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Bulgaria
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Mosin Nagant
Rifle
These slings are
canvas not web, stamped brass buckle
leather on the
dog collar is finished better than the Russian version
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Mosin Nagant Carbine
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Bulgarian AK or universal without the D ring
I have seen this one listed as a CETME sling, but they are "Bulgarian." The newer slings like this are marked on the back side with a Bulgarian Manufacturing code like the one below, also found on their AK Bayonets. Ed has seen them marked with the date as far back as 1955. My personal sling, which Ed gave me, is not marked in any way. Small Arms of the World by Smith and Smith updated in 1969 has this sling listed as an AK. There is a similar sling in grey green that was used on the CETME A model as per information received from our colleague on Portugal and Spain.
Manufacturing code
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I am not sure if
these were for the M95/24 or the M95
1 1/8" wide X 51"
overall
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Wire has a twist in it which is common
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Cyrillic marking
on
the back of one of my slings dated 1940
Cyrillic translation
is INTEND
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This sling is riveted
on the hook end with single wire these hooks were also
sewn on.
This sling is very similar to the slings used on Civil War carbines
and muskets except
that the Civil War hooks were brass and sewn on.
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photos by Ed Grandle from his collection
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This sling is 48
1/2" long and 1 3/8" wide, but I do not
know what it was
used on. It is regular web instead of canvas.
I am told that
it is possibly Austrian for the M95, but I have doubts
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This sling is similar
to the one below 42" in length but is only 1" wide and
has a leather standing
loop rather than canvas
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This sling has the
twisted wire hook just as the first sling
42" long 1 1/4"
wide
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This sling has no
eyelets, only punched holes and the wire hook is not twisted as in the
others
As far as I can
tell at this time this is a post WWII sling
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The sling above
shown on my Bulgarian M95/24
The M95 and M95/24
were used until the 70's for civilian training purposes