What does Jow Forums think of keeping a tourniquet on your rifle stock? Practical or LARPing?
What does Jow Forums think of keeping a tourniquet on your rifle stock? Practical or LARPing?
Adam Butler
Thomas Ortiz
Do you intend to get shot?
Bentley Nelson
Pretending that you'll ever actually use your AR for anything other than target shooting let alone need to use TCCC with the TQ you rubberbanded to the stock.
Why don't you take a guess user.
Benjamin Rivera
Who cares, if you think you're going to need it, then do it.
Juan Wright
Never did it either in the .mil or civvie life. I'm finicky about my rifle though, I don't like shit on it too much cause it gets caught on my other gear. I guess for general innawoods funtimes it's not bad cause you won't be weighed down by all your gear you might take into combat.
Personally I have a "woods belt" which is just a toned down version of a warbelt with a small IFAK, compass, gloves etc. Doesnt look to tacticool but it allows me to carry some gear without fucking around with a rig, but it's more accessible than having to drop a pack and rifle through it
Hudson Perez
Not likely to be much good on the range. And otherwise, well, odds are you're already LARPing as it is.
Ayden Walker
>user goes on his yearly range trip
>sets up his nugget on a sandbag and gets ready to try and put rounds on paper at 10 yards
>30 year old boomer next to him trying out his new Spike’s Tactical punisher AR ND’s into user’s leg
>proceeds to bleed out because he has no medical supplies on hand and was too afraid to look like a LARPer
Josiah Gutierrez
Some ex-Soviet state still do that.
Gavin Phillips
The range is the most likely place a person would need a tourniquet in day to day US life.
It's practical LARPing I guess. It's silly to suggest having first aid is a bad idea, ever. However keeping it on your stock...? Yeah, a little silly for the range.
If you're going to have a tourniquet make sure it's a good one and that you know how to use it. Also make sure you have OTHER first aid stuff and know how to use it, too. A tourniquet after all is practically never needed unless you're shot where exsanguination within an hour is a serious concern (since, in the US, it could be up to an hour to get real medical attention).
Jose Phillips
It's practical in that it's visible. Carrying tourniquets on your body like that is a good idea if you're expecting to get perforated, since it allows whoever's coming to help you to quickly snatch one off you, stop you from bleeding out and have themselves still retain all their first aid gear while you and your own tourniquet head away from the battle.