Army Surplus Stores

[XYZ]

I remember as a kid most medium size and larger towns had a good old Army Surplus store. It’s where we bought a bunch of our camping stuff for Boy Scouts. Sadly few towns do any longer.

You guys know of any of them still going and where?

 

[SiGArmed]

Seems like Brigadoons in Del City is the only one I hear about these days. I need some multicam and woodland pants though for sure. Just never seem to make it over there.

 

[XYZ]

Is that the one on Sunnylane?

 

[Timmy59]

https://www.okshooters.com/threads/army-surplus-i-40.287740/

 

[HoLeChit]

Brigadoons off sun gland in del city, Sam’s off Agnew in the stockyards. There’s also camo corner off highway 51 going into Stillwater. Sadly, every bodies stocks have diminished and prices are high.

I was reading somewhere that surplus stores are a thing of the past, due to several reasons:

1. surplus stores we know in the past were products of large, long conflicts. WW2 and Vietnam specifically.

2. wars are now fought with much smaller militaries, so less surplus.

3. surplus stores used to have a bit of a system almost like a coop where everyone would go in and buy stuff together, and split it up. Not so much anymore. So it’s easier for the government to sell in auctions like govplanet.

 

[HFS]

Is Sam's by the stockyards still open?
Have not been that way in years.

 

[Aku]

Strohs in Okarche. Right off 81 as your going into town. Not sure if its still open though.

 

[mikeyinokc]

If you can make it down to Lawton, there are several there.

 

[XYZ]

If you can make it down to Lawton, there are several there.

We run down to Medicine Park area occasionally. I’ll have to see if I can talk the boss into a detour.

 

[GnometownHero]

Camo corner east of I35 on 51 heading to Stillwater