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Cheap Ghillie Suits for Kids

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Kids love playing army, hiding and what not. Gone are the days of simply playing “army”, today kids go all out in fulfilling their imaginations. With unprecedented wealth, relatively compared to what we or our parents grew up with, parents are facilitating their kids imaginations by giving them more realistic costumes, props and even ghillie suits for kids.

Kids Ghillie Suits are so popular that parents are hold “ghillie suit” parties for their kids and friends. As ghillies have more than one application, for kids they are most popular for playing army or acting as costumes to scare or play “big foot” in their neighborhood.

Furthermore, for many fathers, they want their kids to experience the right of passage of shooting and hunting as they did. Ghillie Suits designed for children make this right of passage and experience that much more enjoyable and fun.

Ghillie Suits for Kids are specifically designed and manufactured for children. Traditional ghillies are made from heavy burlap, which makes maneuverability very difficult for adults, and so much more difficult for kids. Which is why, kids ghillie suits are made from synthetic, lighter materials. These suits are airy, and cooler than the majority of adult version, though many now are available in lightweight synthetic version.

The most popular kids ghillie suits are the StealthSuit, and the SwissLink. The SwissLink ghillie is the most popular choice. It’s a four piece set, that includes a Jacket, Pants, Rifle Rag and Sniper Veil – all packaged in a camouflage carrying bag. This suit is available in woodland and desert. The pants have a waist that cinches up to fit the smallest waist or can fit up to a 42″ waist. The total length of the pants is 38″ and the inseam is 24″. The jacket has a 24″ torso length and measures 46″ across to fit over clothing. The neck opening is 8″.

The StealthSuit ghillie is also a four piece ghillie suit. It includes an insect-resistant inner camo pattern shell, adjustable drawstrings, and stitched thread loops for maximum quality. It is a Complete Ghillie Suit Set, available in woodland and desert Camo Pattern. The pants have Adjustable Drawstrings for Comfort, while both the jacket and pants have Elastic Support and adjustments. It is a an Ultra Light-weight ghillie, built for Agility and is under 4 lbs. It has tightly stitched water-proof Ghillie Thread Loops with breathable inner Jacket and Pants shell. For further consideration for kids it is Fire Retardant, and non-allergenic — all packaged with a camouflage carrying bag.

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DIY Ghillie Suit Kit – Make Your Own Ghillie Suit

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Nothing gives the advantage out in the field more than a Ghillie suit. They are basically an essential garment for the professional paintball player, giving a competitive edge to opposition. Its also really fun and effective to tailor make Ghillie suits, and kits are available, allowing you to custom make your suit to whichever territory you fall into. Ghillie suit kits are generally constructed using an overall as the base, normally being a Battle dress uniform or pilot suit, or otherwise a poncho can be used. Then rough burlap flaps or jute twine is attached to the overall piece, using knots, and skipping sections in which other colours are later added. This combination of colours need to be used wisely and it always pays to go out to where you will using it and absorb the landscape. An average Ghille suit will consist of 3-4 parts depending on the environment. Its good to use no seam synthetic fabric for your base overall so the suit feels smooth and comfortable to wear, along with being more lightweight and easier to move around in.

Custom making your suit will save you some good money and also offers a lot more flexibility. Normally it will take from 2-6 hours to create a Ghillie suit, depending on the kit you buy. Standard sets of Ghillie suits will come with a mix of colors to make up either a woodland, desert, mossy or leafy color scheme. With custom colour sets you can pick the exact colors you want for each bundle you get with that particular kit.

In most cases with a Ghillie suit, you get around 7 pounds of pre-cut, and dyed Jute thread, a 5′x9′ nylon net with 1″x1″ squares, and color directions on how to assemble an exact replica of the full Ghillie Poncho. Or you can remove the remove the front portion to create Sniper Ghillie suit, which is also popular. Remember to check that the materials in the Ghillie suit you are purchasing are Water-proof , Rot-proof , Mildew resistant , Fire-retardant , Washable , Odor-less and Non-Allergenic.

Desert, mossy, and woodland themes are the most common for Ghille suits. Use your imagination, the options are endless. Remember you are trying to become one with the bush, nothing in nature has perfectly straight lines so you need to cover everything. Its a good thing to create a separate Ghillie suit for your rifle as well, use local elements like twigs, branches and vines can be incorporated into the netting to further camouflage the Ghillie suit. These kits are really fun to make and can be a hobby in itself, if you are into making fly’s for trout fishing then making Ghillie suits for paintball and hunting will be right up your alley.

Kits range from around $20-$100 US, mainly depending on quality of materials. Most come with full hood and sleeves along with all the necessary items to create the finished product.

