Third NFM group buy! CANCELED

After a long wait and tons of emails ;-) I finally got arround to organise a third NFM groupbuy.

So, if you are looking for some additional pouches or a high quality chestrig in ABL camo, just send an email to "contact.front.blog(at)gmail.com" with your order or further details.

Unfortunatly, the NFM website has shrunken down on information concenring their full range of products. So if you're looking for someting and can not find it on the site, please let me know.
For example, the Heidrun chestrig is still available with the full range of pouches.

This groupbuy will close half december 2014.

UPDATE!

Due to a decision from NFM, they will no longer provide the ability to order custom items in small amounts through there distributors. The reason for this decision lies in the fact that NFM claims to have found copies of their products through non official channels.

Therefore the third groupbuy from contact-front will be canceled. The persons who already transferred money will be fully refunded.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Vincent

NFM group buy part 2

Due to the success of our previous group buy, I got a lot of emails, from persons who missed out, asking if it was still possible to order. Also the new owners of the Heidrun chestrig were looking to buy some add on pouches.

Well, the second group buy is in progress!

If you are interested in ABL woodland gear from NFM, just send an email to "contact.front.blog(at)gmail.com" for further details.

I will close the order half November.

Fitting the Heidrun.

I've received a lot of questions concerning the fitting of the Heidrun.
When receiving the chestrig, the belt and rig itself are separated. When connecting the belt to the rig and dryfitting the complete setup, it seems that the two shoulder straps want to slip of the shoulders. To resolve this problem, you have to weave the adjusting straps into the belt itself. See photo.

Group buy NFM Heidrun arrived!

Look what the postman brought this morning!

They will be sent to their new owners A S A P.

"Contact Front!!" group buy NFM Heidrun

I get a lot of question concerning the availability of the NFM HEIDRUN chestrig. Well, at the moment its a one of a kind chestrig in BE camo. But thats about to change :-)

"Contact Front!!" is organising a group buy of the Heidrun chestrig and some additional pouches.

For those who didn't quite follow this blog, here's what we are talking about.

The group buy will consist out of the following items:

http://www.nfm.no/HEIDRUN-chest-rig.html
http://www.nfm.no/Assault-rifle-mag-stacks.html
http://www.nfm.no/Utility-pouches/ZIP-Utility-Pouch.html

Off course, you don't need to buy the whole kit. Ordering multiple items is also no problem at all.

Please don't ask about prices about other NFM gear you want to order in BE camo. We don't just have the time to organize personal invoices and requests. The combination of this chestrig was chosen by myself and I can assure you, it works. And this without compromising on functionality and load bearing capacity. It’s still is a chestrig, right?

If you are interested, please drop a mail at contact.front.blog(at)gmail.com
I will then forward you the payment instructions and when paid, and only then, the order will be placed. Delivery can take up to 6 weeks.

I want to close the group buy on the 5th of May.

Gear stand

A while ago I saw a photo on the net of a wooden gearstand, easy to make and looked quite cool. Looked like a nice DIY project ;-)

Trying to retrieve the photo I came across the Immenent Threat Solution website which had a article on the stand. http://www.itstactical.com/intellicom/diy/how-to-build-a-tactical-gear-stand/
I based my project on the article and went shopping for some timber and iron.
So what did I need: (length in cm)
One 120 long 9 x 9 post
Two 60 long 2,5 x 9 posts
Four 45 long 3 x 5,5 posts 
20 deckscrews 10 long
20 washers

All the wooden post were standard sizes of 240 cm long and total price was about 40€. Nevertheless you have enough to make two stands. (Sometimes a necessity with all the gear lying arround ;-))

And this is the result:

Solution for dead space "Bear II vest"

A couple of "Contact Front" members came up with a solution to existing problem found on the Belgian issue "Bear II vest". The space in front of the zipper uses up 2 Molle channels. These channels could be used to put othet pouches like a flashlight pouch or even a triple magazine pouch. Nevertheless it still remains a zippered vest with the begative side that you can't put it on over your head like a CIRAS type plate carrier. You need to use the zipper toput in on.
It was a challenge to find a solution but we came up with a adapter in two parts which attaches on both sides of the zipper and when closed with velcro, overlaps the zipper.

I allready did some tests on the range and it seems that a full loaded triple magazien pouch (about 2,25kg) is a bit to heavy for the velcro. We are looking to solve this problem asap.