Howdy comrades. I’m building out a little kit, and I’m being thrifty about it. I need advice for 556 (and 9mm pistol I guess) mag pouches. Are they all the same? Is it possible to go too cheap (ie, Aliexpress)? I want to carry 4 556 mags on this kit, but they have to be split up, since my rig is a vest.
Surplus is your friend. Standard double mag Coyote brown should be cheap enough. Those were my SI when deployed and they worked fine.
I’m mostly getting surplus stuff, but I ended up ordering mag pouches with elastic bands.
I don’t have anything that secures mags with velcro flaps or pull tabs and I’ve never found I needed it doing competitions. It’s not like “brutality” but there is some crawling and going prone and getting up.
I like Esstac KYWI pouches for pistol and rifle mags on my belt. Secure but easy to access mags. It’s not the cheapest, tho there are sales sometimes on some online stores.
Then I have like a stretchy velcro sleeve insert to hold mags in a placard on my plate carrier.
I don’t know whether or not cheap stuff is any good. Condor brand is kind of budget, and it has been fine for me. Seen reviews apparently from troops that have used some of their stuff.
Honestly, I would believe some Chinese stuff could probably be good enough and much cheaper. If it means more money for ammo and training, then it definitely makes sense to me.
