A while back a customer asked me about a sling for his Marlin 1893, it's a collectors piece so he doesn't want to drill it for sling swivels. I told him that I'd2 try prototyping something on my Glenfield 36G to get a feel for the project. Basically what I came up with is a lace on butt cuff with a brass square ring attached via copper rivet and a forend cuff with the same setup. This allows any standard sling to be attached to the rifle. It worked out pretty well but the forend cuff on this one is a little loose, something that will need to be corrected in the final version. I'm actually toying with the idea of changing the forend cuff and using one with a buckle to really be able to cinch down the cuff, I'll have to think on that a bit. Otherwise I'm happy with the design. My carving on the other hand still needs a lot of work, I figured I'd take the opportunity to do a little practice carving on this piece, it's pretty bad though and not something I would do on a piece I was looking to sell.