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Posted: 11/13/2001 9:49:34 AM EDT
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A lot of business are using this BS excuse, Even Armalite. Unless we are dropping AR10 rifles on the taliban then somebody is full of it.
As for military scout snipers. Do you really think they deploy to an AO then order a commercial "kit" to construct their suit? |
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Posted: 11/13/2001 10:04:51 AM EDT
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As for military scout snipers. Do you really think they deploy to an AO then order a commercial "kit" to construct their suit? Not having any military sniper background I would have no idea what they would do or not do but they do have some kind of military contract number on there web page. US Government Vendor CAGE #1SVZ3 We Accept Government Impac Cards! Call for an order over $1000 |
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Posted: 11/13/2001 10:36:01 AM EDT
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Anybody can get a CAGE code and take gov credit cards... I doubt any serious ghille users buy anything more than burlap and dye, and get that through the system or locally.
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Posted: 11/13/2001 10:57:14 AM EDT
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Yeah your probably right but where the heck do you get burlap at? I tried to find the materials and had no luck. Walmart and Myers were both out of soccer nets too. |
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Posted: 11/13/2001 11:04:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah your probably right but where the heck do you get burlap at? I tried to find the materials and had no luck. Walmart and Myers were both out of soccer nets too. Fabric shops are a great source of Burlap, and snadbags work well also. I use volleyball nets, any sports store will have em. |
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Posted: 11/13/2001 9:26:56 PM EDT
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Cabela's winter catalog edition II has some great burlap and some ok neting..
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Posted: 11/13/2001 9:43:36 PM EDT
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I got told at the gunshow this past weekend that Springfield Armory 3rd Generation Lit Reticle .308 BDC 4-14 x 56 scopes are all getting diverted to the war. So they are all but impossible to find. OK.
WWoodworth |
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Posted: 11/13/2001 11:49:33 PM EDT
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my cousin who inspired me to join my Beloved Corps is a S/S bubba. he tells me they had to construct a ghillie as part of the division level S/S school. they had to make another one at the advance course at quantico. they sewed and glued re-enforcement panels to the knees,thighs,stomach and elbows of their utilities too. he told me the Army is big on flightsuit ghillies while the Corps prefers to make theirs from Cammies.
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Posted: 11/14/2001 1:41:30 AM EDT
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i asked about the scopes too, i was told that the army is into leupold and redfield and of course, the Corps still uses Unertl with leupold on the .300WinMag. Dave_G seems to be a bit more in the loop with S/S stuff than i am, might want to ask him.
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Posted: 11/14/2001 2:16:31 AM EDT
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Marine Snipers and from what I have been told army also are required to make their Gillie suits, I don't think anyone in the military buys theirs.
Burlap is avialable through the supply system. Your unit can either just go to servemart, use sand bags (non-nylon) or ask around since a lot of things to include rope comes packed in it. |
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Posted: 11/14/2001 4:38:46 AM EDT
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If you need bulk burlap try a large nursery or tree farm, they use it to wrap the tree balls (joke away). They can tell you who they source it from, comes in rolls about 3-4 ft wide. locally the company is called Burlap and Twine.
Luck Alac |
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