US M1 Garand, 1903 rifle sling SINGER CO. 1942 PREMIUM M1907 leather REPRO NEW

Description: Very sturdy, U.S. M1907 sling, heavy duty and well executed. Bear in mind, most "first issue" slings on rifles were made LONG before the rifles!! Also: Conditioned versions of this and those with FULLY CURVED G.I. style hooks are also available, but in different auctions, for higher prices. They respond especially well and look great after treatment with neatsfoot or other oil conditioner. Auction is for ONE SLING ONLY. Other items in imagery are for illustrative and setup/rigging purposes ONLY. Most slings in service were OLDER than the rifles to which they were fitted. Slings were NEVER shipped from the factory, were supplied at small unit levels. They were made in huge quantity. These are on hand for immediate delivery. Very fast sellers, I was out of stock for a long time!!! HEAVYWEIGHT PREMIUMS with nicely finished metal. Repros, of course. 11 ounce premium leather, ideal for aging/fatigue work with neatsfoot, mink oil, or lanolin or combos. Not many on hand!! Blackened steel. Sturdy 11+ ounce selected hides, selected. Some images are included with these after application of conditioner, to which they respond beautifully. They are NOT shipped that way. Vintage military and action images are included for informational and background purposes. No rifles or soldiers or dogs are included with this auction. ONE SLING PER AUCTION, OBVIOUSLY. See the photos, read the copy with the auction, please. These look particularly good once conditioned with oil-based treatments! See the images. They are a stock item that sold out so fast I was astounded!! Note: Keepers on these are sturdy, to exactly conform to specification. If you want them tighter, a small leather, vinyl or even felt pad may be glued INSIDE with leather cement, if they ultimately stretch, but more conventionally, oil will make them cling tighter to the strapping. Additional neatsfoot or other oil style conditioner is highly recommended. The finished surface will be uneven and blotchy with application, but that in turn tends to add a look of authenticity AND prolong the life of the strap. Oil absorbs slowly and will become more uniform. Have many other M1907 slings available on this site. If that's more your cup of tea, advise, please, and I'll make sure that's what you get!! But this auction is for one PREMIUM SINGER CO. 1942. They'll all benefit from applications of oil/lanolin-based conditioners, and they'll last longer. They'll darken, of course, and be blotchy for a while, but it adds to their uniqueness. They will outlast web by several lifetimes under any kind of normal conditions. Selectively treated, they look beautifully like worn-in originals. The blackened steel hooks became standard in mid-1942, were originated at G.I. facilities in '40. It wasn't until mid-'44 these became truly standard. MOST RIFLES ACTUALLY ISSUED BORE SLINGS OLDER THAN THE RIFLES UPON WHICH THEY WERE MOUNTED. ONE SLING PER AUCTION. Multiples, AGAIN, are used only to illustrate standard size and finish. Genuine vintage specimens go for $100-250, and are often so dried out as to be unsafe for use actually carrying or "shooter forearm wrapping" a rifle. Very highest quality replicas, fully to optimum regulation, drum-dyed, select hide leather Model of 1907 full length and weight straps. In 1941, the government regulation on fittings for rifle straps was changed to reflect that new ones had to utilize blackened steel, rather than brass, hooks and rings. Civilian contractors were given substantial time to change over. This is blackened steel. This SINGER CO. premium 1942 marked unit is a replica of the production until the end of the war. Looks right, feels right, these even SMELL right. 1 1/4" wide, leather just over 1/8" thick , long strap 46-48", short strap 24-26", hefty stock all the way around. These should STILL be neatsfooted or conditioned before use, but this type will greatly outlast the lighter weight commercials and look truly correct. Neatsfoot or other leather conditioners increase flexibility and moisture resistance. Many of these treated heavily with neatsfoot's oil from World War I are still quite usable. There will be uneven absorption in finished areas, but this tends to add to the look of authenticity. Rifles and other items depicted in the comparison and rigging shots are NOT included!!! They are informational images. ONLY!! ONE sling per auction ONLY. These are among the very best of the M1907 reproductions, and many precision shooters buy these because they are so sturdy. No two ways about it: The web sling was very much in the minority in fighting units until the very end of World War II, even somewhat beyond, and was still a minority item in the field then. The M1907 is by FAR the definitive U.S. rifle sling of World War II, especially among combat infantry. Generic details: The U.S. Sling, Rifle Model of 1907, featured two sturdy hooks ( called "frogs" in some parts of the world ), was comprised 10 or 12 ounce leather strapping, 1 1/4", in two belting components: the longer by regulation ran 46-48.5". The shorter, bearing the "D" ring, was typically 24" to 26.5". Length was adjustable, and they were rigged standard with the hook "flats" facing away from the butt stock. However, originally, there were various other uses and applications for the slings, and they were often rigged "upside-down" by users who wanted the sharp hook ends AWAY from their arms while shooting. These were used on the last of the U.S. Krag rifles at the end of their duty, all '03 bolt action variants, the M1917 "Enfield" U.S. Rifle, the M1 Garand, even shotguns, and pretty much any rifle on military duty which could/would accept a 1 1/4" sling. Rumors to the contrary, if properly conditioned, they held up better to most climate and moisture conditions than the later web. They were slowly replaced by web slings primarily because the web units were much cheaper. Until well into 1942, metal fittings were brass, originally "blackened" ( that finish wore off almost immediately), after 1942 almost entirely blackened steel. The blacking could be phosphate, blue, or various paints or lacquers. It was adjustable for use as a shooting brace/stabilizer with a "sling wrap", and because it was so sturdy to use in that incarnation, many additional nations utilized them. Slings were issue at the unit level, and during World War II, generally, slings were OLDER than the rifles upon which they were first mounted. Part of the reason for this was the huge post-World War I surplus in military inventories, and indeed, many 1917 and 1918 dated slings remained in military inventories LONG AFTER WORLD WAR II!!! These are all "to regulation", with the correct riveting and stitching in the appropriate places, using the newer, easier to adjust hooks. Original hooks seem to have been almost all of the "continuously curved" style, not popular in civilian use because of difficulty of adjust them until holes are somewhat fatigued. The holes were generally elliptical, and numbers varied. The version--NOT PART OF THIS AUCTION!!--for the Browning Automatic Rifle used a third hook, and was called the "Model of 1907, Modified", albeit in service usually called simply the "B.A.R. sling" or the "1918", neither of which is CORRECT, but which are more descriptive for ordinary folks. Some versions of the B.A.R. sling were longer in gross length, and the extant theory is that these were intended for the original "walking fire" concept, albeit no hard documentation exists to absolutely verify that.

Price: 22.15 USD

Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin

End Time: 2024-11-16T13:37:58.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7.15 USD