The Ultimate Guide To Tactical Pants

[randy]

Shot a Navy Rifle Ribbon match* once when stationed in Hawaii. I was using my personal AR-15 and the targets were reduced bulls eyes at 25 Meters.

During my course of fire it was like someone had mounted a fire hose above me pointed straight down. At one point visibility dropped to where I couldn't see the target and I had to blow water out of my rear sight a time or 2. But I was able to finish the damned course and got a qualifying score (although I was trying to get a medal level score).


* Navy Rifle Ribbon matches in Hawaii in the late 80's were opportunities for personnel to qualify for the various levels of the Navy marksmanship awards. They were held on weekends so that off-duty personnel could have an opportunity to qualify that they might not be able to get officially. Staffed by volunteer instructors who were authorized to sign off on the paperwork.

Since I was assigned to a joint command, the AF would accept Navy paperwork for an "other service award", and since I brought my own rifle/pistol and ammo, and was willing to let others use my firearms, the instructors had no problem with giving me a slot.

[Kommander]

Here's what's really scary, there's a tacticalunderpants.com I'm too chicken to try out the url at work, so I used whois. It's paid for through March 2011.

Note... I didn't go to that website... do don't sue me if you get fired.

Just tried it. It just a slate gray page with nothing on it.

[SoupOrMan]

Every review of tactical pants needs to use this song since using "Men in Tights" would seem weird.

I find the term "tactical pants" to be silly and undeserving of consideration, but "military-based cargo-pocket trousers modified for police/fire/EMT/everyone else" tends to get a litle unwieldy as does "YAY MORE POCKETS Trousers." So "tactical pants" it is.

Also, the tagline for tacticalunderpants.com should be "Preventing Black Ops from becoming Brown Ops."

[Combat Controller]

Every review of tactical pants needs to use this song since using "Men in Tights" would seem weird.

I find the term "tactical pants" to be silly and undeserving of consideration, but "military-based cargo-pocket trousers modified for police/fire/EMT/everyone else" tends to get a litle unwieldy as does "YAY MORE POCKETS Trousers." So "tactical pants" it is.

Also, the tagline for tacticalunderpants.com should be "Preventing Black Ops from becoming Brown Ops."

LOL, I love your sense of humor. That is my new sig line. You are probably the most quoted member of this forum.

[SoupOrMan]

And people say that we bureaucrats provide no value for our paychecks!

[DwightG]

LOL, I love your sense of humor. That is my new sig line. You are probably the most quoted member of this forum.

Yes, I didn't look at this thread until after I'd seen you quote Soup in your tag line. My wife was wondering what I was laughing about!

Shot a Navy Rifle Ribbon match* once when stationed in Hawaii. I was using my personal AR-15 and the targets were reduced bulls eyes at 25 Meters.

During my course of fire it was like someone had mounted a fire hose above me pointed straight down. At one point visibility dropped to where I couldn't see the target and I had to blow water out of my rear sight a time or 2. But I was able to finish the damned course and got a qualifying score (although I was trying to get a medal level score).

Reminds me of pre-qual and qual day on the rifle range at Camp Pendleton during boot camp. Think cow, flat rock. I discovered that a wet M14 throws a spray when firing about like having your face next to a puddle when a truck drives through it. Having to wear glasses, the water in the aperture is small peanuts compared to the spray on my running lights. Don't recall how I scored on pre-qual day but it was BAD. It was very educational though. I fancied myself a rifle shooter and wasn't sure I could face my Dad when I came home on leave if I went non-qual. So, on qualification day, I fastidiously kept my rifle under my poncho until time to go to the firing line and had a towel under my utility shirt around my neck to wipe off the rifle and my glasses if needed. It worked and I fired platoon high expert. I was very proud of that and it's been valuable over the years. I've found that with that and four dollars I can get a cup of coffee almost anywhere!

[HTRN]

The fact that tacticalpants.com not only exists, but there's enough of a diversity in the market place that 1. it has to, and 1. it can survive as a viable business...

That just disturbs me.

A 100 years ago, PT Barnum's infamous quote was about the gullibility of a large percentage of the population.

Today, it's a valuable marketing plan.


HTRN

[g-man]

I have a couple of pairs of the LA Tactical pants with the calf pockets. I picked them up specifically because I had taken to keeping my wallet in the left calf pocket of my ACU pants while in Iraq and they were the only pants I could find at the time that even had the calf pockets. Once I realized I didn't have to A: sit on my Constanzaesque wallet and B: Can access said wallet while sitting in the car without having to unbuckle my seatbelt or wallow around to access thigh-pockets, there wasn't really another option. At $19.99 a pair (or less when they're on sale), I can overlook a little extra stitching that needs trimming when I get them. They've held up really well, and I don't care that they're 'Tactical', just that they have the damn calf pockets for less than $50 a pair.

[rightisright]

Soup once again makes me laugh my proverbial ass off!

I was at a charity pistol match last Saturday. All us old farts, with over 25 years of cop experience, were wearing blue jeans. All the young bucks were wearing tactical trousers from 511 or Blackhawk. Coyote tan seems to be the preferred color these days.

The guy that won the match was wearing cut-off jungle fatigues, knee length rubber boots, and a Vietnam era boonie hat. It was raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock. I think he was the only guy who could see the targets.

Reminds me of the guy who used to show up to our motocross races 20 odd years ago in jeans, a t-shirt, work boots and a beat up 3 year old bike. He consistently smoked the s*&+ out of all of us with our new bikes, chest protectors, motocross boots, padded pants, etc... Skill is no match for equipment!

[blackeagle603]

Reminds me of the guy who used to show up to our motocross races 20 odd years ago in jeans, a t-shirt, work boots and a beat up 3 year old bike. He consistently smoked the s*&+ out of all of us with our new bikes, chest protectors, motocross boots, padded pants, etc... Skill is no match for equipment!

Back in the 70's we used to call some guys "Half Shell Harry." You know the sort. They'd show up at poker runs or the local Saturday short track event on an ancient BSA Trophy Trail or 60's era Montessa wearing a half shell helmet and pie plates for number plates. He'd get laughed at by the kids in the in the pits with their fancy Rickmans and purty tailored leathers daddy had bought them. Then Half Shell Harry would proceed to put on a show of old man skill and savvy on the track that shut everyone up.

I pitted for a pro-flat tracker friend who incognito to a local short track like that on an street legal enduro and proceeded to put on a show. Good times.