Low Profile Set Up
I picked up a new 10.5 inch AR Pistol as my new around town “just need to get home” gun. I don’t need to reach out and touch anyone at distance, I just need something more substantial than a pistol if anything pops off and I have to get home from running errands in town.
Ever since I got it the question always was “how do I ‘conceal’ this thing in my car?” I don’t just want a long gun hanging out in the back seat attracting any undue attention. And I wanted a way to keep everything that would go with it organized.
In comes the Bulldog Cases “Ultra Compact” AR 15 Discreet Carry Case. What a mouth full. It fit the bill perfectly. It holds the rifle, plus two extra full-size mags, a chest rig (UW Gear of course), and a belt-mounted IFAK. One of the main reasons I picked this case was that it doesn’t scream “gun” like so many of the other soft gun cases do, especially with the external mag pouches and velcro fields for pouches. I don’t want any of that for my “low profile” setup. I want something that looks like it could hold anything.
10.5 inch PSA pistol with Primary Arms 1x Prism.
The other side of the case with the UW Gear Low Profile chest rig and the LBT belt-mounted IFAK. I’ll be doing a follow on post about this.
This setup fits pretty well in almost any vehicle and doesn’t take up too much space. The other big plus I like about this is that everything is all together in one case. I don’t have to go digging for all of this if I need to boogie. For the price point, which is around $50 depending on where you go to get it, you really can’t beat it. What setup do you have for keeping your go-to rig set up and together?
Have you gotten training to put holes in others?
What about patching those holes in yourself and others?
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Good thoughts. A plain jane folding chair bag with baseball bat and baseball glove hanging off knob end is also good camoflauge. For a simple get home from across town kit, a single shot folding shotgun with legal length barrel will do the job. The bat itself makes a pretty decent tool itself.
While I wholeheartedly understand your reasoning for this, you need to camo up that bag with more flowering lefty or sportsballer things if its visible. That isn’t gray man at all. Black bags like that one scream, WEAPON to me. Guilty of it myself, different story if say your truck has black flooring and tinted windows so that no-one can see in and see it or if its hiding in the trunk of the car.
They don’t hide what is inside the bag to someone who knows what they’re looking at, but they aren’t so obvious at a glance as something covered in MOLLE and mag pouches. Plus, I have seen carrying cases for other things that look similar. On Dooshbag’s Brother Dick’s youtube channel, he has a video about using a soccer bag for his vehicle bag, I thought that one seemed like a good idea as well.
This isn’t being left out in the open in my car at all. It stays out of sight in my car. If I get another one it’ll be the blue one that they offer.
Well that’s good. Black bags like that scream weapon imo just like 5.11 or Vertex, whether covered in Molle or not. Something sportsballer like Nike or Adidas not so much.
Of topic… but the ” What about patching those holes in yourself and others? ” popped into my mind when I stumbled on this movie : https://www.aparat.com/v/oinwe/
Right up your ally I’d say… shows that one can’t have enough knowledge and hands-on time….AND LOTS OF TQ’S.
Underrated Brit film : situ Kajaki Dam, and some ‘unseen’ enemies. Rather graphic, no music/ muzak. Oh, and it’s subtitled in Persian – if that doesn’t bother you – in fact, the whole damned site is, but it’s the only place where I could find it in full.
( Might trigger some PTSD issues… ).
That movie goes by the title of “Kilo Two Bravo” in North America. I haven’t seen yet it myself, but it looked like a decent movie
It’s a sad commentary on our situation when we have to start carrying a rifle caliber pistol in our vehicles, but times change and we adapt. About six months ago I made the decision to upgrade my “truck gun” to an AR pistol. I went with a 7.5″ Bison 6.8 upper L.A.W. folding pistol brace lower. I chose the 6.8 because of it’s superior ballistics in short barrels. The entire unit is only 20″ long folded and very accurate, it fits in a 22″ Sneaky bag that has three extra mags and looks like a back pack. My goal is to draw no attention.
UTG makes a decent low profile carbine case: https://www.amazon.com/UTG-Sling-Pack-Multi-Firearm-Electric/dp/B009WO47K4
Midway also makes a decent one, almost identical to the one in the article:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/939293374
Not sure of your rifle’s overall length, but folding rifles (like the Mini-14, SUB-2000, etc.) will fit nicely into one of the tennis racket bags designed to hold several rackets at once, like this one:
-> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4P3DMA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Yours may as well. It’ll easily hold several full size magazines at the same time as well.
Throw it, a smallish chest rig, a med kit, etc. in the bottom of a gym bag with smelly gym clothes on top and it’ll like be ignored by most people.
Matt
I don’t own any of those. But yes, they would fit nicely. My issue with the Sub2000 is it’s still a pistol caliber. I want rifle velocities.
