Yesterday's Weapons Forums

Although I have made a few Japanese repro grenades in my day and used to (and occasionally still do) sell a few repro holsters, the repro slings never did anything for me. I just saw an ad on sportsman's guide showing repro rubberized canvas slings for $17.00. Since I never had a good rubberized sling, I figured that I would order a couple of them. I will let you know how they look. There was a collector on one of the boards selling rubberized slings, but I never was able to get one of his. These are much cheaper though.

do post what you get , is this an area that might hold prosperity for an enterprising type ?

I am not sure. I know that collecting military has had an opposite effect on my prosperity!

i hear ya there , im running a deficit much like the country

....I dont know if a rubberized one would be appropriate for my T99 long the vet I got it from said the original just fell apart years ago.......I did order a leather repro from a "Mr. Nambu" -I think- some time back....nicely made but seems it should be a bit longer,but then again I think it was for a T-38(?)....a-waitin' on your feedback...

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Mark

Resident of the Northern Republic of Free California

"People should not be afraid of their Government, the Government should be afraid of the people." - V

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" - Ben Franklin

i do think there is a market for these , there is a market for the monopods and the dust covers , we cant retreve whats lost as it was but we can recreate it [as long as its not passed off as original]

too much of the facts about the bringbacks were lost on those that brought them back , they knew they had a 'war trophy' but as such it didnt matter if it was a collector peice as we look at them now ,

if on the other hand every soldier had brought home a perfect specimin , we wouldnt be collecting them would we ?

I see lots of repro slings out there for other countries rifles that actually look good. But for some reason I have yet to see a Arisaka sling that looks right. I do under stand that they were scarce. The few that I have are either hard as a board or falling apart. But I can't see by looking at them that they once looked like the repro's I have seen.

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Mark

Resident of the Northern Republic of Free California

"People should not be afraid of their Government, the Government should be afraid of the people." - V

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" - Ben Franklin

i think its the fact that they were so badly treated and misstreated because of the climate they lived in and probably the materials selected , in some cases the repros are the only way we will ever have something like this ,

the enfeild jungle slings , that were laminated wcanvas and rubber type material , they tended to set , the rubber-like materials hardened and cracked , they fall apart in your hands , id love to have one on my no5 but it wont happen unless a good repro comes along ,

I got the repros and they look ok. I think they may be a bit narrow, but I put one on one of my 99s anyway.

Would you want to sell one?... or just post the link, either way I would like to get one. I have a last ditch I would like to put one on. I had been thinking about making a canvas sling from a Mosin dog collar sling, but it would take some leather and stitching to do. If these are decent I wouldn't mind trying one. If I don't like it I can always put the U.S. M1 sling back on. That is what was on it when I bought it. Who knows, from the series and serial that M1 sling just may be original. Last block of the last series from Kokura.

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Charlie...

Here is the link for the same sling at IMA-USA. I can't find the original Sportsmansguide link, but this is the same, but a couple of dollars more.


http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php ... ts_id/1841