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    Help- long Bren sling with 1941 date?

    I’ve just received a NOS single-hook Bren sling and I’m puzzled by the markings.

    It’s 54” long, without the hook, from the tip of one metal end to the other. The markings are “B.H.&G. LD. 1941 [broad arrow]”.

    I’ve read the thread with the list of equipment changes, and it says that one-piece slings weren’t produced until 1944.

    Am I misunderstanding that list, misreading the stamp, or could it in fact be just an extra long rifle sling instead of Bren?



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    Or, could it be a reproduction? Was sold to me as genuine.

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    Both come to mind, being "Perfect" I wonder about repro. Also looking at the last number, the one is it really a one or a four? I always thought they look one way at one angle and another at a different angle. Lying down at distance it looks like the last two numbers are the same. I just wonder if it's a four?

    What was the source?
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    I'm seeing 1944 on my computer but part of the second "4" is very feint.

    The crow's foot arrow doesn't look quite right for a genuine sling.
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    I bought it from Sarco Inc. , a reliable parts dealer in Pennsylvania.

    I have tried hard to see that digit as a “4”, because it should be 1944, but it looks so much like the first “1” to me. It’s gotten dark here now, but I’m going to pull it out in the natural light again tomorrow.

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    It's one of SARCO's reproduction BREN slings ,they have been sell them for years .

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    I see. Then I suppose the date doesn’t matter.

    I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t list it as newly made, though.

    Thank you for your replies, gentlemen.

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    Give them a call or email them and ask if they are a reproduction . Unless they list a item as a original in their ad or on their web site you need to ask them if it is or not .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard W. View Post
    I bought it from Sarco Inc. , a reliable parts dealer in Pennsylvania.
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    Here, let me correct that for you. “Sarco, a reliable producer of low end repros, knock offs, and copies, all from India.”

    Cholly Steen never let putting an extra dollar in his pocket get in the way of saving all he could by reproducing at the cheapest possible source.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TactAdv View Post
    Here, let me correct that for you. “Sarco, a reliable producer of low end repros, knock offs, and copies, all from India.”

    Cholly Steen never let putting an extra dollar in his pocket get in the way of saving all he could by reproducing at the cheapest possible source
    Another disgruntled customer????

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