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Check rifle / shotgun sling for wear & tear

  • 27-03-2011 10:26AM
    #1
    J.R.
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    Just a word of advice to those who use slings on rifles / shotgun to check the top of the sling, where its inserted in the swivel, at the barrel end, for fraying & wear and tear. Shoiuld have posted this earlier but it slipped my mind.

    At the end of Feb. I was on the Sunday fox hunt shooting forestries. When the hunt was over we were returning to the cars at the forestry entrance. The forestry road we were walking on was made of shale, pencil, hardcore & rubble.

    I can't blame the sling as I have it since 1982, in constant use. It was a woven leather sling of really good quality leather and also very comfortable to use. I had it on a LH Remington 870 pump & transferred it to a LH Benelli semi-auto, when I changed shotguns.

    Anyway, walking down the forestry road, chatting to the others, the gun fell from my shoulder crashing down on the hardcore. The leather at the top swivel had split. I was disgusted. Thankfully there were only 3 sctratches on the wood and a slight mark on the aiming rib.

    I was very lucky that more damage wasn't done...I was sure the aiming sight would be broken & there could have been lots of dents and scratches on wood and metal. I was still disgusted as the gun was perfect, without a scratch, up to then.

    All part of rough shooting, I know, but no harm to check them for wear & tear every so often.


Comments

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    johngalway
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    Very lucky JR, I was expecting a real horror story when I started reading.


  • #3
    J.R.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭J.R.


    johngalway wrote: »
    Very lucky JR, I was expecting a real horror story when I started reading.

    I know John, the mark on the rib was above the breech....if it had been the rifle the scope would definitely have got some bashing.


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