OK Guys - An update. Yesterday I had the pleasure of lunch with LR1947. It was the price I paid to persuade him to let me examine the MILSPEC version of the TI sling. (Yes, he can be bribed - and this time it was relatively inexpensive, course he wouldn't let me keep the sling.
) IMHO the MILSPEC version is "somewhat" improved over the Model One that started this thread. The webbing, hardware, and velcro were the same; the stitching was generally neater, and it was tan instead of black. The most significant upgrade was the sling swivels. It uses the one piece Talon QR swivels
http://www.outdoorconnection.com/pro...alon/talon.htm. They impressed me enough that I will be purchasing several pairs to upgrade slings on a couple of my bolt guns.
After my experiences I would recommend anyone who has a requirement for this capability/type of sling (and can't/don't want to make one themselves) order the MILSPEC version directly from TI. Overall I think it's a good concept (that I haven't seen anywhere else). I just wasn't happy with the execution of the example I purchased. Again, thanks to LR1947 for giving me the opportunity to look at the MILSPEC version. Lunch was a cheap price to pay for good company and an opportunity to make sure I had fair/unbiased reporting. FWIW - Peregrino