Heads up on a concealment vest/jacket

[Warren]

Check out all the pockets!

I searched, but this does not seem to have been posted here before.

I'm planning to buy one of these but have not made up my mind which one yet.

All the other vests just don't look right to me, they say either "this guy has a gun" or "this guy is a major dork".

I've been looking for a vest for a while, something with a lot a pockets because of the stuff I carry for work and all the other stuff I carry.

The beauty of these is that if you carry electronics you can wire them up inside the jacket. No more loose wires hanging about. The versions with solar panels allow you to charge your devices as you carry them about.

For gunnies the appeal is plenty of pockets for your BUG(s), reloads, accessories, gun periodicals, cleaning kits, extra gun, ear muffs, eye protection, hide-out gun, pain pills for your back, reloading equipment, your main CCW piece, shopping list, leftovers from lunch, and a small orchestra to play your theme music as you walk down the street.

I'm just kidding about some of those items, gun periodicals HA! But it looks like a The Answer to the question I was asking.

H2L

 

[Warren]

Just came to me that if you add the vest to a Utilikilt you could carry a whole amory on your body.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Just what vest model do you mean? Your link did not directly open a page showing the vest.

While you think other vests scream gun or major dork, that will be nothing compared to you wearing the vest and a kilt. Dork would be a compliment at that point.

 

[SnakeEater]

Cool vest but for $130 I think not.

 

[sm]

Yesterday I wore my Eddie Bauer Elkhorn tan canvas shirt as a overshirt , two shirt pockets.

Today I wore a Duck Head 100% heavy cotton shirt in Forest Green , as a overshirt, two shirt pockets.

An extra mag will fit in the shirt pockets. I added some weight to the bottom to allow the shirt to "throw back" better if I need to access something in a hurry. I have other shirts done this way too.

Oh...I bought these one year during an after 25th of Dec sale. I paid $12 each for them.

Vests down here scream gun. I even stopped wearing my trout fishing vest when I fish.

I'm just some older guy wearing a overshirt he bought on sale for a light jacket.

You could ask Preacherman where my CCW gun was, shirt tail tucked in, no cover garment, when he I met and went out to eat. Hint: no I don't have a mouse gun, and no ankle holsters.

 

[Preacherman]

Y'know, the mind boggles... a vest with 30 pockets (42 if you include the fleece inner), wired with solar panels to recharge batteries? What happens if pocket #22 contains something that leaks onto the charger wires, thus causing your cellphone in pocket #19 to short out, which in turn generates heat, discharging your CCW piece in pocket #27?

 

[TheEgg]

"this guy is a major dork".

You are worried about this, but are then contemplating purchasing what has to be the early 21st century equivalent of a super powered pocket protector?

Go ahead -- wire your "smart" gun into your I-Pod and your WI-FI enabled PDA installed in your solar powered coat or vest. This way, you can easily document the moment whe you realize you have turned into super-geek, will never have a date again, and decide to blow your brains out!

 

[AZLibertarian]

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I added some weight to the bottom to allow the shirt to "throw back" better if I need to access something in a hurry.

Maybe I'm envisioning something overly complex here, but I'm interested in more details on how you did this. I, too, use overshirts (usually denim) during the cooler months here in AZ. In the summer, I almost exclusively wear hawaiian shirts, sometimes as overshirts.

While they're obviously uber-tactical, I've avoided the "I'M CARRYING A GUN UNDER MY 5.11" vest. Something with 42 pockets will confuse the hell out of me. I've had success with the $19 fleece vest I bought a couple of years ago.