I have made a habit before discarding old things to cut all the straps and buckles off for later use.
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I’ve never been satisfied with the fit of factory load bearing equipment that either did not fit me or the gear I carry and now all my gear is now a composite of pouches that fit my gear assembled to fit me through the use of my collection of old straps and fittings. This kit is made from a MOLLE pouch, 2 Uncle Mikes pouches and belt, a couple of old cheap rifle slings and misc. fitting I have gathered.
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The “Y” suspension was made with a “D” ring.
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I use ALICE clips to fasten to belt.
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Cinch buckles hold pouches or other gear in place on belt.
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I’ve also made some load bearing suspenders from soft straps that support my gun belt. It can get heavy with a big bore handgun, extra ammo, canteen, hatchet or big knife.
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I have developed a system of straps and buckles to assemble my pack board with a variety of kits that can be changed out in less than a minute.
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My 4 season kit uses 60’s era British web gear suspension attached with S-bineers to a variety of MOLLE pouches.
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I have also made suspension using a small MOLLE pack that I use to carry extra climbing gear when needed.
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I also have a shoulder strap I made that can be snapped to just about anything and thrown over my shoulder.
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This assortment of fittings and straps has given me more than just a perfect fitting kit. Being able to reconfigure on the trail means I can adjust it to carry things I find along the way and adjust due to muscle ache or injury. It has become a major component of my mobile base camp concept and all gear is packed in such a way that I can assemble a kit for a specific purpose or terrain in about a minute. I’m always asked where did you get that? A little here and little there and put it together using salvaged fittings. They can be purchased and not expensive but a bit hard to find in stores. The possibilities are only limited by your creativity and well worth the time it takes to cut the fittings off old things before they are thrown away.
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