Markfox
Well-Known Member
Right this might help some members out on here as I'm sure there are some who have the same problem as me ( ooohh urrrrh )
It all started with buying a Mauser m03 and receiving a free mauser neoprene sling I fitted the normal sling swivals that you can pick up which did the job but there was always this thought in the back of my mind that this arrange ment could be better
what is he on about , what could be better I here u ask ?
Now my mauser comes with what they call US style sling studs in the stock which are 3.6mm diameter hole and 8mm width but I do know some are 3mm diameter hole and 6mm width which are called euro
many sling swivals are std US style and are suitable for a 11/2 inch width sling
my Mauser sling is 20 mm width so what's the problem I here you ask well I find the 20mm width sling a bit sloppy in a 11/2 inch width swival so after lots of research on the net and phoning around I came to the conclusion that next to no one does a sling swival in 3.6mm and for a narrower euro sling
until speaking with the good people at Allan Rhone I told them what I was after and they MADE up a sort of half and half swival from the recknagel catalog so half US to fit the 3.6mm stud and the other half a euro width ring bit suitable for narrow slings upto 20mm width
so now my sling fits perfectly in the swival with no slop and the swival fits perfectly on the rifle
some might think why go to all that trouble just for a pair of sling swivals well if I think something can be better I'll persue until I achieve it
I hope this might help someone else out who feels the same as me
It all started with buying a Mauser m03 and receiving a free mauser neoprene sling I fitted the normal sling swivals that you can pick up which did the job but there was always this thought in the back of my mind that this arrange ment could be better
what is he on about , what could be better I here u ask ?
Now my mauser comes with what they call US style sling studs in the stock which are 3.6mm diameter hole and 8mm width but I do know some are 3mm diameter hole and 6mm width which are called euro
many sling swivals are std US style and are suitable for a 11/2 inch width sling
my Mauser sling is 20 mm width so what's the problem I here you ask well I find the 20mm width sling a bit sloppy in a 11/2 inch width swival so after lots of research on the net and phoning around I came to the conclusion that next to no one does a sling swival in 3.6mm and for a narrower euro sling
until speaking with the good people at Allan Rhone I told them what I was after and they MADE up a sort of half and half swival from the recknagel catalog so half US to fit the 3.6mm stud and the other half a euro width ring bit suitable for narrow slings upto 20mm width
so now my sling fits perfectly in the swival with no slop and the swival fits perfectly on the rifle
some might think why go to all that trouble just for a pair of sling swivals well if I think something can be better I'll persue until I achieve it
I hope this might help someone else out who feels the same as me