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06-29-2013 08:14 PM
# ADS
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Could be....with replacement tips.
When they tell you to behave, they always forget to specify whether to behave well or badly!
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The last 'letter' above the date appears to be 'CO.' to me and the date could be any year in the 40's because the last digit is totally illegible. Isn't there an S M CO. marking (Schlagel?)? Why would they replace the tips? Maybe unfinished surplus web assembled after the war with updated hardware & MRT marking? I have never heard of MRT until Korean or post-Korean era. But, I don't have the CC newsletters. Educate me.
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C-tips can come off fairly easily. Quite a few legit slings have been observed with a single D-tip relacement. It wasn't just the carbines that received repairs and upgrades. So did the bayonets and slings. In stock web gear could easily have been pulled out of stock and received the mildew resistant treatment. And I agree on the S.M. Co. identification.
When they tell you to behave, they always forget to specify whether to behave well or badly!
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