Sling and suppressor?

I have a couple of rifles with suppressors that I'd like to try a new (to me) approach for the sling - I want to add a soft loop that rides on the barrel between the fore-end and the suppressor.

So when the rifle is slung the soft ring/loop rides up to the suppressor (DPT's in my case) which stops it. Most of my "old rifles" have the front sling swivel stud up on the barrel and they are a heck of a lot nicer to carry slung than modern stuff with the "cheap option" of a stud on the fore-end.

So has anybody tried this? Issues? Thoughts?

Thanks

Tentman, do you have a link to such soft ring/loop slings?

Nah, can't find anything. I've rigged one up but need a bigger sling swivel, once I get one I'll post a picture.

Don't shoot yourself in the head.

Tie a bit of string through the sling and round the barrel loosely.
Works great.

Search "No drill sling "

Sort out the issues @Tentman and then make me a few as well

OK here's a mock up. The webbing I had isn't long enough. But it shows the principle and also that it can be done with minimal hardware (I hate hardware - usually just a rattling failure point)
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Tie a bit of string through the sling and round the barrel loosely.
Works great.

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Yup. Minimize the hardware. A principle taught to me by another superb seaman of Brians calibre. Brian taught me the best ever truckers hitch!

is that double so can be slung on both shoulders??? to sit centre of back...or just cause its what was on hand???
the commercial slings with nylon buckle normally have enough length in webbing to swap barrel for sling swivel and still thread webbing back through buckle...puts fattest part of sling really close to rifle/barrel is only downside if webbing is super short. paracord works to bridge the gap as Brian said.

Yep I use a similar sling. Except I have a loop around the stock pistol grip too to really get the rifle low behind my head. The top loop isn't hitched like yours as it will hold the barrel and effect POI. (won't matter at bush ranges though)
On my bartlein 2b barrel the loop around the barrel doesn't effect the POI but on my light barrelled tikka 223 it messes with the POI.
I used the rubber shoulder pad from a rifle sling and salvaged some light seat belt webbing from an old kids car seat for the bottom loop of sling.

You could try something like this just from mitre10.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0a9f13fe04.jpg

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I made a loop from strong string, looped it on itself around the barrel so it tightened under load and put the pin of the detachable sling swivel on the sling through it. Works perfectly, as long as you have a foresight or suppressor to stop it sliding off the end of the barrel.

I would suggest strips of leather or maybe even suede to form a loop over the barrel. Does not slip!

Oh so easy to make if I had an industrial sewing machine again. Are you coming up to the Hunter Challenge @Tentman? can bring some webbing and buckles and show you how to make it simple and tidy.

Damm. I gave a sailmakers machine away when we moved . . . . And I bet the guy who got it never uses it!

speedy stitcher off ebay.... perhaps. mine did arrive last week.

This is the only way I use a sling, sits lower and less likely to get caught on over head branches. Niggeloh sling with just the webbing loop over barrel.

Here are today's results from "experiments".

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The CZ 6.8 SPC is wearing one of the el-cheapo surplus slings (I think American, about $5), because it's 32mm wide I had to splash out and buy 1.25 sling swivels at a cost to the exchequer of $29 for two. A single strap but wide enough for a heavier rifle.

The Savage got the better deal, it's my current favorite rifle in 6mm ARC, 2870fps with 103s, over 1000 fpe at 400M. It's got a sling that can double up, as @mick duck pointed out, these have a nice advantage if you need both hands free for a really steep bit, or to open a gate etc. I already had the strap ( from some other project) and it's attached with a dyneema "soft shackle" which are on special at Cookes just now - $10

So, if we cut that bottom sling off about the bottom of your "knot" and stitched on a narrower loop out of 15mm webbing it would sit nicer and smaller. Still retain your double traps for those "oh shit" moments. Could do that really nice and neat.

Nice one @Tentman. I haven't read the whole thread, but this is how I've been running my sling for the last three or four years. Works well, keeps the rifle very low, lower than head height.

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So, if we cut that bottom sling off about the bottom of your "knot" and stitched on a narrower loop out of 15mm webbing it would sit nicer and smaller. Still retain your double traps for those "oh shit" moments. Could do that really nice and neat.

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That would be nice and eliminate hardware which I prefer.

@Tentman now do a mock up of how the butt stock end will work
Just imagine you have no sling eye there and don't want to fit one because the rifle is 150 years old

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That would be nice and eliminate hardware which I prefer.

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Remind me before you come up to the Hunter Challenge, or any other Sparrowhawk weekend, and I'll throw in some 15mm webbing. Then you can get it all sewed up nicely back in Invers.

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@Tentman now do a mock up of how the butt stock end will work
Just imagine you have no sling eye there and don't want to fit one because the rifle is 150 years old

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And while you are at it work out the kinks of the rifle having a 30" barrel and no suppressor and the loop would slip all the way up to the front sight and the butt will nearly be on the ground

First world problem I guess

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@Tentman now do a mock up of how the butt stock end will work
Just imagine you have no sling eye there and don't want to fit one because the rifle is 150 years old

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I'll ponder on it . . .

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@Tentman now do a mock up of how the butt stock end will work
Just imagine you have no sling eye there and don't want to fit one because the rifle is 150 years old

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Gun bearer my good man.

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Gun bearer my good man.

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Well they certainly aren't queuing up to carry them for me or the meat home
Maybe I'm not paying them enough

Simplest is always best for me! Just had a very nice lunch with Christian and his wife (@Littlemorepork) and he sketched out a very nice design using leather.
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This one laces round the barrel.

However being a cheap bastard I raced home and came up with this:


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Not finished yet but will work very nicely, totally silent, and easy!

Foster, if I knew you would publish this drawing, I would have tried hard to make it look usable!
your version/idea is bang on!

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Simplest is always best for me! Just had a very nice lunch with Christian and his wife (@Littlemorepork) and he sketched out a very nice design using leather.
Attachment 241565

This one laces round the barrel.

However being a cheap bastard I raced home and came up with this:


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Not finished yet but will work very nicely, totally silent, and easy!

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Both Patent Pending ?

we teamed up and are working on it!

Webbing and adjustable buckles at spotlight and emporiums are cheap as chips

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

speedy stitcher off ebay.... perhaps. mine did arrive last week.

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talk to me about this or come up with design and ill get it made for trial ..i have contacts!

I put a swivel stud in the end of my fore stock on one rifle. Gunworks added a swivel stud to one of my suppressors.

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Yup. Minimize the hardware. A principle taught to me by another superb seaman of Brians calibre. Brian taught me the best ever truckers hitch!

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Thoughts there's only 1 truckers hitch @ tentman , more than 1 way to tie , but only 1 - please share

Nah, I know of at least 3 versions, they all work but some are better than others. I prefer to secure most stuff on my truck with a hitch, faster and more versatile than the ratchet tie downs ( but not up to securing really heavy objects like machinery etc). Plenty of videos on YouTube if you don't know how.