is this how they put the sling on?

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mh47	is this how they put the sling on?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1158 (03/22/08 04:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Here are photos of my Savage No.4 Mk I* and a question I have: was this kind of crude stitching the normal way of attaching a sling, using what looks like a bit of string? Just curious, seems kind of the opposite of "spit and polish."
TikiRocker		#1	[-]
Posts: 256 (03/22/08 06:10 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Looks like a 1st World War sling ... that's old school and not a WW2 web sling arrangement and whoever arranged the leather threading did it incorrectly also ... it's usually criss crossed.
Rustybore		#2	[-]
Posts: 659 (03/22/08 09:57 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My guess would be that this particular rifle saw service in Turkey or Italy. I don't think that is the type of sling used by the British. The leather WWI slilng is completely removable, not sewn on permantly. I would think that the canvass sling is propper for a No.4MkI. Kevin in Or.
jrmc75		#3	[-]
Posts: 511 (03/22/08 10:09 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Both the crudely sewn on sling and the jury rigged forward swivel are Turkish "innovations". Springfield Sporters or Numrich should have the correct swivel. Very nice by the looks of it. Some of the Turkish batch are really rough, some are like new. Looks like you got one of the good ones.
Carl Gustav		#4	[-]
Posts: 3004 (03/22/08 06:58 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The forward swivel appears to have come loose from the band. I have one like that, too, and have been tempted to super glue it in place. Carl
reddogge		#5	[-]
Posts: 4564 (03/22/08 07:12 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Carl, Don't do that. Just put a WW2 Enfield sling on it. They seem to hold them centered better. mh47, That is a good looking Savage. "What happened? What the HELL happened?" Jake Holman "The Sandpebbles"
mh47		#6	[-]
Posts: 1160 (03/22/08 10:24 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks for the illuminating replies. Never knew any of these ever saw service in Turkey - I thought they were wed to the 8mm round. But having seen many jury rigged details on Turks, that certainly explains it. I have one Turk that came with a piece of cardboard to shim the front band into place! The swivel has a loose enough fit that it moved and the curved pat jammed in the position in the picture. A little oil and a tap or two and it moved, but it IS loose. Yep, pretty good looking on the outside. The barrel, I found upon cleaning, is a mess. There was rust in it and I've still to determine if there is pitting in it or just small blobs of tough, dried, crud. Figure I'll take it to the range and run a few .303 "patches" through it then see what is what.
portugeejn		#7	[-]
Posts: 1040 (03/24/08 07:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I had a swivel that came loose like that, so i put a couple dimples in the metal with a center punch, then tapped it back into place in the base. It hasn't come loose again yet! RonP