carbine85
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I picked up a rifle today that has a real dirt and grimy web sling. What's the best way to clean these things? I don't see lettering. The fabric is in good shape. I was thinking about just letting it soak in water and laundry soap.
Best Way to Clean USGI Sling
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ID-shooting
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When in the Army, we would pull the metal off and toss them in the washing machine for a cold cycle.
rcmodel
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That!
What he said!
Also in the Army.
I have taken more then one naked hot shower with one and a toothbrush & bar of soap.
rc
What he said!
Also in the Army.
I have taken more then one naked hot shower with one and a toothbrush & bar of soap.
rc
Someone pass the mind bleach please...
rcmodel
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Sorry about that!
But once an imagined image is fused in your mind?
There is no forgetting it, until you get too old to care.
rc
But once an imagined image is fused in your mind?
There is no forgetting it, until you get too old to care.
rc
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Wait till you hear about GI's washing M16's in the shower.
afponiky
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RC, man, don't do that to us OK?
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carbine85
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I passed on the shower idea, but thanks anyway
I used dish soap, soaked in the sink and an old tooth brush. It looks pretty good
I used dish soap, soaked in the sink and an old tooth brush. It looks pretty good
Maj Dad
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The shower was the designated sling cleaning area (rc & I are sorta contemporary; he's older, I think ) We used to take our M14s (less stock) in the shower sometimes, though if we got caught there were repercussions... 
) We used to take our M14s (less stock) in the shower sometimes, though if we got caught there were repercussions... 
Jackal
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I have cleaned slings and many gun parts in the dishwasher. Works great and super easy. No, you guessed it, I dont have a wife
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Creature
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During an Operation Enduring Freedom deployment cruise late in 2001, as the LPO-in-charge of a 80-man troop berthing space onboard a US Navy ship deployed to the North Arabian Sea, I can personally attest to this as being fact.
I walked into the head (bathroom) of a troop berthing space hours after all our marines had embarked back onboard after several months of being in-country in Afghanistan. I was not surprised to discover every shower being used. Other than the hiss of steaming hot running water, strangley there wasnt a sound coming from any of the shower stalls. Much to my amazement, I slowly realised that there was not a single marine in the the showers scrubbing down. After calling out with no response back, I flipped back the shower curtains to find each shower stall filled with rifles and SAWs...full-hot water streaming down.
All the marines were flat on their backs in the berthing compartment happily snoring away...
Cosmoline
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You aren't a true gun nut until you've taken a shower with some part of your rifle. I've done it myself with exceptionally dirty stocks. It's too delicate to be left to any machine, and throwing it in a tub would ruin it.
Clean juice and a scuz brush.
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