Ming you've clearly read my post wrong or have not paid attention to it. When I complete a "tactical reload" it is under a low stress moment where I have the time to reinsert a partially loaded magazine into my chest rig, however to identify between empty and full magazines, my full magazines go into the pouch round first leaving me only the sight of the mag plate that tells me its full. If there is a single round in the mag it will go plate first into the pouch so that I can see it has a round but that I don't know the exact number of rounds in THAT magazine. Push comes to shove one bullet can save you so its not worth tossing.
I don't know about this "hip" business, because I don't use any of the kydex magazine pouches for two reasons. 1. Weight, by the time I get 8 mags into my rig with those pouches there is already a considerable amount of weight and I've not even gotten to field essentials yet. 2. Mags get pulled from them far too easily for my comfort. I've had them get caught up in my weapons sling and then worked free and fall from me which means I've got no bullets to save my hide anymore and missing ammo that now the enemy could possibly use against myself or my team mates. The subload again is rigid and will cause lots of room for discomfort for anyone that does any prone movements, you can trust me on that part as I've spent the last three years honing in sniper/spotter skills as my position when playing this sport. All my time is spent on my gut, and the last thing I need is something digging into me as I'm trying to move; or worse getting caught on everything I try to crawl through.
Lastly, I am primarily a left handed rifleman, I pistol and use a shotty in the right hand position however. I will say this about offsetting your magazines too much on your rig, it makes it that much harder for your off hand to get them. In the real world, if your left arm takes a hit, you now have three magazines out of reach. Where you could have placed the rifle between your legs, using your right hand now to remove the spent mag, insert a new one from the chest position and then away you go. Subloads should move gear off your chest rig to help balance the weight on your body for you to improve your mobility. Putting combat required equipment out of reach for any situation is a bad idea. Excess magazines fine, but we're talking about using up that left thigh for a grand total of three magazines. This is where the wasted real estate argument comes in. Better solutions would involve having a subload dump pouch, or utility pouches that allow you to store equipement. I will say I like HSGI's subloads for extra magazines on the left leg as they're very multi-purpose and can be used for many things. The best place I find for excess magazines if you're going to carry them "ready" to get is on your pack as buddy mags. One can use double up molle pouches that have a clip on them, invert the pouch so that when one releases the flap the mags will drop down into there hand easily enough to be pulled from your back. Additional to mags for yourself you also now have extra mags where team mates can grab a mag if they need it with out taking you off your gun. Keeping the fire up and the enemy back that much longer.
This thing is ALL look, which seems to be what Flatlander wants, so to an extent its serving its purpose. I just wouldn't recommend subloads like these at all, but if he wants to learn why I think that his own way then its his cash
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