I suppose there are some tell tail signs of a scam: Seller has a delay of a few days to move funds, reorder and or construct the fake, purchases fabrics and parts, being modified they may look a bit used and without packing, I'm with the Teams so they are real.....

But perhaps some or most of these alleged red flags can be present during the sale of the legitimate item.

There may also be people in the USA purchasing AOR, Real Tree, etc., fabrics, parts and stripping down and modifying real VTAC VCAS, and then passing them off as real AOR1 AOR2 slings.

Perhaps if  www.vikingtactics.com  www.blueforcegear.com  http://lbtinc.com etc., started selling the real issue AOR1 AOR2 slings to the public at a low price. The counterfeit problem might dissipate. Maybe government contract terms may not allow this public sale directly.

How can you differentiate real from fake in a respectful and foolproof manner? We need a real vs fake thread.

I just purchase from Blue Force.  Go right to the source.
Never got a 'questionable item' yet.
Except the tee shirt BFG included in my order last week.

Here's the real thing; straight from the source.

Padded Vickers AOR1 Sling

Hate to resurrect and old thread but, was curios what the current market value would be for an AOR1 VCAS sling? I want to say that I bought it 5-6 years ago and have only used it once. I also bought it second hand but, the owner didn't care it was a rare item and actually traded me straight up for a Black VCAS I had. I just remember at the time, people were paying over $200 for these slings. No original packaging, just the sling.

@jBoy723
Re-resurrecting this because I'm curious as well.

@eMc9001  Totally forgot about this thread. Sometime after posting this and earlier this year, I've had a few people hit me up about the sling and have been offered up to $250.00 for the sling. I've debated taking up some of the offers but, I just haven't been able to let it go since you rarely see these specifically.

I know they made a recent run of non-padded versions and there are possibly some other brands out there in this pattern but, I believe BFG was the first to offer it and not 100% sure whether or not if they were the only company that supplied this to the Military or not.

Appreciate the reply man. As far as I know the VTAC padded one's are the only one I've seen in AOR1 and truly only seen them on limited run and in the wild.