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Anonymous01/13/26, 21:33No.2857570Outdoors Gear
Can you help me pick retired army gear for hunting, /out/?
Reason is that I tried looking for hunting clothes and they were seemingly expensive and really shitty, mostly made from >80% plastics. I remember back when I was young and would buy them for cross country hacking, uniforms were decent almost all cotton or polyester with cotton lining in the least and not too pricey. Other than that ripstop weave, good pocket size and distribution amongst other things. Even the buttons/zips were huge which would be a huge boon with gloved fingers.
So I'm wondering if anyone happens to know off-hand which winter gear is semi-effective camouflage that isn't in current use?
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Anon01/13/26, 23:10No.2857575
Gayest larp thread. No, we won't help you.
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Anon01/13/26, 23:22No.2857577
Sad LARP thread.
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Anon01/16/26, 22:08No.2857894
Having a hard time tracking what it is you’re looking for. Are you looking for sources of milsurp or are you looking for milsurp like stuff/replicas?As far as winter camp for hunting, unless you’re hunting birds, camo really isn’t that important as long as you’re not wearing bright colors. That said, j just wear a white anorak wind breaker over my actually insulating layers.
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Anon01/17/26, 10:31No.2857939
Not larp, because 90% of hunting trousers are fucking garbage these days. They break down after a year or less and make insane noise. Went for wool but the durability is nothing impressive.
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Anon01/17/26, 16:02No.2857947
you might get shot wearing this, but comfort is unmatched
around 160$ of rabbit-fur clothes
incredibly lightweight, a very comfortable warmth, almost like you're covered in a the feeling of a cat sitting on your lap
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Anon01/20/26, 20:43No.2858299
Just get whatever milsurp is available/cheap that fits you.
Dont worry about what pattern/color it is.
Then buy Rit Dye thats in a color shade for whatever environment you plan to use it in.I did about a dozen sets- started with colors for different seasons (deep green for spring, brown for autumn) then got bored and did shit like a blue set and a red set (for pic related).
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Anon01/20/26, 21:10No.2858303
Picrel is the only milsurp worth buying. I'll also entertain arguments in favor of wool blankets.
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Anon01/20/26, 21:57No.2858310
>mostly made from >80% plastics
The overwhelming majority of surplus is nylon cordura or ripstop or other flavours of plastic. This is because plastic is objectively better for military use cases. It pretty much has been this way since the 90s but not sure when it trickled down to surplus stores.
Also most technical surplus (e.g. not larp) is just over-priced now.
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Anon01/20/26, 22:13No.2858313
Similar but more focused question, anyone know of any good modern parkas/smocks/jackets in SS camo? I’m not sure whether I want Erbsenmuster, Eichenlaubmuster, Platanenmuster, or Rauchtarnmuster. It just being a decent jacket or parka would probably be the deciding factor, I’d like it to be practical so I don’t want an actual repro.
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Anon01/21/26, 01:24No.2858333
Just use BDUs if you really want army shit lol