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New Desert Ghillie Suits

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Every avid hunter in the United States eagerly looks forward for the start of hunting season in the Fall. There are individuals who “enjoy” hunting, who are concerned with what rifle they have and whether they have hunting permits. The other type of hunter is the one who is steeped in experience, and knows the depth of planning and organizing equipment hunting requires. The more experienced hunter will know having equipment such as a ghillie suit is of great importance while out in the wilderness.

Any serious hunter should know that investing in a ghillie suit, pays its dividends many times over.  These suits are of huge significance as they provide the needed camouflage that allow hunters to stalk and hunt their prey. Difference is, without one many hunters tend to go home frustrated and empty handed.

While ghillie suits serve as an extremely useful tool, its understandable why some individuals prefer not to use them.  The number one reason why some prefer to go without a ghillie suit, is the standard green and brown pattern. For obvious reasons, this pattern does not blend in with every environment, as not every individual hunts or plays in environments with suitable foliage. The other reason is that when wearing a ghillie suit, it tends to get pretty hot, pretty quickly.  Many of these concerns have been addressed by ghillie suit manufacturers. Today, you can get a ghillie suit to fit the environment you intend to use it for. Additionally, ghillie suits today are made of lighter and synthetic materials that allow the suits to breath and are therefore much cooler even in the heat of a battle.

While in the past, ghillie suits were manufactured in standard green and brown patterns, today you can get ghillie suits in woodland, mossy, leafy green, and even desert. The desert pattern is especially useful for individuals who play or hunt in areas with tall grasses and open fields, as opposed to trees and greenery forests. Ghillie suits are worn by the average hunter to a highly skilled sniper in the military. With military operations expansive all of the world, and especially in the middle east – desert ghillie suits needed to be cool when worn. For this reason they are extremely light weight, which allows the wearer to remain cool when wearing it. This type of suit has also been popular with paintball enthusiasts – as players are constantly moving and need something that can move with them. Desert Ghillie Suits let them do that.

As paintball is a physically demanding activity (at least for the good players), traditional ghillie suits, which are known to be made with heavy materials would not have allowed players to actively participate; as they were difficult to wear, move around with and fear of overheating. Desert suits being used by professionals in hot environments, needed to be light weight and cool. Whether you are a sniper or an amazing paintball player, desert ghillie suits provide the wearer with needed concealment, while being comfortable and maneuverable.

Desert ghillie suits, have evolved in their own right. Previously made in simple light browns and tans, today you can find high quality suits made with various hues of desert to allow hunters and players to better blend in with their environment.

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Paintball Ghillie Suit

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Selecting a Paintball Ghillie Suit

A Ghillie suit, also known as a Yowie suit, is a form of camouflage, typically a net or cloth garment. The Ghillie suit combines a variety of camo netting, hunting blinds, and rifle camo, covered in loose strips of cloth or twine, sometimes even made to look like leaves and twigs. Supposedly the Ghillie suit was developed by some Scottish gamekeepers as a portable hunting blind. The Loval Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed by the British Army during the 2nd Boer War, is the first military unit known to use Ghillie suits. The Loval Scouts also officially became Britain’s first Sniper Unit.

The Ghillie suit helping the wearer blend in naturally to its surroundings. Ghillie Suits have effectively been used in the military for some time now and have recently been introduced into the Paintball scene, a fast growing sport already with 10 million participants in the US alone. For people who want the competitive advantage out on the paintball field, the Ghillie suit is key. Opponents will pass right by the Ghillie suit wearer, un-aware, until they get shot and never know what hit em! Whatever paintball environment you’re playing in, wood or field, the Ghillie suit can make you virtually undetectable to the competition, leaving you open to dominate on your opposition. The suit gives the wearer’s outline a three-dimensional breakup, rather than a linear one. Top shelf Ghillie Suits will actually move in the wind in the same way as surrounding foliage, making the wearer virtually invisible and a very hard target for the enemy.

Ghillie suits can be constructed in a number of ways, normally one starts with a Battle dress uniform, a pilots suit or some other form of one piece overall as the base. Then rough burlap flaps or jute twine is attached and added to the overall, usually with simple knots skipping sections in which other colours are added. The best Ghillie suits are constructed from the environments plants and foliage where one will use the suit. Ghillie suits are essentially impossible to clean. Although the underlying garments can be detached and washed, the camouflaging attachments tend to be too fragile to survive washing.

