Ahhhh…surplus.

The new SPortsmans Guide HQ catalog showed up last week and I ordered a few goodies out of it. Nothing dramatic. However, remember a few months back tehre was a deal on Russian canteens and cups 20/$20? Well, theyre okay…but not really great. So Im flipping through the catalog and find these:

Swiss military canteens with cup. Holds about liter, has NBC drinktube cap and comes with a very nice nesting canteen cup. Should fit any pouch that would hold a Nalgene bottle of 1 quart size.

So, at 20/$20, i figured I’d get some for me and the LMI. They arrived today and theyre sweet. Solid construction…bounced an empty one of the concrete a few times with no ill effect. The canteen cup locks firmly and snugly to the bottle so they’ll not get split up. Very much worth a buck each. And, as a major improvement over the Russian ones, they hold more water and are a convenient shape. I can definitely say that these look like a good choice for getting a nice supply of canttens (and extra canteens) for yourself. I’ll keep half of these for myself and the LMI’s will get the rest. A good buy for $20. Great for leaving one in your bag, truck, shed, hunting camp, cache, etc, etc.
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Watched the latest episode of Jericho. Moral: hungry people are dangerous people. Refugees are dangerous people. Hungry refugees are very dangerous people. Its all well and good to put on the noble face and say ‘They’re scared like the rest of us. We have to help them.’ but after the plattitudes are said someone has to take food out off their kid’s plate and give it to a stranger. Good luck with that choice.