Can Someone Venture A Guess On This Rifle Sling Type ?

[PaulN]

That sounds like the swivel attachment that was used on those types of Mauser - Brazil Mauser, Gew98 and some versions of the K98k*, for instance - that have a hole just in front of the trigger-guard bow for this purpose. But the double-hook adjustment is non-standard for military Mauser slings. And I would expect a target rifle or sniper sling to be just as wide as the US 1907 type sling you mentioned. So at this point I can only guess that it is a home-brew sling. Pictures would be required to be able to make any further deductions!

*For instance, my FN-made Israeli K98. Yes, I know it was not standard. But a possible option. And the better option for target shooting.

Patrick;

Thanks much for the reply.

I took a closer look at the sling and saw that the leather (a nice chocolate brown) was marked 'RS402'.

When I did a Google-search for that I found this .... it's for an item being sold on a European Web site - now out-of-date but the picture (when I looked) was still there and I believe that it's for the same type of sling that I've asked about :

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Also .... when I gave the sling a really close look I found that one of the parts showed 'NYC' so I suspect strongly that the sling is a copy made on the east coast of the U.S.

Regards;

- Paul