Hey guys and girl,

Got lucky at the local show today. Was totin' an '03 for sale and stopped to talk to a parts dealer. He asked if I had any parts to sell, said no, just the rifle.

He then told me he had an original Kerr sling for sale. Not on his table. Said it was original and forty bucks. I didn't say anything, figured it was a repro. Wrong.......

Took a good look and the hardware was all darkened brass. Not black but a park or park colored paint. Info I learned here helped me decide. Short piece looked to be sixteen inches and the long one was very long as measured against the swivels on my '03. Figured it was fifty inches. Slightly soiled and no frays or tears, nice khaki color. Two Andy Jackson's came out of my pocket pretty fast.

My daughter helped me sling up. We both figured how to pass the clips through the swivels at the same moment. Real kick.

Any experts have a guess as to period of manufacture of this sling? I'm thinkin' post WWI ? No stamps on the webbing.

By the way, picked up and inspected an Eddystone. All nice blue. Think the barrel was arsenal original. Barrel was dated 9-18 with "E" and bomb. Serial was one million maybe two hundred something. $850.00, very nice rifle.

Here are photos. Comments on sling and lawn will be appreciated.......hotter'in hell here, how bout' ya'll?

Death to bad guys and repro anything,

Lancebear
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