SAW Drum Pouch-Bandolier Combo
Think of this as a soft shell ammo box. For those who don’t know, SAW stands for Squad Automatic Weapon; a fully automatic, suppressive fire weapon with a fast rate of fire. This pouch holds 200 rounds (usually 5.56 or 7.62), which are fed through the side opening to the gun via a chain that the rounds are on. Instead of putting a SAW drum magazine in it, put in a bandolier with your ammo inside.
Now, to fully understand how this works, I need to introduce one more thing: Stripper Clips. Stripper clips are a piece of metal that 10 rounds slide onto. This allows for an organized, quiet and quick access system for your primary weapon ammo. The added advantage of using this with a bandolier is most bandoliers come with cardboard inserts. These inserts go between each filled stripper clip so the rounds don’t clink against each other. If you don’t want to use the inserts, you can squeeze 2 or 3 more clips into the pockets of the bandolier. The fact that the bandolier is folded up tight against itself in the drum pouch keeps the rounds from making noise anyway.
With that said, we need to put it all together. First, load up your stripper clips with your primary weapon’s ammo. Then, put the filled clips in the bandolier. As far as I know bandoliers come in either the 4 bigger pocket or 7 smaller pocket versions. You should be able to fit around 150 total rounds (15 clips) in either one. Now, you won’t be able to fit 2 entire bandoliers into the drum pouch. However you can take a second one, cut it in half (so you have 2 big pockets or 3 small ones depending on the bandolier) and you should have enough room to pack in that smaller bandolier with your sidearm ammo or a few more clips of your primary. 2 or 3 pockets should be able to easily fit 90-120 rounds. Just depends on what size caliber (9mm vs. .45) sidearm you are using. Still, that’s 8-12 magazines worth of ammo depending on your mag size.
And don’t worry shotgun lovers, I didn’t forget about you. The SAW pouch works with your extra ammo as well. Grab a few pullout trays and you’ll be good to go. These trays carry 18 shells each and the drum pouch can carry a total of 3 trays. That’s 54 shells in an organized and discreet carrier ready to go at a moment’s notice. If you also have a shell saddle on your shotty and a shell holder sling, you will have plenty of ammo to reload with.http://www.bdstacticalgear.com/pd-bds-tactical-shot-gun-shell-pull-out-tray.cfm
The other huge benefit of this system is it takes advanage of any backpack you bought with MOLLE webbing on it. The SAW pouch attaches to MOLLE platforms. So, you can hang the SAW pouch on the outside of your bag saving you a ton of space inside.
Last thing I want to share with you guys is the actual recharging of your expended magazines. Many people who go to ranges or camps will tell you refilling your magazines is time consuming and it hurts your thumbs. In a situation where you need to quickly reload and go, you don’t have time put in one bullet at a time by pushing them in with your thumb. That’s where the LULAs come in.
StripLULA
As you probably guessed from the name and/or picture, this piece of gear works in conjunction with the stripper clips you have in your bandolier. This tool is amazing. It clips onto your AR-15 magazine and allows you to push in 10 rounds from a stripper clip in the blink of an eye. As you will see in the video below, it also works without clips so you can push in 10 rounds that you manually feed into the LULA itself. This is the quickest way I know of to recharge a magazine that can fit in your pocket. If you know of something else, please let me know.
UpLULA
Last but not least, the LULA for handgun magazines. Same idea in regards to being an awesome piece of gear that makes your life easier, however it’s a slightly different process since handgun magazines are differ from rifle ones. Although it doesn’t feed in multiple rounds at once like the StripLULA, it still speeds up your recharging time and keeps you from having to push the rounds in with your thumb. I’ll let the video explain the rest on this.
Hope that helps everyone cut down on weight and clear out some space in your BOB for when shit hits the fan. Every ounce saved goes a long way especially if you are going to be on foot for awhile.
Be Prepared. Be Smart. Be Incognito.
(8bit) Brandt
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