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I have one stamped/made in 1919.
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Yep, that would be an early one...don't forget the BAR is the M1918...
I'd have to look up when they stopped with the butt cups, but having one complete is essential in telling the BAR story. A lot of them were later converted to normal BAR belts by removing the cup, and sewing on regular mag pockets...
Like I said, early on there was a bewildering variety of belts...the BAR man belt, the 1st Assistant gunner belt, the 2nd assistant gunner belt, and a variety of bandoleers, right side and left side...some of them are pretty scarce.
Like I said, once you have a BAR, if you are a "completest" you can spend a long time gathering all the various goodies to go with it...
Oh, and if you want cool, there was a pronged flash hider that looks bad ass, I want to say the M37 maybe, IIRC, but anyway, you can take off the standard hider and put on the pronged one, looks cool. But not correct for a WWII BAR...