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My reproduction K98k Mauser sling came in today. Went to install it and it wouldn't go on correctly. I looked at it and looked at it and couldn't figure it out.

My wife came in and asked what was wrong, explained it to her. She takes the rifle looks at it and says "Turn the front barrel band around". I looked at it and went Duh it's on backwards.

Looked back at the pictures of the rifle, when I first posted it after I got it and cleaned it up and it was on right. Apparently after Hurricane Michael, when we disassembled all 40 weapons for cleaning and oiling it ended up reversed.

Now in my defense I haven't been sleeping well the last few months, I'm up til all hours of the night, and normally fall asleep around 0400, and get woken up around 0900-1000. So being tired I just couldn't wrap my head around what the issue was.

Just waiting on the sight hood and she'll be complete. I'll oil the sling and age it some, so it doesn't look so out of place.

All her parts are there now, just installed the sight hood. Need to darken the sling up, some so it doesn't look so odd. When I got it, it was missing the cleaning rod (Wife grabbed my parts list and ordered a reproduction cleaning rod a few years back), and the sight hood.

She needed a sling and a bayonet also. But know she looks like a WWII German Mauser again.

"She needed a sling and a bayonet also. But know she looks like a WWII German Mauser again."

you still talking about your wife ?

Had to be the late 80's I get a call from a friend who was having the same trouble fitting a sling to a Mauser he had never fooled with before. After some time I clued to the fact that maybe the front band was backwards. I couldn't see the rifle through the phone, and he was so shitfaced I'm pretty sure he couldn't stand. Eventually he seemed to get it to his satisfaction, next time I saw the rifle in person the sling was on it correctly.

tomaustin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:55 pm "She needed a sling and a bayonet also. But know she looks like a WWII German Mauser again."

you still talking about your wife ?

LOL......No she's more Native American than German, her great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee.

The Mauser looks more German now than a Balkan's Mauser, now that it has a proper sling, sight hood, and cleaning rod.