottoms (rolled)
1 Fleece top (rolled)
2pr Socks
2pr Underoos
1ea Mini maglite
1ea Camping pot
1ea Loaf of bread
2ea 6 pack(s) of crackers
1 ea Small bag of Fritos
In that little pouch toward the top of the pack:
2ea MRE's
1ea Small first aid kit
1ea Survival FM
Medium ALICE ruck pockets:
Left pocket: My roll of 550 cord (unsure of measurement but there is a lot of it), 6 spare batteries for Surfire light and an 8 pack of AA batteries.
Center pocket: 2 flattened (no tube) rolls of TP.
Right pocket: 1ea roll of OD green 100mph tape, 1 8 pack of AAA batteries, and an extra fishing bag (explained below under "worn")
Outside of ALICE ruck:
E-tool with pouch, 1 empty two quart canteen with pouch, 2ea woobies, and 2ea ponchos in separate dump pouches affixed to the sides of the ruck above the canteen and e-tool pouches.
LBE (I have the same thing as the picture below with a butt pack):
Right magazine pockets: 4ea 10 round magazines of CCI .22 ammo on top pocket; 10ea rounds of .308 in plastic sleeve, and 20ea rounds of super colibri in this styrofoam pouch thing I made in bottom pocket.
Left magazine pockets: 10 rounds of .308 in plastic sleeve it came in
Right grenade pouch: 60 rounds of CCI .22
Left grenade pouch: 80 rounds of colibiri's
Butt pack: First aid kit, bug juice, 2pr socks, 1ea MRE guts.
Pistol belt: 1ea 1qt canteen with cup and pouch, M9 holster w/ M9, and my fixed blade with pouch.
Worn:
Head: Ball cap and Petzl headlamp when needed.
Torso: Camelback, and weather dependent clothing.
Left hip, exterior: Gerber multi-tool and cell phone w/pouches for both.
Left cargo pocket: Fishing bag (2 bobbers, several split-shot sinkers, a pack of #8 & #2 snelled hooks, stringer, 2 bucktail, and 2 grub lures).
Right cargo pocket: Smartbook (just kidding)
Left pocket: Probably a half a pack of cigarettes, and keys.
Right pocket: Bic lighter, and my folder clip slipped over the top lining, knife inside pocket.
Right, Back pocket: Wallet.
Drop leg rig, left side: 2 double mag pouch for 9mm ammo (total of 60rounds between 3 pouched up mags and 15 loaded in pistol).
I'm sure I left something out, but this is what I came up with for now.