Tacticool as a fashion statement?

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I was talking to someone about this and can't resist. I love the gunstore/gunrange commandos. They have the vests, camo, jack boots, knives and guns strapped everywhere. Usualy they are better armed than your average marine.:D

So really if you think about it this is a fashion statement. Like the BMX/skateboard guys who wear hooded sweatshirts, or the metro sexual guys who wear button down shirts and $200 jeans.

Naturaly they mostly have AR's with 10 pounds of crap stuck on the rails.

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The image has been around for a long time as a humorous look at silliness of hanging lots of "accessories" from every possible attachment point on an AR. Obviously, no one would actually do "this".

Think of it as a "Leggo" gun. You can build something really good with the basic parts, but you can get downright impractical if you just have to use the whole box of bits.
 
Yes, I absolutely agree that anyone who ever attaches any sort of accessory to an AR15 is obviously a mall ninja who's incapable of even rudimentary marksmanship. Truly one gag image that's been circulating the internet for the better part of a decade is indicative of an entire subculture of shooters.

Perhaps next we can have a thread about how all hunters are backwoods hicks and fudds.

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As anti gadget, gizmo, toy stuck on to your gun as I am, there is an obvious need for it the more specialized arena of practical weapons usage.

Some people tack things to their quad rails for a special purpose and others tack things to their quad rail to look like they have special purposes.
 
Perhaps next we can have a thread about how all hunters are backwoods hicks and fudds.
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Isn't that what the 'hunting' venue is for?

In all seriousness, though, i've found that the guys at the range who look like they got some zombie-intel that i didn't, are generally nice dorks who are eager to learn more about our sport.....last time i was at the range i helped one tighten up his groups considerably by telling him how an A2 sight works; he had been using his night sight.
 
OP, please search for the mall ninja thread.
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Let's not bring that crap back :banghead:

This firearm owner elitism can dissapear for all I care.

Yes, I absolutely agree that anyone who ever attaches any sort of accessory to an AR15 is obviously a mall ninja who's incapable of even rudimentary marksmanship. Truly one gag image that's been circulating the internet for the better part of a decade is indicative of an entire subculture of shooters.

Perhaps next we can have a thread about how all hunters are backwoods hicks and fudds.
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Well said.
 
Although I really WOULD like to find a rail mounted beverage holder.

Someone was making one for a while but I haven't seen them in a long time.
 
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Herogear makes it. Someone cleverly decided to mod the mug to find it in the dark.

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I saw that thing. I think it costs more than the rifle :)

No the one I saw was one of those old wire basket can holders like you used to find on boats, with a swivel to keep it upright. That was attached to a rail mount.

It was very trailer trash looking, which of course is why I want it :)
 
I am doing my part to combat this. The only time I don't wear my M-65 field jacket is when I am going to the gun store or the range.

I also sport empty rails on my rifle, just to show it can be done.

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I was talking to someone about this and can't resist. I love the gunstore/gunrange commandos. They have the vests, camo, jack boots, knives and guns strapped everywhere. Usualy they are better armed than your average marine.
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Maybe physically, but not mentally :p

So really if you think about it this is a fashion statement. Like the BMX/skateboard guys who wear hooded sweatshirts, or the metro sexual guys who wear button down shirts and $200 jeans.
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I like to wear hooded sweatshirts, especially in the fall/spring. Sometimes I wear button down shirts with my $25 jeans. Sometimes I wear a buckskin colored carhart jacket and a snow hat. Sometimes I just feel lazy and it's sweater and sweatpants/gym shorts for the day.

What label you got for me?
 
I don't know. I wear button-down shirts for tactical reasons. The collar doesn't interfere with a good gun mount.
 
In all seriousness, I've had a shotgun snag on my collar. Now if I'm at the range or hunting, and I'm wearing a collared shirt, I make sure the collar is button-down style. Solves the problem.

I like collars because they keep the sun and the cold wind off my neck. I've had both bad sunburn and nasty windburn there.:)

So I guess my clothes are "tactical" even if my guns tend not to be.
 
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