Chest or Thigh Rig

[lead_magnet]

Some perspectives that maybe haven't been discussed here yet:

Chest rigs are easy to draw from while in a vehicle. Hard to draw from while prone.

If your wearing a chest rig / vest with a standard belt holster, sometimes the vest can get in the way of drawing the weapon.

I personally don't like thigh rigs because I don't like having my weapon that low. To me its odd while runing and feels insecure. And when drawing it takes just a fraction of a second to get the wepon on target.

Oh, and the worst thing about a thigh right is if your leg gets blown off you can't draw your pistol to take out the guy with the RPG that just pwnd you....think about it.

[Graves]

Oh, and the worst thing about a thigh right is if your leg gets blown off you can't draw your pistol to take out the guy with the RPG that just pwnd you....think about it.

Press X to respawn and go get kill that MF'er back!!

[Irving]

I don't understand the comments about the thigh rigs altering balance. I can't imagine a pound below the waist effecting balance all that much.

Also, while it is not the most efficient or safe (as far as sweeping people), you could probably carry on the waist in a cross draw manner with a pack.

[tmckay2]

the problem i always had with thigh holsters was them not wanting to stay put. i only tried cheap ones and a serpa drop leg, but they all bounced around and felt heavy. anyone know of one that don't do that?

as far as chest goes, i dunno about everyone else but when i backpack by pack is too big with too much going on with it to have a pistol holstered anywhere in the chest, and really its an rei super lightweight back. its a no go for me on the belt too or even on the pack belt because its too fat to put a holster on it. now my hiking day pack is a completely different issue.