Movement and fit with tactical pants
Although I might blog about tactical clothing for the majority of the time, I’m really not a big fan of the whole industry. If you want concealment, putting the name Blackhawk or 5.11 on your clothing falls under the category of “Not Really” if you want to be running stealth operations. I’ve seen enough drug busts go down that anyone working in Narcotics knows this. I’ve often been impressed by the types and looks of some of the people that run Narcotics operations in Philadelphia and how good they are at tricking the bad guys. Sometimes the guys running behind the scenes sitting in cars get to wear the tactical clothing, but not the front men.
Normally the guys doing the fence jumping are the hardest to impress. Those are the guys that call up a day after the wore the clothing and tell us they blew out the tactical pants. I must have worn about 20 different types of pants in the last 4hrs trying to find something that fits me right from my personal experience, movement is something that is really important to me. The number one place guys blow out pants is at the gun range. As soon as they kneel down on the ground they’ll know what the fit and flexibility is. What is claimed as tactical might be all about the looks and pocket designs, but they may not operate with the operator.
I have always been more of a jeans guy and that’s the straight leg style not the baggy pants. I have always been looking for a good pair of CCW pants that really just had nice big hand pockets so I can drop a gun in their and not have to worry about it popping out or sliding out. Regular clothing won’t cut it and there are safety issues with pocket carry if you are not careful. A good pair of CCW pants won’t have the pockets sewn directly into the seams because that will allow the gun to fall out in certain positions. The Woolrich Elite 4909 were too baggy according to our customers although many of same customers that came back for the Eotac version said the Eotac pants were too tight in the thighs and the rear pockets were unnecessary and made the pants look tactical.