Probably the biggest draw back about using Ghillie suits are that they tend to be very hot and heavy. Even in moderate climates the temperature inside a Ghillie suit can rise to over 50 degrees Celsius, taking a lot of energy just to travel short distances. Unless treated with fire retardant these suits can also be a fire hazard, however US Army Soldier Systems Center has developed an inherently fire resistant Ghillie suit fabric to replace the jute or burla, to enhance safety.

High-quality Ghillie suits are commercially manufactured, but military snipers generally construct their own unique suits. The suits can consist from anywhere from 1 to 4 pieces. Due to the massive increase in the popularity of Paintball, a range of different Ghillie suits are now available to purchase online for affordable prices. These online merchants offer a wealth of different Ghillie suits for different purposes and environments.

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Types of Ghillie Suits

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The word ‘ghillie’ is an old Scottish term for a special kind of game warden. Back in the day, Ghillies were made to protect the Lords land from poachers, and adopted the use of camouflage suits to help with this. They would also hide in the long grass and wait for unsuspecting game to wander by, then jump out and grab them with bare hands. They would then take their catches back to the castle so the Lord could shoot it in the castle courtyard in a “mock hunt.”

These olden day Ghillies, using their keen tracking and stalking skills combined with their incredible camouflage paved the way to the evolution of Ghille Suits. These suits completely change the odds out in the forest and make it a lot easier to hunt successfully. More recently Ghillies have been introduced into the game of paintball, giving a whole new sniper element to the game.

The base of the Ghillie is laden with heavy canvas to help pad the snipers torso during the long hours of the day while he lay on his stomach. Ghillie suits are made specifically to act as camouflage in certain environments, whether it be desert, woodland, moss or all seasons. The Ghillie suit is covered with numerous strips and strands of burlap/jute and cloth along with other natural material attached primarily to the garment. There are a range of different Ghillie suit variations for each environment, and often local elements including vines, twigs and branches are entwined into the suit. The most common are the Bow Hunter, the Bush Rag, the Stalker and the Chameleon. The strips and strands that make up the camouflage vary in length from 6-18 inches. A complete Ghillie suit may have up to 1,000 strips and strands attached to it. These attachments are what make the Ghillie suit so effective in breaking up the human form and blending with the area surroundings. Ghille suits normally come in 3-4 parts, often including Ghillie gloves, a Ghillie hat and a rifle wrap, which compliments your Ghillie suit by concealing your rifle also.

Making the right decision on what Ghillie suit to use is also very important. When hunting from a blind where only your torso is exposed a Ghillie Jacket is best to use. When hunting in thick low growing vegetation, the Ghillie Poncho will give you greater mobility and still offer all the camouflage you need. When in hunting in sparse cover its pretty hard to camouflage yourself, even with a Ghillie, you can use the base of a large tree or rock as a good way to breakup your profile, standing next to anything will improve the effectiveness of your camouflage.

These days, the top Ghillie suits have seamless, synthetic material on the inside which is comfortable and light weight. Material would also be water-proof , rot-proof , mildew resistant , fire-retardant , washable , odor-less and non-allergenic. An ultimate Ghille suit is one where one can stalk effectively but still stay very mobile, it also pays to look for breathable Ghillie suits as they tend to overheat very easily.

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Online Ghillie Education

Monday, January 18th, 2010

This is great source of information for Ghillie Suits, hunting, paintball, airsoft and snipers.

>> CAMOUFLAGE INFORMATION <<

> Camouflage
Camo and Camouflage
In common terms, to camouflage something is to alter it’s appearance to the point that the object in question is indistinguishable from it’s environment.

> Camo Netting
While some might consider camo for only the purpose of hiding troops in the field, armed forces around the world have made attempts to camouflage every implement of war imaginable.

> Camo Patterns
The coloration, style, and pattern of camouflage has evolved over it’s many years of use. Each generation of camouflage pattern, with the exception of a few failures, is more effective at concealment that the pattern it replaces.

> Desert Camo
The desert battle dress uniform, commonly called the “chocolate chip” or “cookie dough camouflage” was developed by the United States military in the nineteen sixties for future use by U.S. forces as they interceded in an ever escalating Arab/Israeli conflict.

> Digital Camo
The art of camouflaging has been in a constant state of improvement ever since it’s implementation in warfare. High powered and accurate weapons have made the use of camouflage a necessity for all military forces.

> Hunting Camo
It is thought by some, however mistakenly, that camouflage was first used by armed forces for military applications.

> Mossy Oak Camo
In 1986, a hunting enthusiast named Toxey Haas, intent on making a better camouflage, gathered a bag of debris, consisting of dirt, leaves, and sticks from under his favorite hunting oak tree, and set out looking for someone willing to design a hunting camo based off of the shapes and colors.

