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You're a better man than I, gunga din.

Maybe I should have phrased that differently.

Kit bag attaches to the lifter straps with grim-loc's

I don't think they offer a kit bag for a 7-1/2 inch barreled revolver. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Tom

Ahh yes, the dreaded Minnesota Grizzly Bear! Always an ever present issue eh!

Funny how someone "Knows" something won't work, when they don't own it, and have never tried it...



I wear an HPG Kit Bag fairly regularly while hunting BG, and carry various handguns ranging from a 5" N Frame .44 Magnum, to a Glock 21 .45 ACP, with no issues.

With a modicum of practice, and proper setup, a reasonably quick presentation of a handgun is pretty simple.

Have him look at a Safariland ALS paddle holster. Solid retention with a really nice thumb release.

Put the paddle on the pack waist strap, mine has some molle webbing sewn on it that the holster just grabs onto.

When you drop your pack, slip the paddle over your belt.

Great holster, IMO

The ALS system kicks azz. I likey.

I saw this on another site. I don't think anyone posted it yet. I Do not own it, but it allows for binocular and handgun chest carry.
https://fhfgear.com/collections/tactical/products/kydex%C2%AE-holster-by-razco-gear

https://www.diamonddcustomleather.com/collections/holsters/products/guides-choice-chest-holster


The guides choice is a well made, very versatile holster. I carry a Super Blackhawk while bowhunting, along with a daypack, and binos on a harness. Its always right there, if needed. I've had mine for at least 6 years now.

The guides choice for me too. When I was looking for something to carry while wearing a backpack, it is what I settled on, and with no regrets. If the zipper packs work for someone, go for it. For me, whether it is just in my head, or what...I don't want to have to run the risk of a zipper catching or missing my grab at a strap. Some of the places I go I too can see myself needing access RFN.

When we hunted out of a base camp it was situated at the base of where a creek drainage split the mountain . Depending on where you hunted that day, one way to get back to camp was hit the drainage, drop down to the creek and follow it down . As you got lower you would run into where the beavers were making dams and quite a bit of willows/alders. It was thick but cattle and game usually had a trail through it.

One night my pard came down that trail (most nights that hunt) and bumped into a bear. He never saw the bear, but figured it was only 15 or 20 feet away when it started popping it's teeth and roaring. He said it blew away through about fifty feet of that thicket before it stopped and started popping and growling again, then it crashed off up the other side.

Bryan is a fairly accomplished pistol shot, did pretty good at Bianchi cup and shoots IDPA regular like.

He told me that night back at camp that if he had his pistol in his hand he probably wouldn't have had time to raise it if the bear had charged him and that it covered that first fifty or so feet so fast that he doubts he could have drawn in the time it took to realize what was happening.

We're getting older and carry for varied reasons (another thread maybe) but not cause we think we might stop a charge. Having the gun, fak, fire starter, on me when I drop the day pack is nice though. My system I can do that with the Kit bag or not. Kit bag works well though.

This is sort of what I’ve been looking for to pair with my AGC bingo pack. I’d prefer it was integrated behind the bino compartment rather than suspended below.