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Posted: 9/26/2024 10:25:37 AM EDT
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I have been considering adding a surplus seat belt sling to my 20" AR. I have been using a cotton surplus type sling. I have read that during the initial issue of these slings they were found to slip rather easily, and were not considered by some to be dependable to stay fixed. Anyone here with extensive knowledge of how the seat belt sling actually performed? Thanks |
| What, the nylon/polyester GI-type slings? Or are you talking about an actual 2" wide sling? |
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Never mind, went on-line to other sights and was able to get some good information about seat belt slings. Seems they were not well liked by some GI's as they were a bit "slippery" to stay well on the shoulder, and could sometime slip when mounted on a rifle. Indications were that later versions of the seat belt were a bit better than early versions. |
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Originally Posted By Speedwinder: Never mind, went on-line to other sights and was able to get some good information about seat belt slings. Seems they were not well liked by some GI's as they were a bit "slippery" to stay well on the shoulder, and could sometime slip when mounted on a rifle. Indications were that later versions of the seat belt were a bit better than early versions. Yes, they tend to slide around on wet/winter gear, especially stuff like nylon shell garments. And yes, the keepers sometimes can slip. Antidote for that is a few dots of JB Weld on the keeper, to better "bite" into the sling so it doesn't slip. |
Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.---John Adams
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Originally Posted By intheburbs: Yes, they tend to slide around on wet/winter gear, especially stuff like nylon shell garments. And yes, the keepers sometimes can slip. Antidote for that is a few dots of JB Weld on the keeper, to better "bite" into the sling so it doesn't slip. Thank you for the info., much appreciated! |
| When I got my retro carbine I wanted to use a Vietnam era sling and went with the retro seat belt USGI sling. I remember if I pulled on it, I can easily see it start slipping longer. So I decided to just switch it to the cotton one. That's my one and only experience with it. |
My brother still has (not sure why) an old cotton type seatbelt sling on his M16 "clone". One day a couple years ago he was getting ready to go shoot and he had the rifle slung over his shoulder so he could have his arms free to carry a bunch of other stuff. Anyways, on his way out the door, the the latch portion of the sling flipped open and the rifle went crashing to the ground muzzle first directly on one of the prongs of the 3 prong flash hider. It took a nice chunk out of his new flooring he had just installed.  Even before that I never cared for those seatbelt slings, but after my brother's incident I made a mental note that they are garbage only to be used if you don't care about you guns at all (which my brother must not as he's still using that sling). |
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Originally Posted By 556Cliff: My brother still has (not sure why) an old cotton type seatbelt sling on his M16 "clone". Anyways, on his way out the door, the the latch portion of the sling flipped open and the rifle went crashing to the ground muzzle first directly on one of the prongs of the 3 prong flash hider. Even before that I never cared for those seatbelt slings... The cotton sling and "seatblet" sling aren't the same sling. They use the same/similar hardware, but the "seatbelt" sling is so-called because it's made out of a slicker "seatbelt" type of nylon as compared to the earlier cotton slings. |
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