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Bob in OHIO

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Here's a series of DSM & KKW slings to help collectors identify the difference. Possible Walther Sportsmodell is included at the end

  • KKW = 4 hole, pointed end, H-buckle, needs a frosch. Keeper leather has a + cut to accept the stud.
  • DSM = 1 hole, blunt end, H-buckle
  • DSM = appears common with pig hide??
  • WSM = perhaps 3-hole, pointed end, H-buckle.
 
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Dsm-1

Dsm-1......
 

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Dsm-2

Dsm2......
 

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Kkw1

KKW1......note, the sling is 2 pieces sewn together, and the frosch has a + (cross) cut where the stud goes through the leather.
 

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Kkw2

KKW2.....notice, the same cross (+) cuts on the frosch to allow the stud to pass through the leather...
 

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Unknown

This 6-hole, black dyed sling, with H-buckle came to me with a loose KKW Gustloff stock. Spacing of the holes is greater than on KKWs that I believe are orig. The frosch does not have the + cut, but rather a hole in the leather like a K98 sling keeper....
 

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Walther Sportsmodell?

Perhaps a Walther Sportsmodell? This 3-holed example came on a sportsmodell. It has a pointed end on the sling, with an H-buckle.
 

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Nice posting, Bob. I am going to use a similar format as yours in my albums and post the examples I have.
-a.
 
Alrighty then.... here is yet another quite right DSM sling. The hole cut is shaped differently from what I am used to seeing, and there are two holes too. I know it's okay because there is a similar sling on a Walther DSM shown on page 210 in the Simpson book.
 

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