Rigging webbing sling for M-!

Twowings2U

April 07, 2012 16:21

I have what I'm told is an M-1 sling.. it is cotton webbing about42"
long. One end is attached to the center of a 2-hole buckle.
The bulk of the sling is passed thru a steel clip assembly and back thru the buckle.. The remainder of the sling is formed in a long loop
and clamped together by a cam action locking device.
I assume this loop is run thru one of the sling swivels on the rifle,
but which end, muzzle or butt. ??

I wuz in the army, but carried a carbine.---Thanks

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  101AIRBORNE

  April 07, 2012 17:21

  May wish to check: www.rifleslings.com

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  Herschel

  April 07, 2012 17:39

  There should be a spring steel attaching piece on one end of the sling. This is snapped into the butt swivel with the open end toward the wood. Take the loose end above the upper sling swivel and back down through it with the loose end next to the wood. Then run the loose end through the cam action locking device, pull the slack out of the sling and clamp the locking device tight. That is the army way as illustrated in army manuals. Others have invented better ways to use it that make it less likely for the metal parts to scratch the stock.
  
  Additional: Joe is correct that the wings will damage the stock but that is not the way the military taught the sling was to be installed. Seeing the 1907 sling and the web sling installed other than the army way makes me cringe. Just consider that I am an old soldier and don't accept change easily.

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  givette

  April 07, 2012 18:33

  Also, in addition to the above post, make sure the finished product has the cammed lock facing outboard, not inboard. The two little 'wings' on the camming lock will damage the stock.
  
  To reverse the cam-lock, pinch the sling, move the lock to the other side, slide the sling back into the lock. You won't be able to pull it through the lock, as the metal end of the sling is too big.
  
  Joe

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  Twowings2U

  April 07, 2012 19:48

  Thanks, Joe & Herschel--got it figured..[:)]

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