rare sling !

[karl schmidt]

M1 Garand Rifle Sling Vietnam Era Nylon Rifle Sling 308 or 223 or 556 | eBay

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[browningautorifle]

Neat...not really rare though. Specially one with that much corrosion on the hardware.

[mark1]

The sling looks like the ones that were on the Greek M1's.

[browningautorifle]

Would make sense. They'd have been given everything on the shelf, I'll bet the FSN is the same for nylon as it is for cotton web.

[ROCK]

Neat...not really rare though. Specially one with that much corrosion on the hardware.

I have one of those slings. I'm not sure what the white stuff on the metal is but mine has it too. It's a white powder that wipes off. The metal looks fine underneath it but the powder comes back after awhile. It's kind of weird.

[browningautorifle]

It's a sort of verdigris.

[Orlando]

nothing rare about it, they were used on M14's as well as M16 rifles. I had a box of them once NOS in wrap

[bacarnal]

Was issued one of the same slings in Okinawa in '81 to go to the range with. It was on every rifle I qualified with afterwards. Still have it. Cheers, Bruce.