me2
Descens
Offline
Slinging Rocks!
Posts: 161
|
I just made my first sling of this style yesterday and gave it a good workout today. I used pieces from my old body harness. I had to replace it, as it was past it's expiration date (5 years). This material is a little narrower than seat belt, and thicker, but it works fine. I made the cords out of paracord and used the paracord inner strands for binding. I used repeated clove hitches for the binding and tied and melted the end. I used double overhand knots for the stoppers, and mine appears to be inside out from yours, as my knots are on the back side of the pouch, not the ammo side. In any case, I have enough strapping for at least 5 slings, and another 43 feet of paracord. I might make one tomorrow that's a little longer, maybe 36" loaded. The first one is about 26"-28". Also, I switched to metal ammo for today's practice. I used the snap off tips for high strength bolts, which are basically little 1/2" diameter cylinders about 5/8" to 3/4" long. Very good group today, then I ran out and had to go back to rocks.
|