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Posted: 4/1/2020 4:25:05 PM EDT
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Whats the price?
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Posted: 4/1/2020 5:18:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whats the price? A tad under $25 |
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Posted: 4/1/2020 6:30:55 PM EDT
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Is it one of these for $24.95?
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Posted: 4/1/2020 6:50:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it one of these for $24.95? No, just a regular looking sling. Doesn't appear to have the "dot" on the end tab. Tbh I don't recall seeing one of those before. The interesting part for me is that it is still sealed in its wrapper, if I do decide to buy, it will stay unwrapped in my collection. Just need a heads up if it's legit. |
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Posted: 4/1/2020 7:44:32 PM EDT
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Brown paper wrap, or clear plastic bag type?
If it's not packed like this one below, I seriously question it:  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/1/2020 7:50:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Brown paper wrap, or clear plastic bag type? Looks like wrapped in brown wax paper with serrated edges and sealed in clear plastic. White paper labels also have serrated edges. |
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Posted: 4/1/2020 7:53:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like wrapped in brown wax paper with serrated edges and sealed in clear plastic. White paper labels also have serrated edges. More like this 1966 one? But has white labels on the plastic bag? Or labels inside on the brown wrap? Is the brown wrap marked too?  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/1/2020 7:55:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/1/2020 8:34:48 PM EDT
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M1sniper,
Similar to the 1966 but not exact. White label appears to be on the outside of the clear plastic. I'll try and find a way to get an image of the packaging. |
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Posted: 4/2/2020 7:36:00 AM EDT
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Brough asked me to post the pictures for him, so here we go ...
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Posted: 4/2/2020 5:05:40 PM EDT
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The impressed dot on the ball end keeper was an earlier thing. Most WW2 and early 50s slings had those. At some point it disappeared by the late 50s early 60s. WW2 slings up until at least 1946 had pot metal ball end keepers and that changed to brass in the 50s from my observations. Early slings also had the small triglide buckle that had the middle bar raised and off center. The later larger triglide was a big improvement. The later VN era seat belt slings came in many shades, from lima bean green to baby poop brown. Mine in light OD, and I don't like it at all.
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Posted: 4/3/2020 9:56:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Brough asked me to post the pictures for him, so here we go ... https://i.imgur.com/3XxWIayh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pWVtKAQh.jpg Apologies for the quality of the photos, unfortunately I had to take screen shots of the item. Brough |
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Posted: 4/12/2020 11:19:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Brough asked me to post the pictures for him, so here we go ... https://i.imgur.com/3XxWIayh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pWVtKAQh.jpg The NSN, National Stock Number, system was not used until 1974. Until then a Federal Stock Number, FSN, was used. The early FSN's were converted by adding the NATO country code, 00 or 01 for United States, after the first four digits. I question the legitimacy of this package. |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 9:19:55 AM EDT
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I recently found some information about the above pictured sling.
"small arms sling, hard nylon weave, FSC 1055-00-714-5320 issued for use in the Republic of Vietnam" The FSC 1055 is believed to have been used for M20 RL, M79 grenade launcher etc. However, the sling that I have pictured looked to be green cotton and not "hard nylon weave" so I contacted the seller and he confirms that it is indeed nylon. So it seems that it may well be authentic and I think I will take a gamble on it, but unfortunately is not M16 related. If anyone has more info please chime in. Brough |
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