bgeipel

I am not sure where you got the $16 proce tag for a marine Corps shirt from. If it was a site geared to selling to the public, then the shirt may be "Mil-spec" but not US Military. Most "Mil-spec" shirts that are sold to the public are made in Central America and are NOT used by the US Military - and are cheap. If the site was geared toward selling to military personel, I would guess that government subsidies come into play. Regardless, Military uniforms are produced in substantially greater numbers than BSA uniforms which can also account for the cheaper price.

You can't compare the prices of a limited production run of US Made clothing to that of a mass run of foreign made cloths. The pants you are referring to from Cabelas are not US made. On the survey at scoutstuff.com, there are repeated questions about off-shoring the production of uniforms. That may be where all of this is headed. Another problem with Uniforming is keeping the same style in stock for an extended period of time. Off shore manufactures probably would not want to re-tool to make another limited production run after the current supplies run out. I am not sure you would s