illegal to buy/sell DND issued CADPAT?
 

A friend of my cousin's who is a soldier stationed in Cold Lake told me that all DND issued CADPAT gear will never be sold as surplus as and as such buying/selling it could get you into a lot of trouble. This all happened after my cousin was found to be in possession of a complete CADPAT BDU, vest, helmet, you name it, the complete kit. It was all given to him about 4 years before. He had 3 MP's come by and ask for the stuff back, including the CADPAT pants he was wearing at the time (at least what he told me).

Can any of the current serving CF members attest to this?

Yes, selling issued gear is a no-no.

It's "possible" since MPs are considered Peace Officers in Canada. And technically he's in possession of stolen goods, from the CF's perspective.

But at the same time, someone has to have tipped them off. As mentioned, there is some genuine CadPat in circulation, which was purchased from surpluses in Good Faith, so you can't just randomly knock people down who have it.

Best things in life are illegal.

We get our guns through questionable methods and now we get our gear that way too.

Ah, I can remember the time of Greylocks, when everyone was conservative and had insisted on following the law to the T... until they realized it would mean buying Cansoft.

But the only items that seemed to have slipped through were BDU's and not vests, helmets, etc.

Personally I think it's a little BS that they dont surplus CADPAT :D

All true.

Im of the opinion that wearing kit that should be in the hands of our fighting men and women is irresponsible and disrespectful. If you acquired your kit New from a legitimate source then power too you (for example CPGEAR ect..)

Just my opinion though

Cheers

True as it gets, all that shit in surplus stores "fell off a truck" and didn't get destroyed

DND sold a couple containers of issued CADPAT to a surplus shop in Morinville about 4-5 years ago. They didn't realize it until after that the stuff was complete and usable. They tried to get it back, but it was ruled that once they sold it as surplus, it was a done deal. This was the stuff you saw floating around e-Bay and such selling for $700/set back then.

That was the only legal CADPAT sets out there, and I suspect some of them left the country. A&A got some a few years ago, but it was cut up into strips.

So for buyers knowledge, how does one know if what they buy is properly surplus'ed or not? or what to look for when buying CADPAT legally.

If it looks brand new, it's stolen. Other than that sometimes some surplus dealers have been known to mark their surplus to keep track of it. But beyond that you don't know.

From what I heard though the only stuff surplused was BDU's and no helmets, covers, vests, and such like that.

BDU's are supposed to be destroyed just like everyother CADPAT item when they are beyond repair. Most base clothing stores have an industrial shredder to destory these items.

To end up in a surplus store, the BDU either disappeared from the wearhouse, A soldier sold his kit to the surplus and then filed a lost report to get one back or it could be an imitation that is made from material that did not meet specs. Heck, how do you think a pair of CADPAT boots ended up for sale on ASC where there still on trial.

As one of the other members said, a bunch of CADPAT BDU's was accidentally released as surplus. DND knew they made a mistake and technically even though they were released as surplus, they technically still aren't.

That's like going to a pawn shop and buying a stereo that you think is fine but find out later it's stolen. Even though you bought it from the pawn shop not knowing it was stolen, the police can still confiscate as stolen material.

I just find it odd that 3 MP's show up at your buddies house to grab gear that's been in his possession for 4 years, and he just happens to be wearing a pair of the pants at the time.

I often lounge around my house in cadpat pants. Have you not heard that cadpat is the new dinner wear?