How is it to draw from? That is one of my concerns about any of the packs.
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A slow draw is one of the trade-offs for the pack. In "03(ish), I attended a well known multi-day course that was light centric. One of the other students was an army guy that did mostly low vis work. He brought the pack (I think a classic Eagle version) to evaluate its performance under those conditions. He was slower on the line than the rest of us but the pack did what it was supposed to do which was carrying more than just a pistol and reload in that kind of place for that kind of work.
I have one of the old Eagle packs that works just fine for such things. Mine routinely carried a pistol, mags, med gear, and cell phone in a place in which common sense dictated I have them but policy prohibited openly visible carry. It was even comfortable for shorter runs or other forms of exercise. FWIW, the HPG snubby kit bag carries the same gear but is more comfortable during PT runs.
Regarding draw speed, as well as to deal with the tendency of a “fanny pack” to cause back aches, the Safepacker, from The Wilderness dot com, worn on a belt, is somewhat like a “fanny pack,” but is on-body carry, with a flap securing the weapon. A bit of ingenuity can set-up a small magnet to keep the flap closed, resulting in a quite fast draw, about equivalent to AIWB, if the fastex buckle is not fastened.
A Safepacker does not, however, carry much more than than a weapon and a mag/speed-loader.
Does it have a place in the gun compartment to tie the lanyard on a trigger guard holster / sheath?
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Here's my mountain bike setup.
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High Above Cascades "Cascadia 4" fanny pack with twin water bottle sleeves.
Right appendix is a Wilderness Safepacker with a J frame.
Left is a Wilderness Phonepacker with my cell.
If the weather looks favorable I plan on doing a solo 30 mile night trail ride in the Guadalupe Mtns. (mountain lion central) tonight with this setup.
Decided to try a Tommy's Gun Pack. Ordered one off of Ebay. Found a NOS medium. I'll let you all know how it works out after it arrives. I imagine I will get it in a week or so.
The Tommy's gun pack arrived last night. Nice little pack. Little being the key word. Turns out is is a small, not a medium like the seller indicated. My G19 and 3" revolvers will not fit.
I suppose I can carry my P365 in it. Hill People Gear is out of stock of the colors I want right now. Looks like my fanny pack drawer may end up looking like my holster drawer. Rats! I was hoping to avoid that.