When it came into the gunshop it took me over 10 minutes to get it unpacked, three plastic sleeves and bubble wrap taped up in a hardcase,the cardboard hardcase box, bubble wrapped all around and in another cardboard case!!!! the finest packing job id ever seen,and 2 day delivery. The sling has to be a ultra- rare item ,ive never seen an original sling ,that i know of, but this one is identical to the one in my 1905 savage catalog. the sling has the initials WFW scratched into it,probably the original owner. grin