Why are rifle slings so expensive? It's just some paracord and some attachments. I see them going for $50+ for good ones. Is it just inflation?
Why are rifle slings so expensive? It's just some paracord and some attachments.
Why are rifle slings so expensive? It's just some paracord and some attachments. I see them going for $50+ for good ones. Is it just inflation?
No it's just memery. It doesn't cost a lot to stitch a good quality fabric into a sling, and the fasteners/buckles are inexpensive. But if you go with a cheap Amazon sling it will be made so horribly the thread will tear and your $3000 gun/optic will smash to the ground. So if you want something that doesn't fall apart after 1-2 uses, you have no choice but to pay the memetax on Magpul/BlueForce/etc.
If we're not talking tactical slings, then it's totally different. Lots of cheaper good slings for like $20-30. But anything tactical has memetax added on to it, it's why you pay $30 for a hollow piece of plastic that functions as a "Magpul RVG" grip.
you can buy straps off tailors for like $10 for 4 meters
honestly actually going to tailors and seeing the price of 500-1000d fabric is wild, the israelite markups are insane
As if anyone here has an existing relationship with a tailor.
Every adult needs a tailor, I'd love to see how poorly your expensive clothes fit
>m'lady
Jokes aside, not many people need a tailor aside from a handful of very social professions assuming they're not overweight. The extra weight and where you wear it is where things get iffy.
>I'd love to see how poorly your expensive clothes fit
What the frick would I have expensive clothes for?
If you are tall and fit then everything looks good on you
homie americans in 1910 were suits and vests that they didnt have tailored to them, they were simply off the rack or dads hand me downs. americans do not give a shit
You really think anyone on /k/ wears suits on a regular enough basis to need a tailor?
>suits
I'm talking combat pants and jackets
I kind of agree. The good ones still probably should be $40+. The 20-30$ stud mount slings are often shit too. I've had the pin that goes into the stud bend off on 11+lb guns.
not all straps are created equal.
and yeah if you wanted x amount of fabric for a sling you could get it and the price for that meter would be cheaper. but nobodys selling that strap in 1-2m lengths you have to buy the whole 50-100m roll if you want cheap pricing.
you can make a sling out of paracord, buying 1-2 rolls of 100ft paracord would likely be enough to weave a sling and that'd only cost you about $15
Everyone has bought shitty chinese bullshit that falls apart after 2-3 uses. Thus, everyone is scared of no-name brands and is willing to play 2-3x for something as an insurance policy against the item being terrible. Do I waste my time buying crap off of Amazon on the off chance it doesn't suck or just get another blue force gear because I know I already like it?
Yeah let me just spend two hours making an uncomfortable piece of shit at half the cost of something else that's actually not shitty.
You're the frickin poorgay here, I was trying to give you another option.
Here's your solutions if you don't like paracord:
1.) Stop being a poor homosexual and spend the money on a good sling.
2.) Cut the seat belt out of your car and tie it around your rifle. Safety is for homosexuals anyways.
>turn seatbelt into sling
smart and based
They've been making belts for pants out of old seatbelts for ages, only makes sense. They're super slick so they'd slide on your shoulder better than any actual sling, they just might be a tad wider than necessary.
Brownells 1" webbing $15
Magpul ms1 is like $35
>Attachments sold separately
There's a hole in the stock for slings and 550 cord loop on the rail and you're golden.
>550 cord loop on the rail and you're golden.
nah, run the 550 right through the FSB to trigger all the "but it's gonna melt when you shoot it!" reactions
>whining about $10 sling hardware
kys you broke piece of shit.
>defending a product that requires purchasing separate products to work
How many other slings do you need to buy something else before you're able to use it?
What hardware do you need? QD sockets are bullshit, use a $1 ITW buckle inline with the sling.
I really like the MS1 but it hands a little loose when fully tightened
Adjust it?
how
Make the sling shorter with the tri-glides.
The rear ones?
I refuse to pay $50+ for something with generic plastic triglides. Magpul slings get a pass only for being ~$30 and with custom hardware. Frick your shit if it doesn't at least have the alice pack strap adjuster.
I make better slings for less $$ with stuff off of amazon...
because tacticool morons like the average /k/ poster is willing to pay insane amounts of money for their little toys
cringe!
>Decent materials
>QC
>US labor
>Doodads like QD attachments etc
>LARPerator hardcore XL branding
I agree most of them are overpriced by a decent amount but honestly I don't care much about paying "50% MORE THAN IT SHOULD COST!" When 50% more is an extra 20 bucks and it's a piece of gear that means dropping a 2000$ rifle if it fricks up.
Just dropping in to recommend Citizen Gear Co. Very reasonably priced, some cool patterns, and he's a good dude.
I may be an idiot but I don't see what BFG slings (as nice as they are) or similar slings from hypebeast Instagram armchair operator brands offer that justifies them costing $20-$30+ more than his.
It's the buckles and QD attachments that make up the cost. If your paying for a high end sling you'll never see those fail, but if you buy China garbage there's a chance they will fall apart or frick up your guns qd points
Make one and sell it cheaper.
You're free to put a soviet ppsh43 sling on your ar, bro. They're like 5 bucks.
It's honestly kinda weird I've never seen an AK sling on a poorgay AR
Don't worry, homie, I'll do it if I get me an AR this year
I've got a mosin sling on mine. Works frickin great.
It's a tax on morons who refuse to learn how to use a sewing machine.