> Pop Up Hunting Blinds
A hunting blind is a device utilized by hunters in an attempt to conceal their presence from the animals they hunting. The most common types of hunting blinds are used to hunt ducks.

> Woodland Camo
There are almost as many varieties of camo patterns as there are terrains to use them in. These patterns use colors found in the environment that the pattern is designed to disappear in.

> > SNIPER INFORMATION <<

> Snipers
The term sniper comes from a name given to hunters that specialized in hunting an elusive game bird called a “snipe.”

> 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle
The 50 caliber round is a bullet originally designed for use in the Browning Machine Gun. But the 50 caliber cartridge is also commonly used in sniper rifles.

> Airsoft Sniper Rifles
Airsoft sniper rifles spring, electric or gas powered replica guns that fire small plastic bb’s with a high muzzle velocity and level of accuracy.

> Airsoft Snipers
Airsoft snipers use the same techniques used by snipers in the armed forces. The most effective snipers are never seen by the enemy.

> Army Sniper
The United States armed forces uses army snipers to accomplish objectives that would be difficult or impossible to accomplish using a larger force.

> Breathing Techniques for Snipers
Snipers are specially trained marksmen who are able to shoot their targets from long distances. Although snipers have inherent shooting powers before they undergo training, many skills must be learned to make a marksman into a sniper.

> Civil War Snipers
When the subject of snipers of snipers is brought up, most people think of the sniper against sniper battles of Vasily Zaytsev in World War Two.

> German Snipers
German snipers were some of the most feared units during the second world war. After the invasion at Normandy, the German forces were forced to mount a retreat form the approaching allied forces.

> History of Snipers
While the the use of camouflage and stealth have probably always been a part of the hunting techniques of ancient man, the idea to use these same techniques in combat is a relatively new idea.

> Marine Sniper
The United States Marine Scout Sniper School is regarded as the finest of the sniper training programs. The marine corps currently train their snipers alongside the sniper trainees from the Army and the Navy Seals.

> Military Sniper Rifles
There are many different varieties of rifles that are suitable for use as military sniper rifles. This being said, there are some applications that are better suited for one type of sniper operations than others.

> Paint Ball Snipers
The benefits of having a well trained sniper team to aid in operations of a paramilitary group cannot be understated. Even in the American civil war, sharpshooters called “skirmishers” stayed on the outskirts of the troop position, and scouted for the enemy, killing them when they could, and perhaps drawing others into an ambush.

> Police Snipers
In popular culture the term sniper has come to mean anyone who uses a rifle on another person from any but the shortest distance.

> Sniper Games
During the 2002 “Beltway Sniper” attacks, Florida Attorney Jack Thompson suggested that the beltway sniper could be a teenager who had trained on sniping video games, and could possibly be as young as fifteen.

> Sniper Gear
The sniper is equipped with three things: A sniper rifle, ammunition and camouflage. Utilizing these three essential items, a sniper is able to hit targets as far away as a mile and a half

> Sniper Guns
The sniper has three pieces of equipment: his gun, his ammunition, and camouflage. Of these, the sniper gun and ammunition are the most important, as a good sniper could hypothetically shoot a target while far enough away not to be noticed, even without camouflage. A sniper’s gun, with it’s special modifications can reach targets up to a mile and a half away.

> Sniper Rifles
A sniper rifle is a specially modified rifle, that has been specially modified to hit targets accurately at long ranges.

> Sniper-Scopes
A snipers scope is an advanced telescopic lens, that enables the sniper to accurately hit distant targets.

> Sniper Training
Training is essential for a sniper if he to hit targets at great distances with any level of consistency. Some of these include, but are not limited to concealment, marksmanship, camouflage, stalking, observation, and stalking.

> Snipers In Iraq
Snipers in Iraq are increasingly common, as the insurgency trains and deploys sniper teams of their own.

> Vietnam Snipers
Snipers were employed extensively by both sides during the Vietnam conflict.

> World War II Snipers
Snipers were used extensively in World War II to demoralize the enemy and take out important targets.

> Sniper Paintball Guns
A sniper paint ball gun is a paint ball marker that has been modified to make precision shots at a longer distance than a regular paint ball marker.

> Sniper School
Sniper schools are where an applicant undergoes the training to learn the art of sniping

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Sniper Ghillie Suit

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Throughout the years, Snipers have been a vital part of military campaigns by eliminating commanding officers to cripple large numbers of forces. An effective sniper will eliminate an entire unit of men without them ever having a chance to see where they are being attacked from. A sniper does this by being extremely patient and calculating his moves with every possible consequence in mind.

