I am working on a 18" SPR build and am looking for suggestions on the sling. I plan to carry the rifle (total weight will be around 10 pounds) and really like 3 point slings for my carbines. However, I also intend to use the sling as shooting support and do not plan to mount a bipod to this rifle. Ideally it would be as effective as my turner NM slings that I use for service rifles so my focus on this sling will be for shooting support over carry comfort. It will be mounted on the left side of the rifle. Anyone have suggestions? Price is not an issue.
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Take a look at the TAB quick adjust sling. very capable for slinging up for positional shots and you can adjust it quickly for carry on your back. I have one on my mk12 rifle and so far I like it. Of course YMMV
Good luck with your search
AS
Good luck with your search
AS
I like my vtac. I have it adjusted so that the slider is just under my off hand triceps. This way when I am in position I can reach over with my fireing hand and adjust sling tension. I can also let the slack out and use it like a normal carbine sling.
TAB or TIS, take your pick. They make a nice loop sling style setup for field positional shooting situations.
TAB gear for the win
+1 for the vtac. I have the sniper sling and love it!!!
I like the padded vtac sling offered by larue I have several and they work great.
Padded vcas ftw.
Could go the DIY route. During an exhaustive search for a sling for my SPR, I came across a sling kit from the online store Strapworks.com: strapworks.com The kit was almost what I was looking for, but lacked the sewn in QD sling swivels I wanted. Looking around on their site, I realized that I could piece together my own kit fairly cheaply from the huge selection of hardware and material that they stock.
While the 2 point design I came up with works well for my intended uses, I realize that everyone has their own requirements in mind for rifle slings. This tutorial should serve more as a generic example of what can be made, rather than a set of strict instructions. With the hardware they stock, the amount of confgurations one could come up with is nearly limitless. Us your imagination, have a ball, etc.
Materials needed for the project:
- 1" Flat Nylon Webbing (2 feet) Flat Nylon Webbing 1 Inch
- 1.5" Flat Nylon Webbing (5 feet) Flat Nylon Webbing 1-1/2 Inch
- 1.5" to 1" Plastic Reducer (x2) Acetyl Plastic Reducing Loops
- 1.5" Wide Mouth Slider (x1) Plastic Slides
- 1" or 1.25" QD Swivel (x2) (Sourced from local Gun Store)
- Speedy Stitcher Sewing Awl (also from Strapworks.com) https://www.strapworks.com/Sewing_Awl_p/awl.htm
- Clothes Pins or Clips for holding strap prior to sewing
- Lighter for fusing cut edges to prevent fraying
- Sharp knife or scissors
To get started, you'll need to make two adapter pieces or "Connectagazoinks" to adapt the 1" QD slings to the wider 1.5" nylon strap. I use the 1" nylon strap and plastic reducers for this. Each one foot section of 1" nylon web gets folded over with a QD swivel and plastic reducer at either end, leaving 3 layers of strap in the center:
The 3 layers then get sewn up with the Speedy Stitcher. This is a time consuming process, but not overly difficult. The point of the needle is razor sharp, expect to be impaled upon it a few times before the project is done:
When it's done, it should look something like this. The first time I did this, I made two of these that I ended up cutting apart and doing over because they looked like they were done by a 5 year old (Minus the macaroni and glitter) All part of the learning process.... I did actually try to get my 5 year old son to sew one up for comparison, but my better (and evidently more "frowny faced" concerning child labor) half stepped in and shut the whole show down...
After making two of those, you should have a pile of stuff like this:
The 1.5" strap gets sewn on to the wide end of the reducer like this. I keep the folded over side on the outside edge of the sling to make a smoother surface on the inside for carrying:
After sewing:
Moving on to the back end of the sling, you'll want to install the 1.5" Wide Mouth Slider and second Connectagazoink assembly like so:
The end of the strap gets fed back through the slider, around the center post:
The folded over for sewing. I like to leave a bit of a gap (about 1/2")between the folded strap and the center post, as it seems to allow the slider to move a bit more freely:
While the 2 point design I came up with works well for my intended uses, I realize that everyone has their own requirements in mind for rifle slings. This tutorial should serve more as a generic example of what can be made, rather than a set of strict instructions. With the hardware they stock, the amount of confgurations one could come up with is nearly limitless. Us your imagination, have a ball, etc.
