My truck AR seems like a good idea now

[LittleLebowski]

You know you can't wield a FAL unless you are wearing short shorts, right?

And?

[MistWolf]

You know you can't wield a FAL unless you are wearing short shorts, right?

Only if you slather the FAL in baby poop with a sock

[Doug]

In the past few years (probably starting around November 2015) I've gone from being content out and about:
With just my CCW.
To my CCW plus throwing an additional pistol and a couple mags into my daypack.
To my CCW, daypack w/pistol and mags and an AR in the truck.
To my CCW, larger daypack w/pistol, mags and IIIA vest, AR in the truck.
To my CCW, larger daypack w/pistol, mags and IIIA vest, AR in the truck and occasionally a plate carrier next to the AR.
The step up to IIIA and now plates has been in the last 3 months.
We are starting to live in interesting times and shits going exponentially crazy even in the middle of nowhere conservative areas I live and travel through.

just got a IIIA soft panel vest. Never thought I would but just seemed like good insurance like a fire extinguisher. I can take the panel out and put in my backpack.

[shane45]

The FAL, which I love and have had a few DSA'S, falls apart for me in the short pistol varient. 308 ballistics in a short barrel seem to be inferior to 300blk unless I missed something.

[blues]

Damn, I should've kept my gear when I submitted my papers to Uncle Sam.

[JodyH]

just got a IIIA soft panel vest. Never thought I would but just seemed like good insurance like a fire extinguisher. I can take the panel out and put in my backpack.

I just put the entire vest in the laptop sleeve.
That way I have "backback" armor while wearing the backpack, plus I have a vest by pulling it out and donning it.

[EPF]

I just put the entire vest in the laptop sleeve.
That way I have "backback" armor while wearing the backpack, plus I have a vest by pulling it out and donning it.

That sounds like a cool idea, but I’m having a hard time picturing it. Do you fold the vest?

[JodyH]

My current back seat daypack:
Savotta Jääkäri small pack from Finland.
It has a few general use items (knives, multi-tool, 550 cord, fire stuff, convenience stuff, TP, emergency bivy sack), a pretty heavy first-aid/blow out kit, Glock 17 w/19 round mag, 33 round mag.
LBT First Responder carrier with IIIA soft armor.

[Totem Polar]

Damn, I should've kept my gear when I submitted my papers to Uncle Sam.

For sure—you could have used the 80s shorts with a FAL.

[JodyH]

That sounds like a cool idea, but I’m having a hard time picturing it. Do you fold the vest?

My work backpack is for a 17" gaming laptop, so the sleeve area is plenty large enough for a concealable soft vest and my ultralight 15" laptop as well.
My truck day pack is just a sack style so I slide my larger carrier inside first then stuff other stuff down in front of it.