tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245944348321146643.post7609619809124712505..comments2024-03-21T10:22:25.384-07:00Comments on JFKcountercoup: Possible USAF Sources for the Rifle Sling William Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891936236810260349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245944348321146643.post-3671246265168229622020-04-27T11:22:07.850-07:002020-04-27T11:22:07.850-07:00It is pure speculation staring in your face that O...It is pure speculation staring in your face that Oswald purchased the sling at a Military surplus store, as can be seen in the Backyard photo, he already had a sling, a different one. And it is not pure speculation that the sling on the rifle found in the TSBD was not just a USAF officer's sidearm sling, most USAF officers have .45 cal. automatic holster attached to their belts. This particular sling was meant to go over the shoulder of a SAC pilot, was designed specifically for the .38 special revolver that was made of Aluminumn especially for General LeMay and it was kept in the B52 safes that also held the nuclear codes as part of a survival kit. That's not some sort of dark speculation. William Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891936236810260349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245944348321146643.post-15204394731542629922020-04-26T13:10:39.650-07:002020-04-26T13:10:39.650-07:00I very quickly located two ads for authentic sling...I very quickly located two ads for authentic slings. One states that the holsters and slings were "released to the military surplus market." The other - indeed, the one to which your post links - states that the sling came from the "old stock" of a gentleman who had owned a military surplus store in the 1950's and 60's. Isn't this by far the most likely origin of Oswald's sling - i.e., he bought it for 25 or 50 cents at a military surplus store, where it was nominally priced because it was an unattractive and ungainly contraption? It presumably would have appealed to Oswald precisely because it was cheap and would at least give a better appearance than the rope sling.<br /><br />Why jump to some sort of dark speculation when a pretty obvious answer is staring you in the face?LBPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922701730513816760noreply@blogger.com