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R.A.T.

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I picked up one of the USMC survival kits. Damn good kit, BTW. Was wondering if it will fit into a 7x5x2 max pouch. What do you carry yours in once you broke the seal?
 
I don't have that particular size pouch from Maxpedition.

I spread the contents around like peanut butter! Those kits are excellent kits to store away for just about forever since there are no perishable items in there. They are also good to tear apart and build other kits from.

Depending on the layout of a 7X5X2 inch pouch, you might be able to get all of the really good stuff in something that size!

Baseplate Compass, Camillus Demo Knife, 2X3" Starflash Signal Mirror, the Mil-Spec Fishing Kit, Candle, Mil-Spec Space Blanket, Flat Whistle (ACR), Snare Wire, DOAN Magnesium/Ferrocerium Block/Rod, Box of Hurricane Matches, about the only thing that might give you a fit is the heavy duty water bag but you could probably roll that up into a tube and get that into a 7X5X2 pouch. You might be able to get the entire thing in there!
 
I'm thinking I can but wanted to ask you first since I knew you had a couple of these.
 
Correction: M1, I always get the two of them confused and have to go back and double check. It's possible if you sat and played Rubik's Cube with it, you might get the entire kit into an M1 pouch...removing the plastic from various items, etc.
 
nice kit. it seems better than the army mtn survival kit. it comes with dry condoms as water holders LOL
 
I'm pretty well impressed with this kit. In fact, we plan on building a new kit for sale based on this kit.
 
R.A.T. said:
I'm pretty well impressed with this kit. In fact, we plan on building a new kit for sale based on this kit.
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i am too actually.. the water bladder is a nifty deal. the compass is nice along with the knife. far better than the one i mentioned
 
The saw is also pretty cool. If it breaks you can reattach the rings to the bigger of the two pieces and keep cutting. I think it might even come with two blades.

A RAT kit based on that kit would be cool.
 
It's the best wire saw I've used, although the original BCB does a pretty good job as well. The saw in the USMC kit is expensive though.
 
R.A.T. said:
The saw in the USMC kit is expensive though.
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If it costs less than a funeral service and burial, it is probably worth it. ;)

Excellent point! <---- Accidentally added to my post by Jeff
 
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Damn, Grump. Didn't mean to add my comments under yours in your post. I hit edit instead of quote. Sorry about that bro. But you did make an excellent point!
 
R.A.T. said:
Damn, Grump. Didn't mean to add my comments under yours in your post. I hit edit instead of quote. Sorry about that bro. But you did make an excellent point!
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No prob about the edited post. After all, you da man and you can edit whatever you like. :)
 
Here's a macro shot I just took for comparison:

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I used both of these saws a lot yesterday evening doing some testing in green wild cherry. Both of them will overheat if you don't pace yourself. Overheating is a bad thing since it will cause them both to break. The USMC and BCB were both about the same in being aggressive in the cut. The BCB seemed to bind up quicker than the USMC but both of them would bind up after getting about 1/2" deep in a 1 1/2" diameter cherry sapling. It's really a toss-up between these two saws but the USMC seems to be tougher built (maybe last longer?) and I also like the fact that you can take the finger rings on and off of the USMC and use up more of the saw it if breaks. The USMC is much more expensive on the retail market than the BCB (about 3 times the price).
 
Like I said, it's a toss-up. I think the USMC is the best between the two but I'm not sure it's 3 times better, which is the difference in the cost. Neither of them is made for heavy sawing.
 
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