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WWII M1 sling


PaulS
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I have a M1 sling made S.M. Co in 1945. The keeper has a reinforcement ridge that I thought was on post WWII M1 slings. Did the use of the keeper with ridge start in 1945?

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According to "The M1 Garand 1936 to 1957" by Poyer and Riesch (6th Ed) the ridge was added in 1945 and didn't change again on US slings.

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I've did a lot if research into m1 Rifles. I 100% believe that the ridge is a post war model and that the clip with the long piece in the middle is post war too.

 

Scott

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I've did a lot if research into m1 Rifles. I 100% believe that the ridge is a post war model and that the clip with the long piece in the middle is post war too.

 

Scott

 

Sorry Scott, but you would be mistaken in that opinion. There are photographs from the battle of the bulge that prove otherwise. This issue has been covered at great length here and at the CMP forum.

 

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I think the flat keeper was more common, but the keeper with the ridge was manufactured, and used overseas, during the war. The GI on the right has ridged keeper on his M1 sling in Europe early 1945.

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