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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
Not unlike many things, when the original items become hard to find, a certain asian country will begin to make copies to fill the demand.
While not specifically a military POL can, the area of petrol companies who also used these types of cans is an active and lucrative area of collecting, and so you can now buy "NEW" cans to fill your needs.
I wonder if Kirk's find is somebody's attempt to fill a need for a hard to find can?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GOLDEN-F...4AAOSwcw1ejnLK |
Oh how I wish I could buy these repro at $10 a pop from China. I think I'm up to 19 I need to fill my bins and would happily do it with lookalike dummies.
Kirk, is the cap thread size the same? Does the filler look grafted on?