Gutkowski Posted August 22, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2007 I got these a while ago I think the HBT is a true WWII issue but I was told that the shooting jacket is a WWII issue also . I have a short sleeve Vietnam jacket I think I over paid for the HBT $83.00 I Paid $8.00 for the Vietnam era and $13.00 for the WWII ERA Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted August 22, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2007 We have a thread about stenciled stripes on Marine HBT's: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...opic=3463\ It sounds like the stripes would have been added after WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbuehler Posted August 22, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 22, 2007 There were instances where stripes were stenciled on during ww2. It is certainly a ww2 made coat however, and most coats I see with stencils have the typical Korean era name stamped above the chest pocket and usually have brass buttons with green sewing threads. So this coat has a chance of having been stenciled in ww2, but more likely in the 50's. The early hbt shooting jacket is actually from the 1950's as well. These jackets have long been thought to be ww2, but they are not. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmoore456 Posted August 23, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 23, 2007 There were instances where stripes were stenciled on during ww2. It is certainly a ww2 made coat however, and most coats I see with stencils have the typical Korean era name stamped above the chest pocket and usually have brass buttons with green sewing threads. So this coat has a chance of having been stenciled in ww2, but more likely in the 50's.The early hbt shooting jacket is actually from the 1950's as well. These jackets have long been thought to be ww2, but they are not. CB Ok, how do you explain this? Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutkowski Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted August 23, 2007 Ok, how do you explain this? Ray Hello Ray , Is it possible to get a shot of that from the back ? Thanks, Matt- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmoore456 Posted August 23, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 23, 2007 Hello Ray ,Is it possible to get a shot of that from the back ? Thanks, Matt- Here ya go! Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 23, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 23, 2007 That is a great shooting jacket. I have seen these debated for years and that is the first I have ever seen with a label or date. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted August 23, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 23, 2007 I decided to see if I could find some pics of that early shooting coat in use. I got lucky with my first reference book. This explains how to make a shooting coat but the series of pics shows a coat of the same design as the 1941 in use by these senior NCO marksmen. Note this is a 1940 dated manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted August 23, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 23, 2007 Ok, how do you explain this? Ray the nail in the coffin on that debate,great jacket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbuehler Posted August 23, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 23, 2007 the nail in the coffin on that debate,great jacket! You got me on that one! This is actually the first coat I have ever seen made that early. They seem to have been mostly discontinued during the war and started to be made in quantity again somewhere around the Korean war era. They were virtually the same, but with some variation in the type of padding and color of buttons. The coats were used into at least into the 60's. The coat in the group at the beginnng of the thread is still most likely a 50's produced example as most surviving examples are. The blue/green color of the hbt and green sewing thread is typical of that time as opposed to the grayish cast and khaki thread of the early coat. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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