I ran across these cache tubes and thought some folks might be interested. Certainly much cheaper than you can make.
http://www.militarylogisticsmfg.com/p0000432.html
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I ran across these cache tubes and thought some folks might be interested. Certainly much cheaper than you can make.
http://www.militarylogisticsmfg.com/p0000432.html
clicked on BUY 1 of each, and US Shipping: $0.00
but the DIY'er in me would just buy a 6 inch tube 4 feet long and 2 end caps and spare myself the waiting time
plus the DIY'er option of making smaller 1-2 foot tube caches
nice website, i'll add it to my " survival supplies " folder
nice...like those. I go to the hardware store and dig thru the scrap pile, you can almost always find some good lengths cheap. Some hardware stores give discount too cause its scrap.
ii read about this somewhere and laughed for a 1/4 of the price just do like CG says 6" pvc end cap, female adapter and male cap and some paint or colored tape and can make a couple of them easy oh yeah some glue is a must and some teflon paste and tape for the cap
I dont know if making them is cheaper , Just a 4 inch slip cap is 7.35 each. thats 14.70 and you havent added in the pvc tube or the glue or paint. and this price is from Home depot by the way.
Didn't see much else on the site, forward and back turned up a blank page?
Any way, I was given a couple of mortar shell tubes, not quite that long, but the price was right.
They have a rubber seal and a carry strap.
Only problem I have found is that they are a real PITA to get open by hand, they seal up real well.
I use them for map cases for the boat.
But since y'all brought them up, I sure that some basic survival gear would fit, as well, hummmmmmmm.
Thanks.
BTW we used PVC tubes w/ screw caps(10+ ft's) on the service trucks racks to keep copper pipe and such in.
They also take a tool to get open after a while.
I made several cache tubes took some to jamboree for trade. Using 6" schedule 40 PVC, one solid end cap and one screw off waterproof cap on each tube. with parts,glue and everything....Quote:
Originally Posted by wareagle69
4'X6" tube.................$45.00
2"X6" tube................$33.00
Course I don't know how heavy duty the tubes are on the web site it didn't say. IMHO for the price and free shipping they can't be much.
Dudes running his site using java script written in 1997. LOL
He must lose a ton of business!
The one on the left is an 81 mm mortar round container and the one on the left is a sonobouy container(if I had a nickel for everyone of those I tossed after unpacking the sonobouy)
I don't think you can make them for that price. I might be wrong but, like OS said, blasted pieces parts are expensive. He's got some weird stuff on there too. Some prices are good, some not so good.
Here's the main page Hunter...
http://www.militarylogisticsmfg.com/
Yeah, sometimes I get a catchy tune stuck in my head and...oh, wait...you said....nevermind.:blushing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Sippican Corporation sonobouys? That place is supposedly a high security plant. About 20 years back, I had to meet a contractor client at their Marion, Mass plant. He told me he was working in the rear of the plant, so I walked in an open delivery door and walked all over the place and nobody even asked me who I was. Gave me a lot of confidence in our military contractor security practices. :sneaky2:Quote:
Originally Posted by SARKY
I don't think so either, (buying the parts/pieces), now if you have a service truck................Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Thanks, Rick this link seems to work, just don't use their next and back button.
.... why not just get a 5 gallon bucket with a nice lid? Too big? Well, its $5.
I guess I was thinking he same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I'll look, but there is a super sealable/re-usable lid available, if I remember correctly.
Found one:
http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/gam..._products.aspx
Gamma seal lids.Quote:
Originally Posted by hunter63
Well, go ahead and stick this in a 5 gallon bucket...
http://www.impactguns.com/store/medi...ger_1022rb.jpg
Send it to me and I will take pictures of me trying!:innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Cut the bottom out of a couple buckets and add them to the top of a complete bucket, and make it as tall as you want.
Use PVC glue, to stick/seal them together.
Warning; Just for the record...I have no idea if this will work.
I was just being a smart arse. I've never tried it.:innocent:
Keep in mind that even if you have a water proof/air tight container, you still have a problem with condensation because of temperature difference.
So the chances of a Ruger 10/22 not rusting even if it did fit into a tube, would be slim if stored for any length of time.
I sure extreme measures as vacuum packing, packing in grease etc would have to be used.
Lost a couple of boxes of shotgun shells when the "Brass" which is really coated steel, rusted badly, over the winter even when stored in a water proof "dry box", on a shelf in the garage.