Even the sewing machine is optional
Then get a STI sling on amazon, its like $20-25 or is this still too much for you?
>Why are rifle slings so expensive? It's just some paracord and some attachments. I see them going for $50+ for good ones
• What is the price for a halfway decent belt? It's the most comparable product.
• What does hardware cost? The good shit, mind, not 5#-rated hollow-stamped garbage
• How many hours of labor, even at only $10-15 an hour, would it take for you to make a sling at home?
I mean, I have one that's literally one of my old belts and a backpack strap jury-rigged into an AK-style sling. But I made that while watching TV out of broken shit I had around the house and I don't trust anything bigger than my .22 trashrod on it.
Nobody is comparing the time and materials cost of making something comparable, they're comparing the cost of a quality American made product to a shitty Chinese product, and then proceeding to b***h about the former because the latter exists. A $50 quality sling is absolutely not something I can make comparably if I value my time at all. I don't want to have to source small quantities of hardware and webbing plus maybe some mesh padding and then sew everything together to save $30. The entire project start-to-finish is going to take at least 6hrs over the course of multiple days.
I use pic related along with the grips, works good as a combo. Yeah it was $70 and now they've got a newer lighter version that costs $90. But it's on a nicer gun and it's just hard for me to register the extra $40 or whatever as meaningful when that's like, 3 mags worth of 308 ammo. For something I'll be counting on pretty seriously for years and years it just seems like such a weird thing to obsess over.
And like
says, it's non-trivial to DIY if you aren't taking advantage of skills/tools you've already got. If you do have that then hell yeah by all means amortize your investment/skills. Or if you want to acquire those tools/skills. But for the rest of us it definitely doesn't save money.
Look, what I was saying is "If it's gonna take you more than a couple hours to make it, it's not worth making your own shit over just spending $30-50 on a sling". And also that pretty much anything in the $30-100 range is entirely reasonable for a sling that's well-made out of good materials. By all means get some cheap synthetic or weave some paracord if that's not what you can/want to afford, but OP shouldn't whine about it when it's worth it.
I regularly spend $70+ for canvas and leather slings like picrel for new Fudd guns but that's because I have good taste and/or I'm moronic.
That is literally an expensive pps43 sling, like I earlier said. I use unironically pic related for my 1700bucks hunting rifle.
Cool man. I unironically use the $70+ designer slings on my $5K hunting rifle because I'm moronic and abhor commie surplus.
Don't get me wrong. If my gun costs me 5k I'd do the same as you. I'm just kinda bamboozled some designer actually goes like
>yeah, i just copy a cheap ass soviet sling and use a nicer leather.
The canvas/leather strap style sling like we're talking about is a classic safari design. It's pretty much been the standard since World War II for hunters on safari who carry magazine rifles (a lot of double rifles are shoulder or African carried; they used to be toted by gunbearers).
Specter is like $20-30 for good enuff slings
find a flaw
no quick adjust
no attachments to actually trap it onto your gun
i was going to say wellsmade but those arent $35 anymore
You can make a bunch of excellent 2 point adjustable sling for the price of one US made factory sling with no sewing, but they won't have padding:
If you don't mind going off Brady, check out tactical distributors: https://www.tacticaldistributors.com/products/copy-of-td-lead-sling-er-desert-nite?_pos=4&_sid=fbd85468d&_ss=r
If want USA made and don't mind waiting: https://www.citizengearco.com
here you go
>Why are rifle slings so expensive? It's just some paracord
so make your own sling then you useless dumb frick. For those that aren't below the poverty line:
Lanbo's Armory has the Vickers nonpadded combat sling (basic colors) for $41. They also sell BCM QD swivels for $11 a pop. So you can get a sling with great webbing AND two qd swivels for $63 dollars. If that's too much for you then find another hobby and stop interjecting with your poor cope all the time.
If you go with certain ones, you can use them for every gun so you're always using a sling you're use to. Adjustable 2 point slings are the way to go. I have a Magpul MS series. Just get the blank one and add the attachments you need. Some od your guns might have QD points so you can buy a couple QDs, some might have sling loops already installed in which case you get the clip attachment. These consoomer companies definitely overcharge, I even bought the $30 gaypul QDs that come off slightly quicker. But the way I see it I only need one sling so it might as well be set up good. Of course always keep backup slings in case you loan out guns. Even damn guitar straps work, it doesn't have to be something fancy.
>$50 is a lot of money
How do homosexuals like you afford guns, or ammo for that matter?
Wait until figure out most gun owners rarely shoot or dry fire and most people on here are nogunz.
maybe it's because WWIII started!
Just look out for when midway has the AR stoner slings on clearance. They're chinese shit, but they have better QC compared to the shit you see on ebay/aliexpress.
It's like a good cushion on a chair. You already have the chair and if you are in search for a cushion you will need a good one, so they can charge insane amounts of money. You need, they know, so they will explore the shit out of you.
>they will explore the shit out of you.
I- I don't want them to explore me
Make your own.
pretty
Labor. You gotta pay someone to make them and if you want the "MADE IN U.S.A." tag on it you have to pay american wages.
Also hype and gunsoooomers will buy anything tactical.
You should just make your own. Plenty of youtube videos showing you how. I'm going to make one out of an old seatbelt with the quick detach being the actual belt lock
I only use surplus slings on my long guns if I can help it. Yugo AK? Yugo sling. M16? Usgi green sling. Mosin? Mosin sling. Simple as