WW2 Sling?

[the Bucket]

I picked up this Mossberg 44US. When I went to pick it up, it had thos sling on it. If this had markings on it they are gone now!

 

 

[JohnK83882]

If you don't see any markings, go by color ...

 

 

Looks like OD7 ...

 

 

And whether or not the web gear was made by a shuttle loom ...

 

http://www.90thidpg.us/Equipment/Articles/Webbing/index.html

 

If any of the hardware is steel, it could indicate a mid-war make since brass was in short supply. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[the Bucket]

I am sorry I am a little dense and not very smart. All the parts are steel. Does this look like a US sling made during WW2?

[M1Garandy]

It's a US sling.

 

IMO, late war to post war production. 

[JohnK83882]

47 minutes ago, the Bucket said:

I am sorry I am a little dense and not very smart. All the parts are steel. Does this look like a US sling made during WW2?

The steel parts suggest it's mid war production. Could also be a civilian model where the manufacturer used up supplies and made it cheap as possible. 

[the Bucket]

Okay, so it is possible this was a 1944 or later sling that could have been on a US rifle?

[kfields]

When looking at these slings in the wild, I always look at the buckle. If the buckle has a hump (like yours does), I pass as a probable post war sling. Most of the wartime fabric slings have the flat sided buckle (no hump).

 

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Some late WW2 slings have the hump.

[mikie]

I have a Garand sling with a steel buckle and markings just black blobs to the eye. Using the old camcorder night vision trick , I can see that the sling is dated 1943. So either the humped buckles were being used in 1943 or the  buckles were added later. 

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Buckles are easily swapped out. 

[Rhscott]

All kinds of shades.  There was a war on you know.