Where are all my MilSurp equipment fans at?

[old_CWO]

The trick is to shut it down hard.

My favorite store when Dad was stationed at Ft Lee VA was a little hole in the wall Army Navy store in downtown Hopewell. I have not been there in 3 decades, so no idea if it is there anymore.

Growing up, I used to drool over the US Cavalry and Brigade Quartermaster catalogues. Funny thing too was that US Cavalry was the first time I saw a GPS. I believe it was a Trimble Trimpak. Big unit. Lat/Long digital readout only. I was blown away! Way too expensive to even think of asking parents to buy me one. But I eventually got a degree in Geography and use GPS all the time now.

We had a few nice milsurp stores here in Knoxville. Only two left. One is a little too old for my taste and the other caters to the blue line crowd, so nothing really for me. There is a super nice one in Chattanooga. I try to get down there every few months and see what fancies me. Other than that, I buy from Colemans.com

Coleman's is really good. Another go-to online surplus store is Major Surplus out of Southern CA. Every once in a while they will have NATO gas cans at giveaway prices.

 

[Rebelord]

Marine 1999-2008
I love surplus gear. I use the green and black sleeping bags. Yea they’re bigger and bulkier. But they have room to move and work good. I tried a newer style mummy bag. To tight. Love the extra room plus the ability to snap together for cold nights.
picked up some civvy compression sacks for them.