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Posted: 8/3/2014 10:15:00 PM EDT
| Hey, I have a VTAC sling and recently have been running my AR hard. The sling has been coming undue at the ends. It pulls thru the tri glide buckle and it has fallen barrel first into the dirt once. My VTAC only has one tri glide buckle on each end, I noticed they show two on each end. If I buy some more tri glides should this fix the problem or does anyone have any other ideas to combat this problem ? Any suggests where to get tri glide buckles at ? Thanks! |
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once you get it assembled, route the slack back through the front-most slot of the front slider/buckle/whatever the hell that thing is called.
if it's frayed, either cut the frayed portion off with a hot knife attachment for a soldering iron, or cut it off with a knife, and fuse the end together with a lighter |
| In your second picture...fold the tail end back thru the left side of the buckle and then cut off the end clean and burn/melt the end so it flares out...this will give it a little something extra to keep from coming back thru the buckle. Should solve the problem. |
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It looks to me like the real problem is that the metal buckle (tri-bar slide) is not appropriate for that thin slippery webbing. While the buckle is strong, it has wide spaces for the webbing to pass through and no raised sharp edges to catch the relatively hard and slippery webbing. So you absolutely must run the loose end after threading it BACK a SECOND time so that the tip points forward on the front and rearward on the rear. Or as an alternative you could fold over the tip about 1/2 inch and sew it. Even though it is not my brand, I'll be happy to have Caius send you some steel buckles that will be more secure. Just write Caius at [email protected], and he'll take care of you at no charge. I hate to see that nice rifle get damaged or worse!
Dave |
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Blue force gear FTW Open to a more permanent solution? Find someone to run a bartack over it Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Only slightly related, but I got tired of the metal buckle on my VTAC busting me in the lip and recently changed to a BluForce Gear Vickers sling. Shit. Is. Awesome. It's a much sturdier sling to boot. I'm a BFG convert |
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