[swandme]

I am putting together a new rig and looking for insight as to the best angle and location for mag pouches

I am using CR speed Versa pouches for a TruBor

Thanks in advance.

Pic's and video links are great.

SWandME

[G-ManBart]

It depends on you more than anything. Take your gun and index on a target, drop the empty mag and see where your hand goes to naturally when it's reaching for a mag. That's where you want your first pouch. Adjust the angle so your hand/wrist have to move around the least to grab the mag with the basepad in your palm and your finger indexed on the front of the tube. Give yourself enough room between pouches that you won't hit or accidentally grab the wrong one and set them up so that each one requires the least amount of hand/wrist manipulation to grab cleanly. R,

[HSMITH]

I have all of mine at the point of the hip or behind. Production position more or less, for ALL divisions I shoot. It doesn't hurt my reload time, it allows me to bend down and pick things up without mags jabbing me in the gut, and it allows me to assume awkward positions that we see all the time with the most ease.

[Matt Cheely]

Try the default position: 1st mag is in the center of your body, at about a 20-30 degree angle. 2nd is over about 1.5 inches and at 15-20*, 3rd goes at 5-10* and the last might be vertical depending on how large your waist is.

Look at Max's rig in this video: Video

This post has been edited by Matt Cheely: 30 April 2008 - 07:20 AM

[LarryP]

HSMITH, on Apr 30 2008, 07:17 AM, said:

I have all of mine at the point of the hip or behind. Production position more or less, for ALL divisions I shoot. It doesn't hurt my reload time, it allows me to bend down and pick things up without mags jabbing me in the gut, and it allows me to assume awkward positions that we see all the time with the most ease.

+1; and especially if you shoot more then one division. Switching back and forth without a lot of practice may cost you in flubbed reloads in a match.

LP

This post has been edited by LarryP: 28 May 2009 - 06:28 AM

[redwoods]

I placed mine like Saul Kirsh does and Max Michel, but, I end up reaching for the first mag and get the second mag. I practiced a bit and it helped, but unless I am thinking about it, I reach more towards my hip than my belly button. I shot with Todd Jarrett during the Florida open and since he is sponsored by blackhawk, he has vert. mag pouches at his hip and he ended up winning Limited, even with the Army guys there. BTW, the Florida open is 27-32 rounds each stage, 10 stages, so there is reloading in each stage.

I am putting mine where my hand automatically goes everytime. That is the best placement.

Randy

[IronEqualizer]

I too had mine placed in the front on around like the big dogs do but coming from IDPA and still shooting both disciplines I would always finish a stage with that mag still sitting in the center position. After a few months I moved it and now just have them where I naturally reach to. Go with works for you not what you see everyone else doing. That is why they are so adjustable.

AL

[Joe4d]

do a reload in reverse, start indexed on target, bring gun back and drop mag into your week hand lower the mag to your belt, doing that without thinking will give you the natural position and wrist angle.

[al503]

redwoods, on May 28 2009, 07:58 AM, said:

I am putting mine where my hand automatically goes everytime. That is the best placement.

Yup. I watched the Burkett videos and put the first mag up front and center. I would either grab the very end of the first mag or brush it grabbing the second. I then moved the first mag to about 11 o'clock and its perfect there.

[Matt Cheely]

Interesting seeing my older post.

My pouches are at my hip & behind. Works for every division in USPSA and IPSC.

[Odie]

Matt Cheely, on May 28 2009, 02:44 PM, said:

Interesting seeing my older post.

My pouches are at my hip & behind. Works for every division in USPSA and IPSC.

+1