I had a Sub 2K but I ended up selling it. I’m left handed and ergonomically it wasn’t good for me. The ejection port was right next to my face and the gas from the 9mm round is dirty.
Great write up/review and recommendation. I’ve been looking for some way to carry/transport my goods that also has some internal compartments vs. what I use now (not much capacity, albeit compact). For example, being able to carry the mags, the rig, and even the modified IFAK is superb, kind of a one-stop shop “G-Kit” for when you have to spontaneously go down that road. I also really like the idea of decoying it somehow so that it can be skipped over if John Q Law does a visual sweep or whatever, if the bag is exposed at any time – so thanks for that suggestion as well, RP.
At first I just wanted a way to be able to carry the pistol in and out of hotel rooms without drawing attention. But when I saw it all would fit inside, I knew I had to share it with others.
MechMedic, what kind of optic are you sportin’ on your Chopper? Is that a SightMark Red Dot?
I run a Linear Compensator at the workin’ end of my 7.5″ barrel. Helps a lot to keep the blast forward; much better than a standard GI three-pronged Flash Hider! I’m also using an H2 buffer. Do any of you think an H3 buffer would be mo’ better?
Thanks for your post, M.M. Cheers…
I have a promo zip bag from a tool vendor, and that is exactly what one would think it has inside, a power tool. Well, it sort of does actually. Just throw a belt with a hammer loop, hammer and a measuring tape next to it, good to go. The AR pistol is hella noisy but it will serve a definite purpose. Best mod I did was install a flash can on it, pushing all the blast forward and out.
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Guitar gig bags can be shoulder carried anywhere and nobody has a clue.
I second this. I go to my guitar pawn shop on occasion and look at the acoustic guitars. I plan on getting one soon enough.
The best guitar bags, IMHO, are the PRS electric guitar soft cases with the shoulder straps. And I recommend finding one that can fit a 7 string guitar or a larger bass guitar.
I can fit an 870 Remington and an AR15 into my guitar bag. To include a 6 magazine pouch and a box of shells in the accessory pouch that was intended for a tuner, pedals, and cords. And I keep an old “Red Hot Chili Peppers” shirt in the bag for maximum effect.
And it has superb straps. They are very, very comfortable.
The only problem with any, and all, packs stored in a car is that if it’s in plain sight, a junkie WILL try to steal it.
So it needs to be hidden (Obviously)
It doesn’t matter if it’s tool boxes, guitar bags, or plain Jane carry cases. The junkies and thieves know it’s holding something valuable.
I only use a guitar bag when I am in the middle of liberal territory. For instance, when I lived downtown Baltimore and in Northern VA.
Those big box store tactical black soft cases are not bad in any way. Though the zipper pulls can break. The problem is that every person within 10 blocks knows you have an AR-15 in there.
Every. Single. Person.
Anyway, I like your style WhiteyStyles.
The guitar bag is something everyone should have laying around. Just in case you end up in occupied territory.
I own a PRS guitar, Kool beans. Personally I want a viola case with a Thompson MA1 inside. Thats my dream, but will settle for
my Milwaukee tool bag and AR pistol. I can hear the music now….
Yup, a cheap low end branded gig bag (think Squire) rarely draws a 2nd glance and with the external accessory pouch, theres lottsa room for spare mags, tool, cleaning kits, etc.
An AR pistol chambered in 5.56mm with a 10.5 inch barrel can hit center of mass at 300 yards. Great CQB gun but it can reach out too.
Some Fly fishing bags are quite nice. Can fit a full 16″ barreled rifle in many with a few extra pouches for mags and gear. Taller optics don’t fit too well or a carry handle with optic on top. As mentioned by another user, the take-down/folding shotgun cases are a real nice size. I love the folding chair bag idea, similar weight and the chairs have odd shapes, so not noticeable at all. Can modify molded plastic tool cases, drill, reciprocating saws or whatever. Trim out the inside molding and use foam. Some Take-down recurve bow cases and modern bow bags may work as well, or modified violin cases. Guitar cases work nice, but with the cost of instruments now days and what some traveling musicians carry, they may be target for theft as one may think they can profit from a guitar and end up with your firearm. I personally prefer to keep something secured in a different way that I’m not going to mention here (The more skills and ingenuity you have, the possibilities are endless) and have a bag or container on hand to transport it if/when needed. This is definitely something that will become the norm, especially soon if lack of fuel becomes a crisis and we start getting stuck places with possible need to abandon the vehicle. (Manual Transmission, starter/High torque starter and some extra batteries can allow you to move something a small distance). Also now that we have imported thousands of migrants and inevitably terrorists. Though with that, increase of vehicle thefts and items being stolen from vehicles.
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