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What Happened to Army Surplus Stores?

Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:51 pm
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63176 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:51 pm
They used to have a lot of very cool shite in them. I used to buy most of my hunting stuff there during my childhood. Every town of any size used to have a store.

Does the army not have surplus items anymore?
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
63970 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:57 pm to
They're called Army Surplus, but it's just a bunch of cheap Chinese crap masquerading as military surplus. We used to get this Vietnam-era bug juice from a surplus store in Vinton, LA, for hunting and fishing around Gum Cove. Deep Woods Off ain't got nothin' on this stuff.

Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11546 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:57 pm to
Damn. 70%+
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
49972 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:58 pm to
quote:


They're called Army Surplus, but it's just a bunch of cheap Chinese crap masquerading as military surplus.


It wasn't always like that.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
24465 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 12:58 pm to
They have all moved online.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38539 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 1:03 pm to
There are still a ton of them outside the gates of most army posts. I imagine the internet killed a lot of the rest.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
23756 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 1:26 pm to
What happened to the prepper shows on TV?
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
5511 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 1:37 pm to
Now we let the Iraqis and the afghans keep everything, and Gen X already bought everything leftover from Korea and Vietnam.
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
5837 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:02 pm to
quote:

We used to get this Vietnam-era bug juice


That stuff worked great but would strip the finish off a gun stock in a skinny minute.
Posted by Stat M Repairman
Member since Jun 2023
3247 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:08 pm to


Rip colonel bubbies.
Posted by RandySavage
9 Time Natty Winner
Member since May 2012
35801 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:08 pm to
Didn't you hear we don't even have enough munitions to battle Iran for a couple of months
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:15 pm to
LoL at DEET. No mosquito bites but enjoy the birth defect offspring you will be having.
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Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 8/8/26 at 2:17 pm to
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