Leather 1907 sling issued to the L42

[Hal O'Peridol]

So if one wanted to put on a M1907 leather sling on an L42, then for it to be "appropriate" the sling would have to have brass fittings and be dated 1918 or earlier.

[bigduke6]

Cheers, Simon. I ask because I've seen on US websites that 1907 slings are knocking around marked MRT and some with an 80's year date.

Steve,

The MRT stamp is not a maker see the link below

MRT 1985 M1907 Sling ?

Regarding the stockpile Peter mentions I would of thought these came with M1903 / M1917 rifles that headed this way for the Home Guard, but the dates don't add up regarding the M1903,s and not sure when the first M1917 rifles arrived ? Anyone know what sling the Canadian Ross had ? as a lot of these were exchanged for SMLE,s in WW1.

[m4carbine]

Peter,

Were any of the 07 slings you saw issued on the L42 MRT marked? I believe the MRT (Mildew Resistant Treatment) markings began in the 50's. Slings that came on the M1917 would have the old stamped
makers mark and date. Something like HOYT 1917 and then some initials.

Chosenman
If you are buying a contemporary M1907 sling, beware! If the markings look like this, its real
If it doesn't have a date and only says MRT its a fake or if the MRT and date are left to right across the sling instead of down the length, its a fake.

What makes them fake is the quality of the leather, when I shot service rifle several of our team members would buy these at gun shows because they were cheep, within the course of the shooting season a few of them stretched then tore in two. The last company to have a US Mil contract was the Cathey Leather, they closed sometime in the last 8-10 years and Turner currently is the contractor or record.

Here is a great wealth of info on Slings US 1907 Sling

[Patrick Chadwick]

KFS

?Kentucky Fried Snake? Please translate.

[Peter Laidler]

KFS = Knife Fork and Spoon. I have to say that even froim my first day in the Army, 7th January 1963 as a 15 1/2+ year old apprentice earning £2 2s 6d a week we were all issued separate items, noit clipped together. I still have the knife and fork, complete with my number stamped on the handles and the ubiquitous WD arrow on the rear!

Marty. The only ones I remember, and on mine are HOYT and 1917/18 dates - or certainly from around that time. Even by the mid 70's the slings were all very tatty and oil soaked but they seemed to be plentiful enough. Full of oil because the snipers used to clean them with a stuff called 'dubbin'. In the wet they were awful. Would stain everything they touched, slippery. In fact, useless so they'd simply use webbing slings...., usually a Bren sling. All had dirty brass end buckles

[browningautorifle]

?Kentucky Fried Snake?

Is that any good?

[Steve H. in N.Y.]

Is that any good?

Tastes like chicken.

[browningautorifle]

chicken.

[m4carbine]

If you lived somewhere they had never had chicken and they had to explain what something weird tasted like, how would that go?

In the dim distant past when I taught survival, NOTHING and I mean NOTHING tasted like chicken, I have tasted a lot of weird stuff and with chicken only $1.49/lbs. who needs Iguana meat.

[browningautorifle]

And snake tastes like snake. Specially when it's cooked in an old ammo can. Punch a hole in the lid and use it as a pressure cooker...