Slings, my best options?

[Eljay]

http://www.thecmp.org/sales.htm

The CMP's great but they're not fast so please keep that in mind.

[Eljay]

Go with a cotton sling. I went to an Appleseed this past weekend and bought one from my shoot boss. My nylon tactical (Uncle Mike's?) sling started to "stretch" under the heat of the sun no matter how often I adjusted it.

They can also be really slippery, and depending on your clothing sometimes it's hard for them to keep put. I tried nylon at first and had some real problems with it.

[KandyRedCoi]

http://www.thecmp.org/sales.htm

The CMP's great but they're not fast so please keep that in mind.

thanks

[ocabj]

I just noticed the OP wanted black. In that case the CMP is not an option. They're in OD Green.

As far as I know, there aren't any true cotton web slings in black. They're all a variation of nylon blend.

I would recommend just going with a leather Turner Sling, a National Match sling which is available in black. Fairly inexpensive and you can get them at a ton of vendors.

[Joe the Electrician]

The 1907 or turners slings are great and will do exactly the same as the GI sling. Except that they can be difficult to learn how to use, and there is a limited amount of time at the appleseed. You can learn and be up and shooting with a GI sling much faster. If you are experienced with them by all means bring it, but if not then go with the GI sling.

Also the OD GI sling's have an innate advantage over the black. You can right/mark the sling for different positions. And put you name or mark on them.

[smoothy8500]

Joe the Electrician just finished the list of reasons why a cotton OD sling is the best choice for an Appleseed rifle. Inexpensive, ease of use, quickly adjusted, won't slip like nylon, can mark positions like prone & seated.

[KandyRedCoi]

cotton sling would be nice...i need 3 maybe 4

[verapakill]

I have the TacStrap sling for my rifle and am very happy with it. Here is a link to their thread on here.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=239496&highlight=tacstraps

[ElvenSoul]

What happened to the guy who used to make custom slings here on Calguns?

[TheDeej]

I ordered my cotton GI sling from the appleseed store and it got to my door pretty quick.

[KandyRedCoi]

if all else fails i will do that

[andersoncouncil]

So it is my understanding that the Appleseed GI slings are 1.25" and that the standard sling swivels for the 10/22 are 1." Does anyone have any advice about how I should go about putting a sling on my 10/22? It has no swivels yet.

Also, I have a synthetic stock. Is that going to be a problem for the wood screws?

[Rock6.3]

So it is my understanding that the Appleseed GI slings are 1.25" and that the standard sling swivels for the 10/22 are 1." Does anyone have any advice about how I should go about putting a sling on my 10/22? It has no swivels yet.

Also, I have a synthetic stock. Is that going to be a problem for the wood screws?

Get Uncle Mikes quick disconnect 1.25" swivels. They will fit on the swivel stud of any rifle.

If your stock is not wood then the wood screw style is the wrong kind. If your stock (under the barrel) is an open honeycomb then use a machine screw stud and a nut (with locktite)

[shmeddie]

TI quick slings cuff really fast to get in to. If you are going to just use it for appleseed then it might be too expensive though.

http://www.tacticalintervention.com/quickcuffslingmodeltwo.html

[andersoncouncil]

Thanks, but yeah those are a bit expensive since it would mainly be for Appleseed.

I don't think my stock is honeycomb. It's divided into about 4 open sections under the barrel, each about 2.5" long. I have the synthetic carbine model, so I think I should be able to fit the front swivel to the barrel band. Please correct me if I am wrong. The stock feels like it might be hollow where the rear swivel would go, but since it's synthetic, it's hard to tell.