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I recently bought another Magpul MS2 sling and it turned out to be a fake. The vendor didn't even realize it was a fake until I informed him, he promptly refunded my money and told me to keep the sling.

The packaging on the fake:

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The give aways:

The adjustment buckles

Gold on the real Dark Earth, Black on the fake:

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The rivet on the real is solid, hollow on the fake:

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The attachment hardware is painted versus anodized:

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More hardware differences:

Real on the left, fake on the right:

[img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2P4Sgd26-5I/To4654Sa3DI/AAAAAAAABwM/baXCpCJ4pAs/s800/DSC_0062.JPG[/img]

Tag on the upper is the real, fake is the lower one, notice the bleeding of the colors and the lack of a "trough" for the stitching:

[img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vqEtlTSOfqI/To43WpAJdRI/AAAAAAAABuc/A0CULphXJMs/s512/DSC_0053.JPG[/img]

The strap material is thinner on the fake and is improperly "sealed"

Real is on the left, fake on the right:

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M5AUXRo49ek/To43j6m9tvI/AAAAAAAABuk/bVUqlylR7Bg/s912/DSC_0055.JPG[/img]


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Stitching is suspect on the fake:

Left is real, right is the fake:

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Upper is the real one, lower is the fake:

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Thanks for the heads up.


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phuggin chinese I suspect


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Dang! Without having them side-by-side like that it would be hard to tell.....thanks.


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Thanks for taking the time to spread the word! Good job, man....


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