This is one of my favorite stores in the entire region. It's a genuine *surplus* store in a unique…read moresetting. Most surplus stores actually carry more new 'military-like' gear than they do actual surplus and are more like low-end outdoor/tactical shops. Those are cool and I enjoy them too for other purposes but sometimes you want actual stuff with an NSN, and Randy's shop is like 99% real surplus gear and he has a huge variety of stuff, from uniforms to chest rigs to medical, packs, pouches, holsters, pretty much everything you can think of. Given his location a lot of it is Army but I've seen plenty of uniform issue from other branches as well.
He runs the shop out of his property so it's a bit tricky finding the first time, but something about taking a gravel driveway to buy surplus in an outdoors settings makes it even better.
What you'll find here:
- containers, rucks, packs, pouches (saw, grenade etc), camelbaks, holsters, pistol belts, poly pro, acu's, class a's msss, chest rigs and plates, ifaks and supplies, mre's, alices, molles, camo netting, eye/ear pro, helmets, way more, all real surplus. A very small handful of aftermarket non-surplus packs, and a small handful of aftermarket non-surplus accessory stuff.
What you won't find here:
- tons of cheap civilian sleeping bags, civilian tents, new in box work boots, rows and rows of cheap knives, fake "take a number" customer service gags, or any of the stuff that tends to dominate other 'surplus' stores.
He runs this shop by himself so if you aren't in the area absolutely call ahead and make sure he's expecting you. I've been there several times and have only dropped in once when he wasn't around.
Randy's also one of the nicest humblest guys you'll ever do business with. Take your time and talk with him while you shop.
