Failed rifle sling

[Bavarianbrit]

Ich bin Johnny English.

 

[CookM]

My wife bought me two for my birthday,one snapped the swivel bar when l put my rifle on my shoulder in the house,the other failed jogging up a slope.
Both of them had the neoprene part coming away from the stitching at the top part.
Chinesium casting metal.
I have an Uncle Mike's that is over ten years old.
CZ brand ones are robust.

 

[tozzybum]

Had the same drama but only lost zero .
Out with Malc on his Sussex lease .
Unloaded ,climed a style and bang down went my rifle on the fence down on scope tube .
Seemed OK looking through but zero went off to Mars.
Wouldn't have another if you paid me ,monkey metal fittings.

 

[simwith]

Had this happen twice, so I bought strong leather slings and Recknagel swivels for my rifles.

 

[Koenig]

Talon or GrovTec (if you can find them in the UK), both very well made.

 

[Klenchblaize]

What was wrong with the fixed swivels as graced such rifles as Krico, Sako, Anschutz, Sauer, Husqvarna, Mauser, Bruno, Parker Hale, Voere, Remington, Winchester and many others back in the day?

K

 

[kenbro]

What was wrong with the fixed swivels as graced such rifles as Krico, Sako, Anschutz, Sauer, Husqvarna, Mauser, Bruno, Parker Hale, Voere, Remington, Winchester and many others back in the day?

K

that clunk click video brought back memories of cars i once owned

Mr K;
They’re about as much use to mature shooters as iron sights are.

I like to carry my rifle without a sling fitted when in the field, but I do always keep a sling on myself for use if needed when heading back.
KB.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Mr K;
They’re about as much use to mature shooters as iron sights are.

I like to carry my rifle without a sling fitted when in the field, but I do always keep a sling on myself for use if needed when heading back.
KB.

It must be yet another North/South devide kind of thing as although most of my rifles do indeed sport detachable sling swivels, I cannot recall ever having need to detach such while in-the-field in c40-years of roaming the woods & meadows of Lowland England.

Indeed, the only occasion I find this to be given of value is when load testing or zeroing. The OCD element of my approach to such suggesting the front swivel should be free to recoil within the clearence groove of the front rest if using a bag. Not an issue with stutzens as I find it helps to support the forend with one's hand.

K

 

[Scotty123]

I’ve just brought some
Allen sling swivels
From the countryman of derby , for £16.99
They look like the grovtec and the Talon swivels
I was that impressed with them I’ve just brought another pair

 

[Hunters moon]

Hi all, this is my first proper post on the forum, I hope its in the right section. I bought ridgeline rifle sling just over 6 months and it failed last Friday night/Saturday morning while out foxing.
The sling attachment completely sheared where the bar goes through the sling stud on my rifle. Unfortunately we walking on a compacted gravel road. One second the rifle was on my shoulder, then next on the ground. The moderator looks like it the ground first, and then the rest of it. Snapping the stock at the pistol grip near the action. So its in 4 pieces. Two main section and 2 smallish slivers of wood.

Its a cz 550 in 22-250, it had a beautiful walnut stock with almost a tiger stripe grain patern. A gun smith has checked it over everything seems to be in working order. Even the Mod has only superficial damage. The sling was a very sturdy ridgeline one, that I bought from a dealer not online. And he's helping me as much as he can. Next time I'll see if I can fashion a fail safe type system.

Thank you, Tony.

My keeper had a similar experience years ago resulted in similar damage, since then strat

Hi all, this is my first proper post on the forum, I hope its in the right section. I bought ridgeline rifle sling just over 6 months and it failed last Friday night/Saturday morning while out foxing.
The sling attachment completely sheared where the bar goes through the sling stud on my rifle. Unfortunately we walking on a compacted gravel road. One second the rifle was on my shoulder, then next on the ground. The moderator looks like it the ground first, and then the rest of it. Snapping the stock at the pistol grip near the action. So its in 4 pieces. Two main section and 2 smallish slivers of wood.

Its a cz 550 in 22-250, it had a beautiful walnut stock with almost a tiger stripe grain patern. A gun smith has checked it over everything seems to be in working order. Even the Mod has only superficial damage. The sling was a very sturdy ridgeline one, that I bought from a dealer not online. And he's helping me as much as he can. Next time I'll see if I can fashion a fail safe type system.

Thank you, Tony.

My old gamekeeper had a similar experience and now with some rifles having alot of scope I have always had a bit of strategic paracord just in case. And yes, DSC they expected you to check..could save an expensive accident

 

[Gmm243]

I have had two sets of swivels fail. Once when putting the rifle into the car but thankfully it fell on to the heather at the road side and the second walking down a forestry lane and the rifle fell totally onto the road mod first. Thankfully nothing really happened it bar a few scratches on the mod and the rifle was 2" low when fired the following morning.
I then replaced all my swivels with Allen swivels and haven't looked back. They are tested to a high weight ( can't remember off hand) and feel quality when you are fitting them.

 

[Triumph_Dave]

I have been using the Talon quick release swivels for the last 10+ years, I have two slings used between rifles with the Talons fitted and remove the slings before the rifles go back into the storage cabinet. I purchased a backup set of swivels about three years ago when the Talons were starting to become harder to source. Over the last year I have found that two of the Talon swivels were starting to fail with the same failure point, the fixed riveted/press fitted pin in the swivel had become loose.
The loose pin can be " fixed" by centre punching the back of the pin which basically re-rivets it in position, however, there is then a niggling doubt that it could fail. Due to this I have been searching again for Talon swivels, again they are proving hard to find. So in the end I have fitted a set of Recknagel swivels from Alan Rhone.. very similar in construction to the American Talons.. Time will tell if they last as long.