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[drewdunnrespect]

British Army Infantry Bergen DPM

i have this rucksack and love it now the problem is i stood on the hip belt buckle a few weeks ago and the bit the buckle clips in to (if that makes sense) has cracked and well i have two questions

1 were do i get a new one

2 how do i replace it without damaging the integrity of the belt cos my sewing is very basic and it looks complicated

drew

 

[The Lord Poncho]

What you need is a 40mm side release buckle- http://www.rockrun.com/products/Standard-Side-Release-Buckle-40mm.html

Unthread/unstitch both halfs of your buckle, and replace with this. You will need to restitch the female end to the webbing tape on your waist belt- which should be simple, however, if you really don't want to, you could use a triglide to lock it in place:

http://www.rockrun.com/products/Triglide-40mm.html

Total cost just over £3.

I have made a guess from memory at the width of the webbing tape- which i think is 40mm- but if someone has a bergen to hand, it would be good if they could measure it to double check....

 

[nitrambur]

have a look on here http://www.acesupplies.com/ do a search for "field" the one item that'll come up is a 25mm field repair buckle, probably too small for what you need, but it'll show how you can cut the bar on one the right size

 

[MartinK9]

Drew, type in PLCE Buckles on ebay and a lot come up mate.

 

[The Lord Poncho]

Drew, type in PLCE Buckles on ebay and a lot come up mate.

Do take care though- becuase most of the buckles that come up are for the PLCE webbing belt, and will therefore be too big to fit the bergen waist belt.

 

[bilmo-p5]

What you need is a 40mm side release buckle...

Drew,

if this 40mm buckle is any use to you, it is yours for the asking;

 

[drewdunnrespect]

hiya Ian yer i would love it thanks

pm inbound

drew