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Title: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on March 24, 2021, 06:13:55 AM
...used, repro, tan, single row Mills Belt in 45-70 that has the loops sewn on not woven in?

Really specific, ain't I?  ;D I need it for a project
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: RattlesnakeJack on March 24, 2021, 02:26:57 PM
I know what you've got planned ...  ;D

I might just have such a beast spare to my needs.  I'll check ...
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on March 24, 2021, 02:46:33 PM
I know what you've got planned ...  ;D
Yes, I believe you do. ;D

BTW I found another magazine!
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: RattlesnakeJack on March 24, 2021, 03:11:01 PM
General ...

I started a search in my hopelessly disorganized stashes of stuff, but stopped when I remembered that the belt/bandolier I have (or had) was for .303 size cartridges ... or at least that is what I tried to use it for, without success, as it may actually have been a.45-70 item which I got it to try to use for .303 rounds   It was a relatively inexpensive one I bought from somewhere - maybe Coon Creek (?)

(However, it has also occurred to me that I may in fact have brought it as a door prize to a past Muster.)

In any event, as I recall, .303 cases were definitley too loose in the loops, so I quit using it.  Even if the existing loops wouldn't take .45-70 ... they are sewn, and since quite a few of them would need to be unstitched for your project, anyway the others could likely also be taken out and resized to the correct diameter. 

Say the word, if interested, and I'll keep looking ...   ( The price would be right, if I still have it ...)
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on March 25, 2021, 09:18:32 AM
Say the word, if interested, and I'll keep looking ...   ( The price would be right, if I still have it ...)
If you would, please.

I suspect that the loops were 45/70 loops. If not, as you say, I will be modifying the belt from it's current configuration anyway. The main thing I'm interested in is that it NOT be an original, that it is tan/khaki, and that the loops NOT be woven in
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Drydock on March 26, 2021, 11:28:09 AM
Wonder if Leta still has some of these: http://www.cooncreekoldwest.com/coon_html/87_Mills.html
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on March 26, 2021, 01:23:03 PM
Wonder if Leta still has some of these: http://www.cooncreekoldwest.com/coon_html/87_Mills.html
That'll probably be what I do if nobody has a used one. I just really hate to start cutting on a brand new one.
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: RattlesnakeJack on March 28, 2021, 11:12:03 PM
Can't find the one I thought I had ... I think I may have brought it along as a door prize at a previous Muster ...
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on March 29, 2021, 05:54:25 AM
Thank you for looking. I remember somebody donating one for the door prize table 2 years ago.
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: LT Col Long on April 04, 2021, 06:18:24 PM
 
I might just have what you want.  Tan and the loops are sewn on.
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: LT Col Long on April 04, 2021, 06:24:02 PM

BTW, I sent you a PM.

Don
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: LT Col Long on April 05, 2021, 08:09:15 AM

It be on its way... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on April 05, 2021, 08:56:26 AM
Thank you Col.!
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Major 2 on April 05, 2021, 11:15:57 AM
Some intrigued , what will this project become ?
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Pitspitr on April 05, 2021, 11:59:47 AM
Some intrigued , what will this project become ?
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8829/lCpi13.jpg)
To go with:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/8844/KiJlG8.jpg)
Title: Re: Anybody have a....
Post by: Major 2 on April 05, 2021, 01:06:55 PM
as so.... I am following your adventure with the Lee , kinda figured it was for it