
Original Kerr Slings
#1
Posted 22 September 2004 - 06:42 PM
#2
Posted 22 September 2004 - 10:45 PM
#3
Posted 23 September 2004 - 10:14 AM
#4
Posted 23 September 2004 - 03:16 PM
#5
Posted 23 September 2004 - 05:54 PM
Edited by brian, 23 September 2004 - 05:54 PM.
#6
Posted 23 September 2004 - 06:00 PM

john
#7
Posted 23 September 2004 - 06:24 PM
QUOTE (john @ Sep 23 2004, 06:00 PM) |
Northridge is not only great to deal with, but most stuff is better condition than advertised, less expensive than most others, AND if you go by their place in California and let them know you want to stop by, they'll let you in and you can select your stuff. Lots of neat stuff on display.....I'd guarantee you won't leave empty handed!!! ![]() john |
i've delt with them several times, EVERY time i've been pleased, the only draw back is their shipping times. on average from the time i order till recieved, 4weeks

#8
Posted 25 September 2004 - 09:14 AM
#9
Posted 06 October 2004 - 08:25 PM

the one thing i did notice, rather quickly is that it's missing the **smell**

#10
Posted 07 October 2004 - 06:00 AM
If it is an original 1917 Kerr sling, all of the hardware, even the rivets, should be brass. Use a magnet to test them. All of the endpiece hardware, except the reverser sleeve on the longer sling piece, should be marked "NOBUCKL", will be marked "PAT'D 7-21-14" in large &/or small print, and will also be marked "REG U S PAT. OFF". Color of the web material is khaki-brown. Look at p193 in "American Thunder".
Carey
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Posted 07 October 2004 - 05:20 PM


#12
Posted 07 October 2004 - 06:01 PM
If hardware is not brass and is not marked, you probably have an M3 sling. The color should be mustard-yellow if it was made during WW2 or OD green if post-war. Hardware will probably be blued steel and it is slightly shorter than the 1917 Kerr "NOBUCKL" sling.
Carey
#13
Posted 08 October 2004 - 04:10 PM

MIke Hammer
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Posted 09 October 2004 - 01:19 PM

#15
Posted 13 October 2004 - 07:27 AM
Sam
#16
Posted 13 October 2004 - 08:37 AM
The M3 slings didn't have any markings on them. I'm sure it is a real sling in new condition. They are still around, just because it is in new condition doesn't mean it is a reproduction. That would be the correct sling for a WWII submachine gun, what's to be disappointed about?
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Posted 13 October 2004 - 11:19 AM
#18
Posted 13 October 2004 - 11:30 AM
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If you need more instructions on the slings general installation and use, Email me and I can send a file.
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Posted 13 October 2004 - 01:10 PM
#20
Posted 13 October 2004 - 05:42 PM
QUOTE (PhilOhio @ Oct 13 2004, 10:41 AM) |
I have an unused M3 sling, bought from Numrich in 1969, when nobody even thought about making repros of Thompson stuff because there was no demand, and the world was still awash in it. It has no marks, so I thought it must still be a repro. Guess not. |
PhilOhio,
I have a couple of NOS M3 type slings that were repacked by the U.S. Navy in cardboard boxes with cosmoline paper on the outside. They are dated as being repacked in the early 1950's. They are mustard yellow, blued metal fittings with absolutely no markings and no musty smell. These were made in abundance during WWII and new examples are still around, although hard to find. The ones I have and some others I sold over the last few years came from a military shop in Belguim of all places. A pilot friend of mine found them over there and brought a few back several years ago. I don't believe any reproductions of these slings were made at any time in the past and I have only recently heard of reproductions being made by one the Japanese paint ball type gun manufacturers and that is only fairly recently.
Too many gun show rumors abound about reproduction items lately. Genuine WWII slings are fairly easy to spot, in my opinion, if you have seen enough of them. Northridge usually advertises their items as new production or reproductions. I'm fairly certain these are original.