Materials needed for the project:
- 1" Flat Nylon Webbing (2 feet) Flat Nylon Webbing 1 Inch
- 1.5" Flat Nylon Webbing (5 feet) Flat Nylon Webbing 1-1/2 Inch
- 1.5" to 1" Plastic Reducer (x2) Acetyl Plastic Reducing Loops
- 1.5" Wide Mouth Slider (x1) Plastic Slides
- 1" or 1.25" QD Swivel (x2) (Sourced from local Gun Store)
- Speedy Stitcher Sewing Awl (also from Strapworks.com) https://www.strapworks.com/Sewing_Awl_p/awl.htm
- Clothes Pins or Clips for holding strap prior to sewing
- Lighter for fusing cut edges to prevent fraying
- Sharp knife or scissors
To get started, you'll need to make two adapter pieces or "Connectagazoinks" to adapt the 1" QD slings to the wider 1.5" nylon strap. I use the 1" nylon strap and plastic reducers for this. Each one foot section of 1" nylon web gets folded over with a QD swivel and plastic reducer at either end, leaving 3 layers of strap in the center:
The 3 layers then get sewn up with the Speedy Stitcher. This is a time consuming process, but not overly difficult. The point of the needle is razor sharp, expect to be impaled upon it a few times before the project is done:
When it's done, it should look something like this. The first time I did this, I made two of these that I ended up cutting apart and doing over because they looked like they were done by a 5 year old (Minus the macaroni and glitter) All part of the learning process.... I did actually try to get my 5 year old son to sew one up for comparison, but my better (and evidently more "frowny faced" concerning child labor) half stepped in and shut the whole show down...
After making two of those, you should have a pile of stuff like this:
The 1.5" strap gets sewn on to the wide end of the reducer like this. I keep the folded over side on the outside edge of the sling to make a smoother surface on the inside for carrying:
After sewing:
Moving on to the back end of the sling, you'll want to install the 1.5" Wide Mouth Slider and second Connectagazoink assembly like so:
The end of the strap gets fed back through the slider, around the center post:
The folded over for sewing. I like to leave a bit of a gap (about 1/2")between the folded strap and the center post, as it seems to allow the slider to move a bit more freely:
After sewing:
Completed sling next to one of my older ones. Note the difference in overall length. The new one is shorter since i'm installing it on a carbine stocked rifle. Overall length of the 1.5" strap prior to sewing was about 43", but will be dependant on the rifle and end user:
Installed on rifle (16" RECCE):
A second QD socket added under the forend allows the sling to be repositioned for better leverage while shooting unsupported. When used in a supported position such as prone from a bipod, this also allows for a rock solid setup that hardly moves under recoil:
Completed sling next to one of my older ones. Note the difference in overall length. The new one is shorter since i'm installing it on a carbine stocked rifle. Overall length of the 1.5" strap prior to sewing was about 43", but will be dependant on the rifle and end user:
Installed on rifle (16" RECCE):
A second QD socket added under the forend allows the sling to be repositioned for better leverage while shooting unsupported. When used in a supported position such as prone from a bipod, this also allows for a rock solid setup that hardly moves under recoil:
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Excellent pictures and write up, thank you. I will look into that site and see what they have.
Nice Work! I started out using an hand awl as well
Thanks for the compliments guys. Here's another picture showing one of the DIY slings mounted on my SPR. I'm using a Noveske flush mount QD socket on the underside of the forend for the mid point mount. Forward QD mounts arer PRI designed specifically for the Gen III Delta forend. They also make them for the regular round Gen III. The Recce is using a Gear Sector low profile QD socket under the quad rail, along with a Noveske flush mount socket bolted into the sling loop on the Magpul ACS (Installed after this pic was taken)
The only viable sling option for an AR as far as I'm concerned!
VTAC 2 point..I prefer padded
Bench
VTAC 2 point..I prefer padded
Bench
Wow, FMJBT.... very nice. I'm oozing with Rigger envy...
