SLEEPING BAGS

[Treesuit]

Ken,

After looking at some of the pictures you posted I like the more modern 2000 issue. It looks like it is lighter and can compact down very easily. The 1990's version one is a nice second choice.

[crunchie]

Those Norwegian sleeping bags look quite warm.
Interesting photos.

Thanks for posting.

[PanzerDivision666]

i was at a flea market last year, when i came across this guy selling a duffel bag, full of stuff. he wanted five bucks for it. i asked him what was inside of it, and he shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know. so, i forked over my five bucks and took my prize home. the duffel had Navy markings on the outside, and smelled godawful. But when i opened it up, there was a huge sleeping bag inside. again, Navy markings. It looked to me like some sort of casualty evac sleeping bag. It has three buckles and straps that hold it closed, and it is filled with down.
When you open it up, it looks sorta like a regula military sleeping bag..except that inside, there is this "blanket", or partition that is attached within, like you could lay on top of it, or put it over you. the whole rig is grossly oversized, like, i could sleep comfortably and still have room for a very naked girlfriend. I have no way of posting pics of it right now, but I've never seen anything like this.

[norge]

what you gott is a med-vac sleeping bag/casulty bag for transporting wounded people
in cold weather. these are hard to comeby now and cost loads of $$$
but for regular hiking and camping its to heavy,but if you gott a snow mobile
or a cabin its greate

cheers ken

[Treesuit]

PanzerDivision666,

After reading you description it almost sounds like you have a "kapok" or heavy duty mountain bag. I don't know too much about these except from what I have read or seen before.

A long time ago out West here, The US Forest Service had a system of fire lookouts and staff to man them. Some of the lookouts were at extreme edges of a mountian chain and required heavy sleep systems for their staff since even in summer the temperatures could go down to 30 degrees F at night. So they came with a unique design that combined goose feather down and canvas. A lot of back country packers had them because they would be out on the trails and have to sleep out in the open; not to mention had to stay warm . So they took a lot of bags an issued them to personnel in the lookouts.

I had heard that some fire crews had them but I can't confirm this. I did see one in 2005 that a squad leader of mine in the National Guard had. He used it when he went trapping or on long road trips and he just layed it out in the back of his truck. I saw it once and it almost sounded liked yours. It was very thick and had a extra layer over it and it also had a down pillow sewn into the top and then you folded everything over to form a sausage like roll and then snap it shut with locks/buckles.

If you have one, keep it! You have a real treasure. If you can get us some photos, that would be great!

[Bypah]

PanzerDivision666,

After reading you description it almost sounds like you have a "kapok" or heavy duty mountain bag.

They call them "kapoks" becuase in earlier times they used the fibers of the kapok tree also called ceiba to make the fill of the sleeping bags.Also it was used in life jackets back in WWII.
Is more dense than cotton and also is a better insulator.

[Treesuit]

Bypah,

Okay, after reading that it does make sense.

[luis0449]

I never got used to sleep with my boots on during my time in the military. It depends on people but not me. I just couldn`t. It was totally unconfortable. I was in the MP so it was supposed to be ok. The only bad thing is that we could only sleep four hours a day (a corporal from 11pm to 03:00 am and the other from 03:00 am to 07:00 am). We had to sleep with all our kit on in case of an (as someone said) NAAAACHHHTTAAAALLLLAAAARRRRRMMMMM (someone is supposed to try to break into the building and you are supposed to act fast) and that included boots on.

Some sergeants were a pain in the arse checking all the time you had your kit on, but others were ok and turned a blinded eye when you took your webbing, your boots off, or any other thing.

If you sleep well you`l be more efective next day. It`s as easy as that.

All the best, people.

Luis

[PanzerDivision666]

Alright, troops. I tok the sleeping bag out, and unrolled it just now to see what the label says. and it reads as follows:


This article contains
ALL NEW MATERIALS
consisting of
DOWN
70%
30% FEATHERS

Bag, Sleeping
Stock No.(R) 27-B 285

Contract N 288s-12759
BURTON-DIXIE CORP.
Newark,N.J.

that's all the info i have on it. it appears to be personal-issue gear.I t has a person's name written on it in two places "R. Quigley" It is longer when fully rolled up than a regular issue sleeping bag like I've seen in the past, but the length of it when rolled up would make it a bitch to carry on my or in my ruck without the use of compression strapping....and the strapping it has is thin, and the buckles are tiny. so are all the zippers. It's kind of weird to me... How do i clean it when it needs it/ I don't have any experience with this type of gear. I've always used the intermediate weight, GI issue sleeping gear during every season. if i feel it's a bit too cold for my bag, i simply use a few poncho liners( man, one of the handiest pieces of gear ever given me, to be sure!!!)and i'm good to go.

[housil]

Contract N 288s-12759
BURTON-DIXIE CORP.
Newark,N.J.

The BURTON-DIXIE CORP made the Bag, Sleeping Arctic, M-1949 .
Please compare with this Mountain Bag, maybe it´s similar?