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How tight does one buttons up a shooting vest ? Very tight so that your chest hardly moves or rather loosely ? The pierce-through buttons allow one to adapt the fitting and I'm curious to find out what most shooters prefer.
Regards,
Carl

Carl66 wrote:How tight does one buttons up a shooting vest ? Very tight so that your chest hardly moves or rather loosely ? The pierce-through buttons allow one to adapt the fitting and I'm curious to find out what most shooters prefer.
Regards,
Carl

In theory it should be quite tight but not so tight that it really squeezes you in. It also depends on what competitions you're shooting. ISSF stipulate jacket fit with regards overlap i.e. it must have a certain amount of give so that it can be pulled so as to ovelap by a specific amount (I forget the numbers).

Rob.

7.4.7.2 Closure of the jacket must be only by non-adjustable means e.g. buttons or zippers. The jacket must not overlap more than 100 mm at the closure (see Jacket Table). The jacket must hang loosely on the wearer. To determine this, the jacket must be capable of being overlapped beyond the normal closure by at least 70 mm, measured from the center of the button to the outside edge of the button hole. The measurement will be taken with the arms at the sides. A measurement may be made either manually or with an ISSF approved overlap gauge with a tension of 6 kg to 8 kg. The area surrounding the button hole is limited to a maximum of 12 mm, and this area may exceed the permitted 2.5 mm thickness.

Thanks Spencer that's useful information when moving the pierce through buttons around.
Carl