The second most important piece of equipment after a Sniper’s rifle is his Ghille suit. Many Snipers take great pride in creating their own suits to use on Sniper missions and to play Paintball. Ghillie suits are developed to resemble a patch of deep vegetation or foliage, the suit was developed by games keepers as a sort of portable hunting blind. These Snipers takes hour of hard work fabricating and seasoning their Ghillie suits properly, and the most dedicated Sniper will take pieces of the surrounding vegetation and incorporate them into his Ghillie suit as he moves along on his stalk, as to consistently mimic his changing surroundings.

If you are wanting to Snipe but don’t have the time to make a Ghillie suit, be sure to choose a genuine Sniper Suit to provide the most comfort and longevity. Snipers spend most of their time laying or crawling on the ground so the front of the jacket and pants are left bare of Ghillie suit material. In a normal Sniper Ghillie suit, the sewn on Jute thread covers the entire Back of the jacket, tops of the arms, and shoulders. The Hood is attached, and thumb loops are sewn into the cuff of the sleeves for crawling. The Hood is built by hand tying the Jute thread to a 1″x1″ netting, which is then sewn into the Jacket. This general design keeps you cooler, allowing the wind to pass through and allows for better hearing. Normally on a Sniper Ghillie suit, there will be velcro instead of buttons on the chest, making your crawl more comfortable without feeling the buttons. The most extreme Snipers will carry Ghost Human Scent Neutraliser, designed to kill human odor at the molecular level on hunter’s clothing. Human scent is the most feared odor known to deer.

The ghillie rifle wrap is an essential piece of equipment that completes a Ghillie suit coverage objectives. It does the job in breaking up your rifle’s shape and concealing any shiny metallic parts that may otherwise show, which is vital in Sniper stalks. Snipers will typically combine a Ghillie Veil with their Ghillie suit. These are normally made up of leaves and other foliage which is all hand tied on.

The distinctive advantage of using a Ghillie suit when hunting is the ability to diffuse your profile. This is especially so when you are backlit, when stalking your prey forces you to skyline yourself or cross a variety of cover types, or in limited cover terrain. The benefits a hunting Ghillie suit provides has made it the Snipers choice for decades.

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UTG L96 Airsoft Sniper Rifle with -Ghillie-

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009


just a quick view of what my new ghillie looks like. Hope you like it… Btw… dont waist your time posting horrible comments… becasue they will just be deleted. Thanks =) UTG L96 Airsoft Sniper Rifle with -Ghillie-

ULTRA LIGHT GHILLIE JACKET & PANTS-WOODLAND

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

41KP0Z56DEL. SL160  ULTRA LIGHT GHILLIE JACKET & PANTS WOODLAND

  • Be the Tree with our Ultra-Light Ghillie jacket!
  • Lightweight, Synthetic material is easy to wear and clean
  • Provides outstanding three-dimensional full body camouflage
  • Long hooded jacket covers you from head to toe
  • Sleeves have elastic cuffs and cord locks

Product Description
Hide from your quarry and blend into the woods with this long lightweight synthetic ghillie jacket. The jacket is designed to blur and obscure your outline, helping your camouflage yourself in a forest or plains environment. This Bushrag Ultra-Light ghillie is made from scentless, lightweight string material that is much lighter and more comfortable than burlap and jute. It is also mildew resistant, scentless, non-allergenic, fire resistant, and can be hand washe… More >>

ULTRA LIGHT GHILLIE JACKET & PANTS-WOODLAND

Lightweight All Purpose Ghillie Suit

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

515t9KaRFHL. SL160  Lightweight All Purpose Ghillie Suit

  • CAMO MESH = 100% POLYESTER – WEIGHT IS 70g/m2
  • OUTSIDE YARN IS 100% POLYPROPYLENE
  • CAMOUFLAGE TO MATCH THE ENVIRONMENT
  • M/L PANTS FIT UP TO 44″ WAIST & XL/XXL FIT UP TO 52″ WAIST
  • M/L JACKETS FIT UP TO 48″ CHEST & XL/XXL FIT UP TO 54″ CHEST

Product Description
JACKET W/HOOD FEATURES: SNAP FRONT CLOSURE, PASS THROUGH FRONT POCKETS, ELASTIC CUFFS & REINFORCED COLLAR.
PANTS FEATURE: ELASTIC WAIST W/DRAWSTRING AND SNAP UP LEGS TO THE TOP OF YOUR BOOTS.
PERFECT FOR HUNTING, PAINTBALL, AIRSOFT & MILITARY USE …. More >>

Lightweight All Purpose Ghillie Suit