Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

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Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by DangerousDave » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:29 pm

I bought a couple of these from CTD.I Cut 1 open, to see what was inside. It's a 2 pc. attached kit, packed in heavy canvas/foil wrapper. Interesting peice of history. Theres a website by Don Rearic with more info, under USMC Force Recon Survival Kit. CTD has these for sale for 60 bucks. Everything in the kit I opened is usable.
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Post by Bypah » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:46 pm

CTD???? :?: :?: :roll:
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by MR.EMAN » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:02 am

Bypah wrote:CTD???? :?: :?: :roll:
Cheaper Than Dirt. Used to be a place for good deals. Since the election, dirt must have gone up in price.
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by ak70g2 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:29 pm

Damn, I need one of those...
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by DangerousDave » Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:19 pm

Yea, Cheaper Than Dirt has really sucked, past couple years, I'll admit. They still send me their crappy catalogs. This item, however, was a jem. I think they still have some left. Since they are located in Texas, maybe George Bush will take over, and make it a profitable company. 8)
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by george94 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:59 pm

There catalog switched over to a newspaper like paper. Those little emergency fishing kits seem pretty cool. I think CTD is the only place to find those kits.

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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by Treesuit » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:52 am

Heck yeah,

Those survial kits are totally awesome. When I was still in the Marines, I managed to trade for one back at Camp Lejuene in 1994. Thought it would come in handy. Never did use it, :( When I moved out west it disappeared. Question is are they still in stock at CTD?

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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by Bypah » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:40 am

I checked CTD and so far i didn't saw any...or maybe I missed it..... :roll:
I would like to get my hands in one of those.
They are like the FSR,MCW's and the GPsurvival rations, elusive!!!! :shock:
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by Bypah » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:47 am

Bypah wrote:I checked CTD and so far i didn't saw any...or maybe I missed it..... :roll:
I would like to get my hands in one of those.
They are like the FSR,MCW's and the GPsurvival rations, elusive!!!! :shock:

..found them...$ 60 bucks!!!....If they go down to 35-40 I get 2.... :D
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Re: Marine SK(Survival Kit) Gulf War 1 era.

Post by kman » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:57 pm

Are you saying you found them for $60? Do you have a link to the site?

I also found these links while searching around:

Materiel Fielding Plan for the Survival Kit (SK), Individual
http://marines.mil/news/publications/Do ... CH%201.pdf

Lots of pictures
http://www.donrearic.com/usmcskit.html

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