Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

A few months back, there was a post over at ,Rawles’ SurvivalBlog about a unique shotgun ammo pouch from an outfit called Omega Zombie. It looked interesting and I thought I should order one to check it out. However, I figured after getting a mention by ,Rawles they would probably be sold out for a little while. No big deal, I can wait. So it arrived the other day and I have mixed feelings.

The design is clever and I like it. Quality is okay, nothing to write home about, but worth twenty bucks. My only real complaint is the ‘Made In China’ label. I understand that there is bloody little web gear you can buy for a couple sawbucks that won’t be made overseas but I was kinda hoping…. The Chinese have virtually no regard for copyright, patent and trademark so I think it would be nice to see a US manufacturer copy the design and market it. Of course, it’ll cost a bit more but if the quality is there I think they’ll do okay in the $35~ range.

Anyway, setting aside the Made In China issue, it seems lie a good way to carry a pile of shotgun shells around without looking like Pancho Villa with bandoleers strapped across your chest. It’s an improvement over the Maxpedition shotgun ammo pouch which is nice, but doesnt leave any room for your fingers to get between shells to get a grip on them. (The Maxpedition stuff is made in Taiwan…a slightly better choice than China, but marginally so.)

Is the pouch from Omega Zombie worth twenty bucks? Seems to be. It’s an interesting design..while I might not carry it around on my belt, it would be a handy accessory for a grab-n-go bag of shotgun supplies.