The Hopson Sling

[Guest The Cat]

A fellow asked me about the one I have on my carbine and wondered what made it different from the miles of nylon on the market today so I thought I'd post a few pics

The guy that designed and patented it is a firm believer in Murphy's Law. He understands what it's like to be in, shall we say, stressful situations that involve firearms and his philosophy is not to give Murphy any more leverage than you have to.

Keep things as SIMPLE and as STRONG as possible.

This sling does about anything one can expect a sling to do and it's constructed as simply as possible. I'm sure you've seen all kinds of 'tacticool' slings that have fifty feet of nylon, some bungee, ten buckles, and two pounds of Velcro. The first one I ever got for my carbine reminded me all for the world of one of those gimmicky swing-improving harness deals they used to market for golfers.

I'm thinking that if you're in a home defense/law enforcement situation, or even if you're on the range and you don't want your rifle-slinging experience to be like strapping into a race car, then simpler is better.

One Chicago screw, one plastic snap buckle, one plastic tri-glide, one steel ladder lock, and some black nylon webbing is all you need. It's only stitched at one place, too. It's about as non-complicated as you can get and not be the stock military sling.

Check it out.

It's a three-point sling....

One big advantage of its design is how flexible the third axis point is. This gives the sling fluidity in movement that is sorely lacking in a two point sling, like the military style.

You adjust the sling so that it is laying across your chest but you can still shoulder it properly. There are several different ways of carrying it at this point - slung across yourself muzzle-down, over the left shoulder as in African carry, and even spread the sling apart and put it over both shoulders and wear the rifle like a backpack.

That's all well, good, and proper, but let's say you're wearing it across your chest and you have to go prone without unslinging your weapon?

Pop the snap and the sling will 'give' until the buckle hits the tri-glide:

Here's a pic of its components, labelled.

[Guest Ggun]

A fellow asked me about the one I have on my carbine and wondered what made it different from the miles of nylon on the market today so I thought I'd post a few pics

The guy that designed and patented it is a firm believer in Murphy's Law. He understands what it's like to be in, shall we say, stressful situations that involve firearms and his philosophy is not to give Murphy any more leverage than you have to.

Keep things as SIMPLE and as STRONG as possible.

This sling does about anything one can expect a sling to do and it's constructed as simply as possible. I'm sure you've seen all kinds of 'tacticool' slings that have fifty feet of nylon, some bungee, ten buckles, and two pounds of Velcro. The first one I ever got for my carbine reminded me all for the world of one of those gimmicky swing-improving harness deals they used to market for golfers.

I'm thinking that if you're in a home defense/law enforcement situation, or even if you're on the range and you don't want your rifle-slinging experience to be like strapping into a race car, then simpler is better.

One Chicago screw, one plastic snap buckle, one plastic tri-glide, one steel ladder lock, and some black nylon webbing is all you need. It's only stitched at one place, too. It's about as non-complicated as you can get and not be the stock military sling.

Check it out.

It's a three-point sling....

One big advantage of its design is how flexible the third axis point is. This gives the sling fluidity in movement that is sorely lacking in a two point sling, like the military style.

You adjust the sling so that it is laying across your chest but you can still shoulder it properly. There are several different ways of carrying it at this point - slung across yourself muzzle-down, over the left shoulder as in African carry, and even spread the sling apart and put it over both shoulders and wear the rifle like a backpack.

That's all well, good, and proper, but let's say you're wearing it across your chest and you have to go prone without unslinging your weapon?

Pop the snap and the sling will 'give' until the buckle hits the tri-glide:

Here's a pic of its components, labelled.

Thanks for the review, as I am currently doing my due diligence in this area for use with the M4. This looks very promising.