I've been playing with inverted magazine pouches as part of the skirmish order, light section of the load out. The idea is to have two magazines immidiately available for use even if the full rig isn't in use. One of the solutions was to just make a super tight elastic variant but that caused some problems with retention being too tight at the cost of keeping an apeture that was efficient to return to.
I was browsing my fabric supplier and this GripTex stuff showed up. It's essentially a nylon backing on a non-slip synthetic rubber style fronting. It's used in things like slipper socks and the like. It's expensive at something like twice the cost per square metre as my Cordura but you don't need much. That and it's a ballache to machine without a Teflon foot. It needs to be pulled through the feed system because the GripTex will stick to the foot so you've got to guide the piece while reaching around to pull it through rather than the more traditional grip and feed method.
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Longer pull tabs mean these can be used inverted because they act as thumb loops to hold the pouch while returning to the pouch. Moving the elastic up means you've got the magazines held against the GripTex which means it's going nowhere. Velcro fronting for pouches but will also have a role retaining aperture shape to make return easier.
I'm going to field test these at Splatoon at the weekend and we'll see how they perform on the field.
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