Slings

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

Just a bit of history. The web slings on Lee-Enfield rifles Are the invention of Col. Anson Mills, late of the 5th U.S. Cavalry, in fact all web gear is the result of his company

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[Peter Laidler]

Is this the original MILLS of Mills Equipment Company..., as in MECo John?.

When you see him next, tell him that the revolver holster dug up on Salisbury Plain a year ago, with the revolver still tucked inside it, dropped and lost by an Officers batman (don't be silly, it won't have been the Officer of course!) in 1944 is still recognisable

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

Mills set up a factory in the U.K.
Of course if I see him, I am gonna call ghost busters!
Mills Equipment was used in the late Indian Wars and the Spanish American war of 1898.

Now trhe funy part. Mills bandoleers weere used in the Boer War. As we all know, a cloth bandoleer is a one time use item. However dueto shortages of equopment they were re-used, and not being intended for that, ammunition fell out of them, so the boers resupplied themselves by simply following British columns and picking up the dropped stuff. AND that was the reason the War Office fought so hard to keep leather equipment even though there was NO comparison between bandoleers and the standard webbing.

[harry mac]

When you see him next, tell him that the revolver holster dug up on Salisbury Plain a year ago, with the revolver still tucked inside it, dropped and lost by an Officers batman (don't be silly, it won't have been the Officer of course!) in 1944 is still recognisable

Peter, any chance you could post a pic of that revolver, or did the Monkeys get it?
P.S. It has been known for officer's weapons to be burried.

[Capt Quahog]

Used to have one of those Lee Enfield type British WEB slings on an AR15 rifle. People thought it odd, but I liked it better than the USGI rip-stop nylon thing.