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[Lee Enfield]

Original or one of the recent repro?

[Brian Dick]

L8A1 sling. Is it the wide nylon or narrow cotton version issued with the L96.

I wasn't aware there were repros LE. Can you elaborate?

[Peter Laidler]

Originals were one of those good ideas, good in theory but crap in practice. Soooooo expensive too! Just the clamp-keeper buckle came in at some colossal price too, made by the Irvine parachute people while the sling material was the same as the throw-away MILAN carrier sling. The best, no doubt about it were the narrower, approx 1"+ wide heavy cotton - almost webbing type that wouldn't slip and slide when wet. I think that they came on stream during the last days of the L42

[Lee Enfield]

L8A1 sling. Is it the wide nylon or narrow cotton version issued with the L96.

I wasn't aware there were repros LE. Can you elaborate?

Working off my phone I didn't notice the USGI pattern swivel hook and thought that it might be one of these:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/696599107

[Gil Boyd]

Belgian made SYNTEX was the one....................rocking horse poo, just as slippery

[chosenman]

A bloody good sling!
Didn't stretch like the 1907
Didn't slip when wet like the 1907
The buckle was exactly what cold wet fingers needed
Could be attached/detached in a fraction of the time the 1907 could.
Did sterling work on the L96 to.

[MJ1]

Repros ? Well it had to happen sometime.

[Peter Laidler]

Chosen man. What one do you mean? The earlier slippery wider nylon sling made by Remploy or the later narrower coarse cotton webbing one made by Syntex/Belgium. Both retained the same part number as I recall and both overlapped for a couple of years as one slowly replaced the other. Gil, I don't think that the better Syntex one was as slippery as the original one simply because it was deliberately made of a thick weave cotton JUST for that reason. The Syntex one also became a standardised/accepted NATO sniper sling although I don't know who else might have used it..., Belgian Army?

[Gil Boyd]

Peter,
The one I have with the L42 is the original one with the name and part number stamped on it, also have the 1907 sling on the rifle. When wet it is certainly slippery. There must be two in circulation going by what Chosenman states, but I know you can't approach SYNTEX to buy one direct, real growlers!!
The strap must be fairly pricy even to AI I suspect.