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SRSpano · 07-09-2005, 08:09 PM

What do you guys think about using a vest such as the 5.11 to conceal with a t-shirt and shorts. I'm trying to come up the the best way to carry all day (I work outside) while staying compliant.

Thanks

ichy_trigger · 07-09-2005, 08:39 PM

I dont know what a 5.11 is but to me, vests scream look at the dork trying to hide a gun...but thats just me...lol

NiK · 07-09-2005, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

I dont know what a 5.11 is but to me, vests scream look at the dork trying to hide a gun...but thats just me...lol

+1. Along with fanny packs.

backstay · 07-09-2005, 08:52 PM

What kind of work. Some jobs a vest would be right and not a dork thing.

one-eyed-fatman · 07-09-2005, 08:54 PM

I bought a 5.11. I sent it back. Don't do it. Not only do they scream gun but they are made of canvas, have 15 pockets making for a double thickness. Very hot and heavy. I gotta laugh here. My neighbor is a hunter. He hunts everything including Grizzly. He saw me in my 5.11 just before I sent it back and his eyes bugged out. It was worth buying the vest just for that very moment.

It was like he thought I was a mercenary.

alduro · 07-10-2005, 01:42 PM

I don't know, but I see lots of cops wearing them.

03RangerXLT · 07-10-2005, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by alduro

I don't know, but I see lots of cops wearing them.

I think you are thinking of a bullet proof vest, and I think they are referring to a conventional vest.

Polymerhead · 07-10-2005, 04:53 PM

The 5.11 Tactical Vest was made to greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for a duty belt for Police Officers. It's not really meant for citizens who carry with a CCW. They state that the average duty belt weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 lbs, and by the time you try to cram all that into a vest, it's going to have to be fairly big and bulky.

That being said, you'd see me in a tac vest way before a fanny pack. They're hilariously stupid.

Now, 5.11 DOES make some cool jackets for CCW. They have a sort of goofy 80's stonewashed jeans jacket, but they have a decent looking Monterey jacket that I've thought about picking up for Fall and Winter.

Gary G23 · 07-10-2005, 05:24 PM

I use the 5.11 vest for IDPA competition. I don't use it a lot on the street because of the reasons already given.

OldRookie · 07-10-2005, 08:03 PM

A vest that i bought from COLEMAN. Due to my size I got an xxlarge. The back is vented.Very nice . I think they call it a fishing vest. I use it every time i leave the house. I live in florida and right now it is hot here and i have no problems with it. I carry a XD.40 service in a GALCO FLETCH holster. No problems with printing. My wife says that see can't see a thing.Oh by the way it cost me $40.00 :

07-09-2005, 08:09 PM	#1
SRSpano XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 61	Vest What do you guys think about using a vest such as the 5.11 to conceal with a t-shirt and shorts. I'm trying to come up the the best way to carry all day (I work outside) while staying compliant. Thanks

07-09-2005, 08:39 PM	#2
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,525	I dont know what a 5.11 is but to me, vests scream look at the dork trying to hide a gun...but thats just me...lol __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

07-09-2005, 08:54 PM	#5
one-eyed-fatman XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,187	I bought a 5.11. I sent it back. Don't do it. Not only do they scream gun but they are made of canvas, have 15 pockets making for a double thickness. Very hot and heavy. I gotta laugh here. My neighbor is a hunter. He hunts everything including Grizzly. He saw me in my 5.11 just before I sent it back and his eyes bugged out. It was worth buying the vest just for that very moment. It was like he thought I was a mercenary. __________________ corporate America's logo: If at first you don't succeed lower your standards and beg the government for bailout money. Our governments bought and sold by corporate America like pigs going to market. I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world. http://home.houston.rr.com/gunpics/images/one%20eye.wav

07-10-2005, 01:42 PM	#6
alduro XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NA Posts: 18	I don't know, but I see lots of cops wearing them. __________________ No woman is worth the heartburn and the one who is won\'t require tums

07-10-2005, 04:53 PM	#8
Polymerhead XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: MO, USA Posts: 1,402	The 5.11 Tactical Vest was made to greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for a duty belt for Police Officers. It's not really meant for citizens who carry with a CCW. They state that the average duty belt weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 lbs, and by the time you try to cram all that into a vest, it's going to have to be fairly big and bulky. That being said, you'd see me in a tac vest way before a fanny pack. They're hilariously stupid. Now, 5.11 DOES make some cool jackets for CCW. They have a sort of goofy 80's stonewashed jeans jacket, but they have a decent looking Monterey jacket that I've thought about picking up for Fall and Winter. __________________ No alarms and no surprises, please.

07-09-2005, 08:52 PM	#4
backstay XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 257	What kind of work. Some jobs a vest would be right and not a dork thing.

07-10-2005, 05:24 PM	#9
Gary G23 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 105	I use the 5.11 vest for IDPA competition. I don't use it a lot on the street because of the reasons already given.

07-10-2005, 08:03 PM	#10
OldRookie XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 7	I use A vest that i bought from COLEMAN. Due to my size I got an xxlarge. The back is vented.Very nice . I think they call it a fishing vest. I use it every time i leave the house. I live in florida and right now it is hot here and i have no problems with it. I carry a XD.40 service in a GALCO FLETCH holster. No problems with printing. My wife says that see can't see a thing.Oh by the way it cost me $40.00 : __________________ 2nd Amendent Use It Or Lose It

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