[lurkingknight]

There are a couple items I don't cheap out on when it comes to gear.

Sling and sling mounts

a sling might seem like just a nylon strap with some hardware on it.. but that hardware is responsible for making sure you don't drop your gun. How would it feel to have a 25 cent clip fail and drop your 500$ rifle and cause damage? I've had it happen... lesson learned.

Pistol holsters and certain pistols.

I used to carry my kwa 226 in a nylon holster. The nylon wouldn't keep it still and as I moved the whole thing would bump into stuff and trigger the mag release. I dropped the same mag 2 times in a day. I was lucky that the first time, someone saw it right away, the second time I was able to retrace my steps and find it laying on the ground.

The mags are worth 45-55$ shipped. A real serpa drop leg was 80$, after that, no more mags were dropped from the holster. So by the math I could've lost 110 bucks that day because I bought a 20$ holster instead of an 80$ one.

Do a bit of reasearch on what guns have what issues with gear. You can get cheap mag pouches and they work to carry and hold mags, but if the gear has a chance of failing and costing you more money than what nicer gear would cost, it might be worth looking into buying nicer stuff to start if you can afford it.

I once tried to carry my 226 in a double m14 mag pouch. I almost lost the whole 300$ pistol when it didn't go back in properly. Took me 20 minutes to find it.