The Palm Side swing HMS Karabiner looks like a fairly conventional karabiner that has had some weight shaved off and a trick anodised colour applied. I thought exactly this when it landed here at Unsponsored HQ.
![Palm Side Swing HMS Karabiner - First Look](https://www.unsponsored.co.uk/press/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/unsponsored-Palm-Swing-Karabiner-6147.jpg)
I didn’t even look at the name, as it was obscured by the paperwork, before removing the karabiner from its display card and checking out the gate action.
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When you pick up a karabiner it is compulsory to test out the gate action. That is the point that I realised the Palm side swing karabiner was a little bit different.
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