Hi,
Scored big time at the local milsurp shop. Got 7 pouches of bread (the pouches containing a condensed high calorie piece of bread) and I use them all the time for various things. Love them and only paid 20 cents each. Also got 2 MREs in packaging which were pork patties. They had a few others, but I'm not paying 10 bucks for a MRE pack that I don't like.
What do you generally pay for items which I deem essential to militia ops?
1. MREs.I pay 10 for a entree, bread or tortilla, fruit pouch, juice mix, spread and sometimes a dessert (usually a stale cookie. Sometimes really disgusting and maybe dangerous to eat)
2. Ammo. What are you all paying for 308 ammo?
3. Sleeping bags. I get a decent bag locally for 100 bucks at an outdoors store. There are sales, but usually not on quality gear.
4. Uniforms? I just got a line on 18 dollar South African tunics. There are a bunch left. They have two breast pockets, no lower pockets (I think. Only had a brief look). They also have USA and Brit uniforms. Canadian uniforms are harder to find because the CADPAT is the newer option and it's used by active service personell, and somehow it hasn't filtered down to the secondary market at a reasonable price. Obviously, if I were to see combat, I'd like to wear a Canadian uniform, but if I were facing a guerilla war on my country's soil, I might actually have a reason to wear regular BDUs. I do wear my BDUs during hunting season, but usually with my Walmart parka and duck boots.
4. Propane. What are you paying for those cartridges you use on a portable propane stove?
5. Food. What are you paying for a canned ham? How about a fifty pound bag of salt? What does a pound of navy beans cost? Pasta? Where are you buying your non-MRE low impact foods.
6. Water. I'm paying between 2.97+deposit through to over 5 dollars plus deposit for 12 liters in 1/2 liter bottles. Around here, we add drink mix to make iced tea, not pop or energy drinks.
What other items have gone up or down lately? Even the candy aisle at the dollar store is nearly empty, while the tinned food aisle is fully stocked. I guess that means that people wuld rather buy a candy bar than a tin of beef or chicken.
Just figured I'd ask around and see wh
