Overtime we’ll be reviewing many different types of mag pouches, but to start with we’re looking at one of the classic’s. Click on any of the pics for a larger image...
Flyye’s Double Mag Pouch for SA80 and M4 mags is a straightforward design that will put up with the harshest of use. Made from Invista Cordura and stitched with Milspec 4 stream nylon bonded thread this is as tough, if not tougher than many of the issue pouches out there. As anybody knows who’s had to lug the stuff around, ammo is heavy, and 120 rds in 4 mags needs a robust pouch just for walking around. One of the main issues with buying kit made from unknown material is it could be good, or it might not be. Till you test it you just can’t tell, and a firefight isn’t the place to be doing that. Milspec stitching is a way that some manufactures make their kit sound good, but if the material that the kit is made from is not tough enough under weight it could fail with the Milspec thread cutting through it like cheese wire. Using Invista Cordura, Flyye have got a material that can deal with this. I’m not going to go into why this is in this review, but I’ll pin an article up explaining it all later.
Ok, on to the pouch itself. As I said it can take 4 SA80/M4 mags, or any NATO 5.56 mags apart from the G36/SIG variant style locking mags. These mags, due to their being wider than two ‘normal’ mags are a bit too wide for the pouches. Now because you might not always have two mags to put in each pouch it’s got a heavy-duty elastic strip running around each one. With just one mag in it, it holds it nice and tight. That’s as tight or even tighter than the single shingle/CQB mag pouches out there. In fact if you tuck the double-layered pouch flap behind the mag, that’s pretty much what you’ve got, only with this pouch you can put a pistol/radio etc into it as well.
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As I mentioned the pouch has a double-layered flap. This is the bit that gets the most use and abuse, especially when your hugging the dirt and then crawling though it. From our own experiences, and from members of the forces that are using this kit for real, we like Velcro, big bits of it. It’s quick in opening and closing, and unlike a buckle won’t give out on you all of a sudden if it breaks. Obviously Velcro is noisy, but once the firefight has started who cares.
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The back of the pouch is obviously MOLLE, but Flyye as a standard stitch tough plastic strips into each of the PALS straps that thread though your webbing. Not only does this make them tough, but it’s a whole lot easier to thread as well. The popper studs are branded with the Flyye logo but are made in Germany. These are very tough, but if you thread the pouch properly it shouldn’t matter even if their secured with chewing gum. I’ll post a thread later on the correct way to do this, but it’s about as simple as you can get.
All the pictures shown have been with the Ranger Green Double Mag Pouch, but the single is just the same, only taking 2 mags instead of 4.
Takes 4 M4 or SA80 mags
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