Brown or Tan M1907 sling for a 1903A3

[DMK]

I'm looking at Turner Slings for a M1907 to put on my CMP 1903A3. I have one on my Garand and love it.

Since the '03A3 is WWII production, I figure Parkerized metal hardware would be appropriate. However, I can't decide whether to get a brown or tan sling. Were brown slings used in WWII?

 

[tegemu]

The ones we carried in Boot Camp in 1956 had dark brown slings.

 

[Chipperman]

How much of that color was mud, sweat, and blood?

 

[grendelbane]

How much of that color was mud, sweat, and blood?

Don't forget all of that accumulated tobacco smoke over the years!

Your sling will get darker with use. It may take some time, but eventually it will get there.

 

[byf43]

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Ditto.


I, for one, didn't want dirt, grit, and sweat to get into the sling that I put on my Garand, so, I stained it with leather stain, then rubbed it in.

The sling (when new) was a tan MRT sling.

My Garand is/was used to shoot High Power Matches. I wasn't too particularly concerned with what was technically 'correct' for my rifle.

Thanks for reading.

 

[30Cal]

All the leather slings were tan when issued.

Ty

 

[molonlabe]

I always coated the tan with neetsfoot oil and it turned it dark brown.

 

[GRIZ22]

During WWII they issued whatever they had on hand tan, brown, leather, canvas. Any one would be "correct".