Army-Navy Store

[aarondhgraham]

I'm old enough to remember when army surplus store were just that,,,
Stores that sold all kind of real military goods, new and used.

There was one near my home on the south side of OK City in the 60's,,,
He had barrels of mil-surp rifles and lots of mil-surp ammo,,,
I could pedal there and buy 8mm Ammo for my Mauser,,,
Five rounds at a time for a dollar bill.

Then off to the old dump,,,
To shoot some rats.

Aarond

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[ark-and-spark]

I love the smell of a good army surplus store.

 

[GC7]

I love the smell of a good army surplus store.

I haven't stepped foot in one for probably 20 years and I can still tell you what they smell like.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Yep... Distinct smell in a real surplus store. Like Sears stores from my childhood...they smelled like tires and cars and manly stuff no matter where in the store you were. I miss being able to go to Sears and get good tools and other stuff without having to look all over.

 

[Firpo]

I’ll have to hit those listed if I’m up that way. My suspicion is they’ve gone the way of the dodo bird likely due to places like eBay and Amazon. A shame, the current generation is really missing out.

 

[red dirt shootist]

Brigadoon Surplus in Del City.

Does the same guy from 15-20 years ago still own it? I think he had some problems with the batf?

 

[coolhandluke]

I think so. Must not of been to big of a problem as they are still selling overpriced ammo and firearms.

Brigadoon hasn't sold firearms since around the 2008 or 2009 timeframe.

 

[yukonjack]

Brigadoon hasn't sold firearms since around the 2008 or 2009 timeframe.

You’re right. I got to thinking about that after I posted that.

 

[aarondhgraham]

There was one near my home on the south side of OK City in the 60's,,,
He had barrels of mil-surp rifles and lots of mil-surp ammo,,,
I could pedal there and buy 8mm Ammo for my Mauser,,,
Five rounds at a time for a dollar bill.

My memory was faulty,,,
It was $.10 per round for milsurp,,,
He did sell new ammo by the round for $.20 per round.

Smacking a few of those big old rats at the dump,,,
For a Okie kid that was like going on safari.

Aarond

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[XYZ]

When I was a kid in boy scouts we spent most of our lawn mowing money at the two army surplus stores. Lots of great memories of those experiences.