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MULTIPLE HOICE ROUND L O A D U P W I T H T H

THE MAG POUCH THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU

OVER THE 16 YEARS OF PUBLISHING AIRSOFT INTERNATIONAL
AND ITS SISTER MAGAZINE RAIDER AND RECENTLY GEAR
UP, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD OUR
FAIR SHARE OF MAGAZINE POUCHES. THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT MANUFACTURES ON THE MARKET WE COULD FILL
AN ENTIRE ISSUE WITH WHAT IS ON OFFER TO THE AIRSOFT
COMMUNITY. MOST MANUFACTURERS ALSO PRODUCE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT POUCHES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT MAGAZINE
ROUNDS AS WELL SO THINGS CAN GET REALLY CONFUSING.
IN REALITY, THERE ISN'T SUCH A THING AS THE "BEST"
MAGAZINE POUCH AS EACH DIFFERENT POUCH WILL HAVE ITS
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. IN A LOT OF CASES THE
COST IS "KING" BUT LET'S TAKE A SLIGHTLY MORE IN-DEPTH
LOOK INTO THE MAGAZINE MARKET AND HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT
MAKE THAT DECISION ON WHAT MAGAZINE POUCH YOU SHOULD
BUY, A LITTLE LESS PAINFUL.
Magazine placement is as important as on the right-hand side of the belt, you're Today's manufacturing process is now
the choice of magazine, for example, a right-handed shooter so your magazines predominately done using laser cut proprietary
you’ll hear real world shooters talking should be placed on the left-hand side of your laminates, which describes the materials and
about their "weak side" we have belt. The same can be said for plate carriers, production process used in laminate materials
covered this before. Still, this term by keeping your magazine pouches to the using laser cut machinery.
essentially refers to the side of your left-hand side of the carrier they are more
body or hand you don't do much with accessible and easier to reach then placing
other than feed or stabilise your rifle. them on the right side. TYPES OF MAGAZINE POUCH
What you don't want to do is take your Another important factor is the capacity The most popular magazine pouches used in
finger off the trigger (so to speak) to of the magazine you use. High cap users the airsoft community fall into four very distinct
perform a reload. In right-handed obviously won't need as many mag pouches as types, closed top, open top, bungee retention
shooters, this is your left-hand side and low cap users. The manufacturing process of and Thermoplastic mag pouches. But if you are
the reverse for left-handed shooters. pouches was nearly always undertaken using looking to buy or already have a plate carrier
It's logical especially when you come Cordura or nylon and double stitching to make with a Kangaroo magazine pouch, then the
to battle belts. If you holster a pistol strong, durable pouches. choice has been made for you.

PRIMARY POUCHES SECONDARY POUCHES This is how the majority of the Ai crew run their
load outs and the principle is the same for any plate
MAGAZINE UTILITY carrier, chest rig or belt order. On the odd occasion
when we all run together as a team, we try and make
FLASH BANG MEDICAL sure that important pouches are in the same place on
everyone's kit and that the whole team are familiar
SMOKE HYDRATION with eachother's platform and load out configuration.
RADIO TOOL/ADMIN Doing so allows us to work that little bit more effiently
and hopefully stay in the fight for longer.

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