Product Review: Shadow Equipment’s Multicam Arid chest rig
By Lee Williams
by Lee WilliamsThe first piece of tactical gear Shadow Equipment owner Sean Parker ever made was a set of sling silencers. Parker was hanging out with a buddy who complained that his QD mounts jingle-jangled on his AR. Parker saw that the solution was simple.“I bought some elastic, folded it in half and stitched it a few times,” he said. “My friends bought a bunch of them. I only spent $10 on materials, and this was fun. I thought maybe this could be a thing — a way I could get more into the gun community, since I don’t have an aerospace degree to make firearms.”Shadow Equipment was born, and Parker has been on the cutting edge of high-quality tactical gear ever since.Parker, 34, is somewhat of a rarity in the tactical gear world. Before we spoke, I assumed he had a background in special operations or law enforcement, since his products are definitely made for professional end-users. He has neither. Parker has an arts degree from the prestigious ArtCenter College of Design — an intensive three-year program that “prepares artists and designers to share their creativity with the world.” Parker is definitely sharing his creativity, and the medium he
Source: The Gun Writer
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