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It's a "cutaway", real steel vests have them in case you end up in deep water or trapped in a confined space, usually there's a handle on the front of the vest that when yanked causes the vest to fall apart. Great for safety, but an absolute pita when your mates keep yanking on it?. Most people cable tie it so it can't be pulled.

You can still get them, but the thread size might be an issue ?.

Helicoil it ?, & if the fit feels good then secure with a 2 part adhesive, maybe even JB weld.

Time to spank the dirty dog page with facts on their resident scammer ?

I'm not but the OP may well be. No offense, new member joins & immediately offers a grands worth of rocking horse shit, based upon recent problems the forums been having with new members contacting "wanted ad buyers" with non existent kit, it was always gonna get the spider senses tingling.

Unfortunately no.3 fuelled the all the stupid cnuts in to rushing out to get a malinois (or maligators as they're affectionately known), unfortunately there's now hundreds in rescues facing uncertain futures?

Prove it, let's see the pics with relevant date & username written within them ?

FFS Pete, why, no wonder he's ghosting you. You need to get on to paypal & your bank, there's a slim chance he's a longtime paypal member, if this is the case then you may be able to convince them he's purposely committing fraud, if you have pms showing he actively asked for f&f for whatever reason, screenshot them & forward to paypal, same for your bank as it was your funding source. While odds aren't great, they have to investigate if you claim its fraud. Do this immediately, if his paypal account is new, there's a possibility of a delay in him being able to withdraw funds, not entirely sure about f&f but it's worth a try.

Start a paypal dispute, why give him a week if he hasn't even given you an excuse for not responding. If he doesn't respond to them, you'll get your money back quicker, & even if he does come back with an excuse, valid or not, DONT EVER stop a paypal dispute until you've either got your money, or the items (& your happy with them), as once stopped it can't be restarted. Seriously, I'm amazed at how many sellers are super quick with comms etc right up until they're paid, & then become sloth-like or ghost you?

As @gavinkempsell said, nylon respirator pouch makes a great first aid bag, you can attach it to your belt order or clip a strap to the handily positioned D rings on the back, probably one of the best bits of kit in the 58 pattern loadout.

No plans to start knocking them out ?? ?

Hey Jez, weren't you doing an electronic sound grenade of some sort, on the back-burner for now ?

DOH, why didn't I think of that?‍?

@Mrchrissyb1984 care to respond ?

@Jaylordofwaargh 58 pattern was my issued kit, the kidney pouches were meant for your sustainment kit, mess tins/ratpacks etc, & socks/footpowder etc, essentially for when the shit hits the fan & you have to leg it, you've got enough in your battle order to survive independently for a few days, but as far as pouches go, the kidney pouches were only ever meant to be accessible when your rigs off. But unless you're planning on doing 36+hrs milsims or similar, they're totally unsuitable for airsoft skirmish days, same goes for the poncho roll, just annoying when it slaps on your arse when running (we used to clip ours above the kidney pouches, much more stable). As for the holsters, they were hardly ever issued because very few had access to pistols anyway, literally you signed out a pistol if you were on guardhouse duty etc, & you were handed a belt with holster attached, which went back in to the armoury with the browning at the end of your stag, so it's no wonder hardly any made it on to the surplus market. But there was a shoulder holster issued too, not leather, same material as your webbing & designed to be worn over your smock, you might get lucky & find one of those ?

I'd be reluctant using them based on just the email response times alone, is it another "one man band" operation ?

Love the fact he says he needs to get rid of his as "it takes up much needed space"...........but you want to swap it for something else that will also fill your "much needed space" Is it half term again already ffs?

Brandon, still in the wrong place, this section is for people asking for a valuation on stuff they're thinking of selling. You need to post in the "electric rifles" section. You'll need to quote its fps too.

When it comes to friends & family payments, a wise man once said "only risk what you can afford to lose"

Unfortunately scammers are drawn to the Wanted ads like flies on shit, after all half of the work is done, they know what you want so now all they need to do is convince you they've got it, which they'll do using somebody else's pictures. As long as people remember to only pay using something like PayPal goods & services, never friends & family or bank transfer, always keep the comms here, don't be tempted to use WhatsApp or other encrypted comes that the seller suggests. Ask plenty of questions, request photos of the kit with obscure items in them, pint of milk & copy of a UK paper or similar, & if you've got the slightest concerns or the seller pressures you, walk away, nothing we play with is worth the stress of being scammed out of your hard earned. Oh yeah, & ALWAYS report the seller to the mods, as well as discuss it in the open with other forum members, keeping g scammers out is like trying to hold back the sea, but knowledge is power overs these jizzbuckets, so share it.

Got a link to the pistol ?

Knobitch makes one. https://eu.novritsch.com/product/portable-gas-container/

I bet they sucked all that lovely lead based paint off them too ?

It's a 26bb mag but less gas capacity than a hi capa, so it's always gonna struggle to empty, but it will improve a little as the weather gets warmer. Don't think of it as a hindrance, had it been real steel you'd only get 8 shots at best. If the trip back to the safezone is a pain, consider getting a smaller refillable gas can to carry in game, along with a speedloader.

Good luck, discontinued apparently, & none in stock anywhere as you're already aware. Best bet is a wanted ad maybe, but watch out for the scammers, they'll be on you like a tramp on chips.