My new $25 sling

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cdschoonie

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I made this last night, it's nothing fancy, but functional and super stout. Found the video on YouTube, is 2 cobra weaves side by side, then another cobra over both. Paid $10 for the swivels at Cabela's and $12 +S/H for the paracord from Amazon... It's a thought for you guys like me who are cheap and/or poor, for an easy, super tough sling.

If anyone's interested I can post the links
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Nice Job, wish I had the patience.
I have a friend who is a retired general, US Army. I had a custom sling made for him for his birthday, embroidered ends with West Point insignia and his graduation date.
http://recoilrifleslings.com based in Noble, they are customers of mine.
They really dressed up my gift. Custom painted a 30 cal ammo can as a "gift box" for the sling. I think his wife liked it more than he did.
 

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Cdschoonies, please post the link. That’s a dang good looking sling, and even though you may can buy one cheaper, there’s always a level of satisfaction in doing things yourself.:thumb:
 

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Cdschoonies, please post the link. That’s a dang good looking sling, and even though you may can buy one cheaper, there’s always a level of satisfaction in doing things yourself.:thumb:
True and I wanted a nice, wide, comfortable, and stronger than most, but I doubt they make all these in one sling for under $50.
 

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My sling, is like 33" (give or take, can't find my tape measure right now). I got a piece of paracord, put the swivels on the rifle, had my son hold the rifle until I got the desired length. put the measurement against a 2x4, laid the swivels on each end, then nailed 2 finish nails and put a swivel on each nail, approx. 33" apart. I did the paracord measurements the lazy way (which turned out to be a little more work, since I had a lot of string left over to pull through). If you notice, you'll see some black cord in the middle, I had put 6 strips, just melted into itself, on the swivels prior, changed my mind to just use the one camo color for all (as opposed to the 2 colors in the video). I just left the black in there and started the cobra weave over 3 strips. This step would be easier to just do it how the video says to come out more precise with each side, don't do the 6 strips inside.

For both inside cobras, I measured approx. 50' each (a tad less so I was sure not to run out, you'd be fine with 46'-50' since I had about 9-10' left over on each). Do both inside cobra weaves, then I just stripped off the remaining paracord (which was around 110') for the 'over-it-all' last cobra weave.

These videos can sometimes leave out vital information, especially the starts and finishes, they will skip ahead to further steps, etc., I just search them for the different styles and ideas. Since you can make almost anything with paracord, I have made multiple paracord projects, mostly this style weave since its very easy. Did a lot for the Jeep I used to have, grab straps, door catches, stuff of that sort. If you come to a point in the project you are not sure on, you can just search YouTube for "paracord bracelets" and they show more step by step stuff. Or, if you have more questions, I will video one and send to you.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YYWFM4Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1
This is the 200' roll $18, which I bought, I must have remembered the 100' roll which is $11.
 

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