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Post by kingkaiser on Nov 26, 2010 20:12:57 GMT -8
Does anyone have good photographs of cloth ammo bandoliers? I was wondering how the clips were kept in place; it seems that they would easily fall out of the pockets. Were the cloth tabs loosely oversewn over the pockets, so that they could be torn open to get at the ammo?
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Post by hwolf on Nov 28, 2010 21:46:37 GMT -8
Hey Nick,
The clips were actually held in by cloth tabs, just barely stitched in place. To get to the clips, one would rip the cloth tab out.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Dan Sutton
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Post by kingkaiser on Nov 28, 2010 23:38:46 GMT -8
Thanks! That really clears up a lot of questions!
It was my understanding that these bandoliers were intended to be thrown away, and were not reused. So, ripping the pockets open makes sense----if the bandoliers got a little torn up, it didn't matter.
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Post by mg4514 on Jun 22, 2011 11:31:38 GMT -8
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Post by kingkaiser on Jun 22, 2011 17:11:12 GMT -8
I purchased a couple of those bandoliers. They are nice. However, there are a few minor drawbacks. Not all of the pockets will easily accept a full stripper clip, particularly the double pockets on the ends. Getting two stripper clips back-to-back in those pockets is tough. The closing tapes are made of a cheese cloth-like material. When I over-sewed the tapes, the stitches didn't want to take hold well, and they wouldn't stay in place. Many of the stitches pulled through, or made runs in the cheese cloth.
Overall, these are very similar to the bandoliers made by Steve Fisher. They only difference I noticed is the closing tapes----the bandoliers I purchased from Steve Fisher don't have the closing tapes.
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Post by hwolf on Jun 23, 2011 5:57:05 GMT -8
Hey Nick,
Try wetting the material and then force the stripper clips in. This may stretch out the material
Cheers
Dan
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