Unusual sling....Anybody seen?

[colreed]

One of my slings has a C tip on one end and a D tip on the other.
The fastner is coded "United Carr" "Boston Mass".
Anyone have an idea how this config could have come about?

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[BrianQ]

Repaired sling

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Judging from the weave, I think the 'C' tip was added later.

It's been done before.

[jimb16]

Actually, I think it was the other way round....D tip added later as a repair.

[Bill Ricca]

I have a nice Khaki Sling which has one of each. It becomes obvious that the D tip was added after the C tip came loose.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I think you might be right Jim looking at the condition of the D. Regardless, I think it was just a repair to keep the sling serviceable.

[colreed]

Thanks folks for your info and comments.

The thought of having slings repaired is interesting. One might think slings in the field might be considered expendable items if "broken". Maybe bunches of bad ones were collected over time and sent to a centralized repair facility for rebuild. Or, would individual unit armorers have the ability to repair in the field?

[Harlan (Deceased)]

It could have also been repaired by an individual (military or civilian) over the past 60 years just to save the sling.

[Bill Ricca]

But your earlier description also occurs. I know a dealer who removed a few D tips from slings and substituted C tips from worn out slings and sold them as "original WWII".

His dishonesty increased the value of each sling by 4 to 5 times.

[jjh]

I had a chance to go through a box of about 300 slings. most were d tips but I found about 20 c tips and out of those 7 had c tips on one and d tips on the other. this box of slings was bought from the government as surplus.