Kydex craziness...

This Kydex foolishness has to stop.

It just plain has to.

They probably don't deserve it but I'm pointing at those guys.  You know ... Costa-Haley Effect ... CHE!

Yep, the CHE is what started this Kydex craziness but no one is putting the breaks on it.  I mean seriously look at that belt.  Just taking a look at this guys pistol mags and all the real estate that's being taken up because of kydex instead of normal pouches, all I can do is shake my head at the madness.

I could easily double up if not quadruple the number of pistol mags that he's carrying with a simple equipment change.

Same goes with the M-16 mags.  In the space of one of those kydex holders, I could fit an old style pouch and triple up on the number of mags...so instead of two M-16 mags I could carry 6.

But what really has me worried is that this is making its way into the Marine Corps via shops that should know better.  Places like the Marine Corps Marksmanship Program.

Yeah, send our guys to 3 gun matches but stick with combat marksmanship.  Turning our weapons into race guns isn't doing the fleet any good and that 19 year old that's been doing 3 gun instead of football will still eat up the Sgt that we send that's had 3 combat deployments and 20 confirmed kills.

The sports just don't translate.  And neither does the gear or the gear setups.  More Jungle and Arctic training will totally change our gear setups.

I can't wait to see it.  In the mean time, this Kydex craziness makes about as much sense as a kydex holster for a can of dip....oh wait.  They did that too.