Recent content by Seamus449

I've been looking around the forums for information on becoming a vehicle technician and I've answered several of my own questions doing so. I would still like the opportunity to talk with a reg. force vtech so I could hopefully get a few more of my questions answered and clarify a few details...

Exactly the kind of advice I was looking for, thanks.

No I don't, and thats why I asked because I know gucci kit is quite common, not so much on course, but its certainly widely used on ex's, although I guess a tacvest would probably cross the line, even if it wouldn't really be gucci kit. If I were the only one that was going to be wearing a...

Hahaha thats my concern, that it isn't actual surplus. I asked where it came from and the guy at the counter said it was a sale to the store by an individual... It certainly worth the $80 that it costs though, works out to about $10 for every week I'll be using it this summer, and I'd certainly...

I won't get one until next september unfortunately, and I have a good amount of training to do before then. If it cost $400ish I wouldn't even consider it, but it only costs $80 and has minimal wear and tear.

I wouldn't think that there would be any surplus Tacvests floating around out there but I did see one in a surplus store a few days ago, where it came from I don't have a clue. I won't have a tacvest issued to me until after my courses this summer and I know I should just suck it up and put up...

The wildlife rehab is for young animals unable to survive on their own or wildlife which was domesticated and needs to be re-introduced to the wild before release. The large black squirrel at the center was hand-raised by humans as a young kit (I think thats what they are called). But was sent...

I worked at a wildlife rehab center this past summer and they had squirrels very similar to those, I have no doubt in my mind that if they got on a small-medium dog they could rip chunks out of it, they got a few outta me!

Wow, thats the kind of armour that the Sheridan designers dreamt of. I won't bash it becuase its made of out plastic rather than metal becuase in a lot of cases plastic, or something very similar, has replaced metals in the last few decades.

Yeah, wouldn't be a good situation. I've never worn them though so I thought the change in tinting might happen almost instantaneously, appearently not though eh? I don't mind wearing goggles though, if only they were allowed.

Hahaha a good survey of beret styles. Mine is quite a grotesque "foldover" but thats just because when I went in to get kitted up I had absolutely no clue how it was supposed to fit, and neither did the Cpl I guess, or maybe he just didn't care lol... My unit generally wears there berets in the...

I have a crooked nose so I won't wear glasses of any kind unless ordered to but I don't know why photocromatic lenses aren't allowed? Maybe pyro flashes have enough power in the UV spectrum to darken them??? Which I guess could be a good thing if they change quickly enough.

I've got a pair of riding specific gloves, but they're stiff for race style riding and aren't as flexible as I'd like for low speed maneuvering practice. The gloves I have now are just thin little leather ones that really couldn't be much better, but thin is how they should be for that sort of...

Lol thats a bit too much for me, I'm not looking to spend a whole lot more than $50-$60. For those of you that have had the Hatch tactical gloves I'm looking for some fitting information. Maybe you can tell me the size you take and the size you take in a common peice of military kit to give me a...

So we're 50/50 so far. I really do need something that I can wear a lot and not have it come apart on me with less than a few months use, ideally a few years use  :-X I like my gloves to fit tightly, "like a glove" in fact, without insulation or a whole lot of padding. So if anyone doesn't...