Mystery Ranch Big Horn
October 7th, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
The new Mystery Ranch Big Horn is the 3-Day-Assault pack’s big brother. Similar to their recreational Big Sky pack, the militarized bag is decked-out with a “stuffit” pocket (a.k.a. beaver tail), a beefed up suspension system and about 1000 more cubic inches inside for a total of 3000 cubes.
X-Frame is MR’s internal frame system. It consists of a couple of bars that cross and form a stressed frame, holding the pack and it’s contents up. There are a few pockets and a hydration bladder sleeve in the otherwise wide-open main compartment.
Outside, the removable waist pads slip over the waist strap and lock in place with a combination of Velcro and a tri-glide on the pack’s waist belt. The waist belt can be folded and stowed neatly up inside the pack when not needed, but you’ll have to pull the waist pads off to make this happen. As on the 3DA, there’s also PALS webbing on the sides for a couple of extra pouches, water bottle pockets and water resistant zippers.
Weighing in at 5 3/4 pounds, it’s a beefy pack. But, it’s bomber built up in Bozeman, Montana, and backed by a no BS lifetime warranty. The $390 pack just shipped and is available in Multicam, coyote and foliage.
More pics, including the guts, after the jump.
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New Old Corpsman Assault Pack Goes Commercial
October 2nd, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
Propper and Arc’teryx are bringing the USMC’s Corpsman Assault Pack to the commercial market. At it’s root, the CAP is a beefed up ILBE assault pack that’s a bit bigger, has two compartments that combine, a couple of aluminum frame stays and a padded waist belt. Looking at it, the CAP looks like the ILBE programs version of the three-day-assault pack. The pack was originally fielded only to recon units and corpsmen but Propper sees a wider market for the CAP.
The CAP will be available in Multicam, Coyote, Green, Black, AOR1, AOR2, Digital Tiger Stripe and Army Universal Camo.