Royal r511 vest.

[Rickstir]

Love this thing. Now I know some say it shouts "man with gun".

I live in a small, rurual, outdoor oriented county in NorthEast MO. We have a hugh reservoir right next to town. Tourists and locals both wear fishing vests in spring and summer. They wear upland game hunting vests in the fall.

I am a big one, 320 pounds about 6.2. Kind of pear shaped. This style of carry is perfect for me. I can wear an OWB or tuck one in the breast pocket of the vest. I put a Beretta 92FS in it and asked by wife where the gun was. She guessed wrong. Not bad for a full size pre-ban autoloader.

I do need more pockets and this vest sure has them. I have run out of toys to put in the vest pockets, but you can always buy more toys

I bought the tan one, but I am putting a green one on my birthday list. And the quality of the workmanship is second to none.

 

[joelr]

The whole "shouts man with gun" thing is, all in all, pretty silly, and pretty much an insider thing. People who don't read the gun mags, and don't know that vests, fanny packs, and such are supposed to "shout man with gun" don't seem to notice.

Where I live, fanny packs are very common in the summer, and vests while less so, still pretty common; almost nobody outside of the gun community notices.

Hell, last week I was carrying a 1911 in a Wilderness Gun Pack, without drawing any untoward attention. Mostly a matter of attitude, rather than anything else.

 

[Bainx]

I tried one of these on once and when I looked in the mirror, I appeared to be wearing a huge potatoe sack.

Plumb goofy lookin' on me.

 

[Unisaw]

I haven't tried one because I know it wouldn't pass the laugh test. Laugh test = if wife and kids would roll on the floor laughing, I shouldn't wear it.

 

[joelr]

Each to his own, I guess. I've often worn baggy stuff with lots of pockets over the years; it's the geek thing.

Back when my younger daughter was in diapers, it was very handy to be able to carry all of the gear -- the spare diapers, wipes, changing pad -- in a vest, along with all the other junk (PDA, cell phone, pens, checkbook, etc.) that I tend to lug around.

 

[BerettaNut92]

I don't think it shouts 'man with a gun' as much as it does 'dork without a fishing pole'

 

[Gordon]

The coolest outer garmet on earth!

 

[strambo]

I don't think it shouts 'man with a gun' as much as it does 'dork without a fishing pole'

Whoa, hold up Skunk. What do you wear while supervising your Mall Security guards?