Tactical Pants?

[CZShooter]

I've worn my "concealment" vest to work after having shot a match. Most people commented that they thought I'd just been fishing. When you live on Lake Michigan, this kind of dress in pretty much the "norm". I think that we, as defense enthusiast, read more into this wardrobe than the general public does.

[tombogan03884]

 

Well Tom, the website I referenced above has an vast assortment of sizes and colors waiting for you..... 

Oh my, I just can't decide between the $146 hunter orange or the $136 silver "onion skin". What ever shall I do ?

Probably get surplus Camo  and some of that RIT dye for a total of $21.50.

[PegLeg45]

Get mine from Cabela's. Very durable pants...heavy, but pliable and comfortable. They have had them on sale at times for as little as $15. No cargo pockets on this model but they do have the same type with extra pockets. I use a 1 3/4" heavy leather belt (like a Galco Fancy Stitch) from Classic Old West Styles. I can hide my Glock 27 in a SERPA well and two spare mags in mt offside pocket.
As others have mentioned, my appearance would probably say 'contractor' or in some areas 'farmer', depending on whether I have on a cap or a Resistol.



http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat21082-cat601901&id=0027054922342a&navCount=1&podId=0027054&parentId=cat601901&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IK&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601233&hasJS=true

[storm1911]

I wear a variety of "fishing" pantss from Bass Pro Shops. They LOOK like sportsman's pants with out the tacticool look. Lots of usefull pockets, loops, and various flaps and zippers. Never had a problem carrying CCW with a Glock 33, Waltjher PPK,. and two spare magazines each. (The Glock has full sized model 31 mags for spare in a left front deep pocket.) Being a land surveyor allows me to look "outdoorsish" without standing out.

[TexGun]

JOKING...JOKING!!!

Here's a thought...there is absolutely nothing wrong with buying your clothes from Blackhawk, EOTAC or 5.11...I've found them to be better made and far more durable than consumer copies from Columbia or even REI, where I do most of my shopping. IMHO, what you do want to avoid is a costume or uniform, anything that makes you stand out in a crowd or would cause someone's eyes to pause on you. Costumes and/or uniforms (although in the context we're using here, they are the same thing) stand out, that's why people like cops wear uniforms. Check it out next time you're in a crowd...your eyes will linger on people in even a faux or defacto uniform.

Michael B



Along that line, I just received 2 pair of EOTAC "discreet" tactictal pants, one in denim and one in khaki.  So far I like them a lot.

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On to "contractor casuel"

Please, please stop buying that stuff... You guys have raised the prices and made it harder to find.( atleast the "real" stuff, the knock offs are easy to find)

Some of us have to live in that stuff... beleave me, as soon as I'm done working it comes off.

[DonWorsham]

Guide Gear 8-pocket Carpenter Jeans

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=358088

The pocket on the left holds my cellphone. The two pockets on the right hold my knife and keys. This leaves the front pockets to hold my money and my gun. I cut the hammer loop off. Hard to beat at $13-16 dollars. Not very tactical however. Or are they?

[Pathfinder]

Guide Gear 8-pocket Carpenter Jeans

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=358088

The pocket on the left holds my cellphone. The two pockets on the right hold my knife and keys. This leaves the front pockets to hold my money and my gun. I cut the hammer loop off. Hard to beat at $13-16 dollars. Not very tactical however. Or are they?

Et te, Don?  I was hoping this thread would just unravel quietly.   

Actually, if you had left the hammer loop on, they would provide even nicer camo - blends in almost anywhere these days.

Cargo pants are fine if you're into that kind of thing. It's when they are emblazoned with the 5.11 or Blackhawk logos/tags, then it comes across as posing. I sure don't consider anyone wearing 5.11 at the mall a real operator. Maybe a mall ninja, but not a real operator.

Did I already tell this story? Female friend went on a date with a USAF Col. He told her - first date mind you - that he was a covert operator and that there were 2 other operatives watching his back (I think he actually said watching his "6"). She never understood why it took me so long to stop laughing when she told me this.

Posers!   

[fightingquaker13]

I don't know about this cargo stuff. Here in sunny south Florida, my neighboring burg of Riviera Bch (it aint' either) decided to go on an anti-gang binge. One of the items on the agenda was cracking down on the sagging, baggy pants thing. If your underwear shows, its a $100 ticket for a first offence, 30 days for a second, All you middle aged guys with 1911s, extra mags, first aid kits etc. are bound to be in trouble I think here's a loophole for a plumbers union card.
fightingquaker13
PS I'm not making this up.

[Rob Pincus]

While, we're plugging our preferred pants, I wear Jean Shop jeans more than anything else.... as seen in this video, I think they help me shoot faster. 
http://www.icetraining.us/video_view.php?id=9

 


-RJP