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OK, so I picked them up today, pack date of 2008 (not exactly what I expected but seller did not know how to read date).Originally Posted by StagLefty
That's a good deal-give us a follow up after you see them.
Still, it felt like a good deal, I even picked up some extras...
Just curious where you got the pack date of 2008. It looks like the pack date is 0073, which I would expect to be the 73rd day of 2010, which would be March 14. Then the inspect date says 3/11, which would make sense to inspect a year later. Not positive that's the way it is, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
MRE's are typically stamped to inspect 3 years after the pack date, so 2008 sounds about right. At least this is how it's been for me. The 0073 is confusing though because that should be 2000, I don't think that's a 2010 date code, but again I could be wrong as I'm going off what my experience has been.
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That would make sense too if it was a 2000 pack date, and 3 years would have date below possibly be 03/11 (YY/MM)? Weird. Silly govt. and their numbering schemes...
First, a link to the seller if you are in the area and interested...
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/spo/1857948024.html
Second, the date questions....
Looking at this site...
http://www.mreinfo.com/us/mre/mre-date-codes.html
I think they 2008, the pictures are not clear but I just verified the first digit is an 8, not a zero and that fits with the 3 year inspection date.
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