WW1 Enfields
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I think it's 1908 Pattern webbing? I think the bayonet was a Pattern 1907?
Although this sling is English and on a Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Sniper Rifle and not a No.1 MkIII Enfield, it's still the same basic sling.
1908 Web Pattern sling (Mfg in 1913 by M.E. Co. - Mills Equipment Co., London)
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Regards,
Badger
Although this sling is English and on a Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Sniper Rifle and not a No.1 MkIII Enfield, it's still the same basic sling.
1908 Web Pattern sling (Mfg in 1913 by M.E. Co. - Mills Equipment Co., London)
(Click PIC to Enlarge)
Regards,
Badger
Goto this page for your answer www.rollanet.org/~stacyw/british_slings_overview_page.htm just about everything on British slings. Also goto www.rollanet.org/~stacyw/index.html slings of the world.
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I think it's 1908 Pattern webbing? I think the bayonet was a Pattern 1907?
Although this sling is English and on a Pattern 1914 Mk1* W (T) Sniper Rifle and not a No.1 MkIII Enfield, it's still the same basic sling.
1908 Web Pattern sling (Mfg in 1913 by M.E. Co. - Mills Equipment Co., London)
Regards,
Badger
The slings appear to be attached wrong in the pix??
Pattern 1908 was the web sling. Badger shows it attached correctly, too!
The bottom loop of the sling should be 4 inches, top loop whatever you have length for. The main body of the sling made a single strip UP the rifle; bends were attached from INside. All that you saw, looking at the rifle when on parade, was the single length of the sling and four tiddly little brass claws peeking around the edges.
That bottom 4 inches was uniform: anything more or less and you got your hind end, or whatever else was closest, chewed to dollrags by your ever-lovin' Sergeant.
These are a good sling. You can loop 'em together and tow a car if you absolutely have to. Also work fine for tying a guy onto a stretcher.....
The bottom loop of the sling should be 4 inches, top loop whatever you have length for. The main body of the sling made a single strip UP the rifle; bends were attached from INside. All that you saw, looking at the rifle when on parade, was the single length of the sling and four tiddly little brass claws peeking around the edges.
That bottom 4 inches was uniform: anything more or less and you got your hind end, or whatever else was closest, chewed to dollrags by your ever-lovin' Sergeant.
These are a good sling. You can loop 'em together and tow a car if you absolutely have to. Also work fine for tying a guy onto a stretcher.....
Strictly speaking, the web sling is not a component of the Pattern 1908 Web Equipment. It pre-dates the SMLE, and the P'08 Web Equipment introduced for use with the SMLE. Rather, the web sling was first adopted by Britain in 1901, during the Boer War, and remained essentially the same design until well past WWII ....
Here is the original entry from the War Department's "List of Changes in War Matériel and of Patterns of Military Stores" ....
Here is the original entry from the War Department's "List of Changes in War Matériel and of Patterns of Military Stores" ....
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According to the List of Changes posted by GrantR it seems to me that in BadgerDog's picture's it is in fact attached "incorrectly". I've been wondering what the proper way was for a while now, and I'm going to have to change a few slings around!!!
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