Expedient Sling Attachment Point

20 Dec 07

Alternative AR-15 front sling attachment, from a friend in Country:

"A technique in common use here that addresses the sling-melting issue you described recently:

We use a discarded hand-grenade pin, actually the ring that attaches to the pin! Simply attach to ring to the sight base (just like putting a key onto a key-ring) and then affix the sling to the ring, using it as the front attachment point. The ring will hold the sling far enough away from the gas tube so that melting/burning will be prevented."

Comment: Soldiers in the field, who don't have ready access to Blue Force Gear, may find this technique beneficial. Like so many expedient solutions, it is neither panoptic nor pretty, but it will suffice in the short term. And, when fighting for your life, what other "term" is there?

/John