The sling was interesting to me because someone here has an Indian made SMLE that he's used on and off for the past 30 years for a bit of deer management and that came to him all those years ago with a sling exactly the same as that. I thought it was just some home made thing that had been left on there since before he got it. In fact it's only in the past few months that he's swopped it for a webbing sling that we gave him. I'll give him the good news that its a genuine warime Indian Army economy sling. The info that come up on this site is amazing!