Originally Posted By dalle0001:


@tweeter

I really like how you set that sling up. It looks like you taken the ALICE shoulder strap, and a USGI silent sling and went that route. I am doing exact the same but I have a question. Did you cut off the ALICE shoulder strap quick release tab from your strap? Or did you kept it on there? I decided to cut mine off and just wondering if that is a good idea.

Otherwise, how long have you been using the sling and has it held up to use?

Originally Posted By tweeter:


i cut off the quick release stuff

I've been using these slings professionally, recreationally, in competition, training, and combat since 1994-95-ish. hasn't failed me yet. I still use the first one I made, but at this point I simply don't know which one it is

i mean, I've used single point slings for little squirt guns and once I was given a padded two-point

but I typically wear body armor, so padding a sling doesn't really make sense

if you don't want to use plastic tri-glides just use the slides that come off the rucks straps, maybe grind the triangular end flat.  I ended up doing that after one got caught on the edge of an open car door

hope this helps

eta: oh yeah, almost forgot. if you need to be able to tell where the tension release on the sling is I used a piece of a zip-tie stuck inside some 550 cord. you can feel the difference, even with gloves on