M1 Garand web slings.......

[eb in oregon]

I like the look of the 1907 pattern sling. "Old school" stuff. But the three Garand's I have are all post WWII manufacture during the Korean War. So recently I ordered three slings from Turner Saddlery but due to the insanity of modern times will be waiting awhile.

So I decided to put an M1 web sling on them as they are "period correct" regardless of personal taste. I'd an older sling that had been laying about for a few decades, and a new one from "I can't recall." After installing those two slings I realized they were entirely different lengths. The heck you say. One (the buckle end cinched up close and the older one) measured 43 inches. The "new one" from "I don't recall" measured 63 inches. The heck you say.

So I went to the shop and pulled out two new in the wrapper CMP slings. They measured 46 inches. So in the meantime my Garand's will sport CMP slings (I've two more) until I decide different.

However after spending a bit on the internet I could find nothing that states the length they are supposed to be. I've Canfield's book, Clint McKee's, and Duff's. Zip, not a word. So can anyone specifically state the original and correct length as I can't seem to find it.

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[MasterChief]

The 63-incher might be an "M14E2" sling. I use one on my HD pump shotgun.

[browningautorifle]

The "new one" from "I don't recall" measured 63 inches.

How about a B.A.R. sling? I had one of those for years and finally gave it away as no one in Canada could ever use it or wouldn't know what it was. If you check Ballou in "Rock and a Hard Place" you see he illustrates the single web sling for the B.A.R. is "24 inches longer than the standard M1 sling"...