Rifle sling
- Thread starter jewfish
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Hi there
My personal experience has been that they both squeak and stretch but the effects of both can be reduced by using various dressing products....if you can be bothered .
After years of various slings (canvas, leather, neoprene etc etc) one thing became obvious. Once I had set up the sling for length I never ever adjusted it. Strangely I looked at all the slings I had on my hunting rifles and they were all set to within 5mm of each other - very weird. With this in mind I just chose my material and had a non-adjustable, fixed length, QD swivels stitched in sling made. Dougster on this site did a cracking job and at a good price - first class work and I just love it. Now I find I'm wondering why I waited 30 years to do it.
Hope that helps
FN
My personal experience has been that they both squeak and stretch but the effects of both can be reduced by using various dressing products....if you can be bothered .
After years of various slings (canvas, leather, neoprene etc etc) one thing became obvious. Once I had set up the sling for length I never ever adjusted it. Strangely I looked at all the slings I had on my hunting rifles and they were all set to within 5mm of each other - very weird. With this in mind I just chose my material and had a non-adjustable, fixed length, QD swivels stitched in sling made. Dougster on this site did a cracking job and at a good price - first class work and I just love it. Now I find I'm wondering why I waited 30 years to do it.
Hope that helps
FN
The mistake made with leather slings is that of width at the shoulder. A wide strap that on the face of it suggests both stability and load shedding actually only achieves the latter unless you install an anti slip device on the shoulder of all stalking jackets.
A narrow section of sling leather or plated multiples thereof is the answer as it 'digs-in' at the critical carrying point. If the former the addition of pin head bridle rubber sewn on the reverse provides the so-called "claw" effect.
Back in the day Armstrong's and/or The Shooting Lodge offered one with this approach but I concede the rubber doesn't like gun oil or solvent and needed replacing every few years once it started to dissolve an migrate onto clothing!
K
A narrow section of sling leather or plated multiples thereof is the answer as it 'digs-in' at the critical carrying point. If the former the addition of pin head bridle rubber sewn on the reverse provides the so-called "claw" effect.
Back in the day Armstrong's and/or The Shooting Lodge offered one with this approach but I concede the rubber doesn't like gun oil or solvent and needed replacing every few years once it started to dissolve an migrate onto clothing!
K
Brithunter
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It's strange but our fore fathers seemed to manage quite well with leather slings in all weathers and climates. I wonder what they did right that we modern shooters are doing wrong?
I have just sold a quality leather sling with the quick release steel clips for use on the British sling eyes found on stalking rifles back then. The sling complete with it leather covered buckle fitted the old BSA and Rigby Mannlicher well as it did the Swinburns Patent sporting Martini before it. The sling needed to be easily detachable for following up wounded beats in thick brush where the sling could get snagged at just the wrong moment.
I have just sold a quality leather sling with the quick release steel clips for use on the British sling eyes found on stalking rifles back then. The sling complete with it leather covered buckle fitted the old BSA and Rigby Mannlicher well as it did the Swinburns Patent sporting Martini before it. The sling needed to be easily detachable for following up wounded beats in thick brush where the sling could get snagged at just the wrong moment.
paul o'
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dos't your truck 240v power mine has a 1500 watt inverter fitted hot and cold fan's for dogs and 4way gang outlets for power tools ! and the ding works just fine and the lecky kettle ?
but on the slings side, i'v been trying to find an old type with a thum hole ! i'v got lots of rubber and old school slings but would like a 70's type one .
ps: most of the class as you say are at the back of my truck heating up their pie's on a shoot day
but on the slings side, i'v been trying to find an old type with a thum hole ! i'v got lots of rubber and old school slings but would like a 70's type one .
ps: most of the class as you say are at the back of my truck heating up their pie's on a shoot day
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You don't need a thumb to click on this Mr. O:-
http://www.singletreeleather.com/rifle_slings.html
K
yee godsi know i like me toys but yeehaa partner i don't like that type at all ? that gloss yuc and i know my name lol , i just wish an old school no fuss one as long as its still in good order it will do
Its got a HOLE though and rumour has it you have a lever action!
DeerDucksFishin
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z-aim pro stalker no slip has a sling that keeps it on your shoulder
Jimbo 30 06
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Hi Brit it's called saddle soap and neatsfoot oil keeps leather for ever. Neatsfoot oil also stops leather sqeeking. If you want a noneslip rubber and braided nylon then Quake is your answer.
Jimbo
Don't overdo the latter.
countrryboy
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A BIG
Absolutely brilliant, doubt i will ever buy another type of sling again and will put 1 on all my rifles as they need replaced. Has a chest strap that secures rifle in place yet easy to unclip, i was clambering throu windblow and it never moved off my back. Very impressed
Even more impreesed only £30. Top value in my opinion
Get them throu Moray Outfitting on here, top blokes to deal with, can't compliment them enough
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Brithunter
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sadly the one I sold had been hanging in a shop for god only knows how many decades un treated for all those years. Although I fed it up a bit it was never as god as it should really have been. It did compliment the antique rifles rather well though. I laso have a couple of webbing slings with leather trims some where.
Moray Outfitting
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Countryboy - thank you.
Mini hijack ( I'll post shortly ) - but new batch are now in.
Mini hijack ( I'll post shortly ) - but new batch are now in.
I ordered one of these. For anyone who has used singlepoint slings it may be worth a try. I'll stick a review up when it arrives and I have used it. there is a sliding loop to tighten up the arm loop on the one I ordered.
Introducing The RifleCraft RS1 Sling | Art of the Rifle
Introducing The RifleCraft RS1 Sling | Art of the Rifle
