OK, not Bud Light. I have a young man that is a timber cruiser up here in the Great Pacific North West. I made a chest rig for him a year or so ago for a S&W 686 in 44mag. 6"barrel. He loves the thing. Says he wears it 6 to 12 hrs a day in the woods and can't imagine any other way he could wear it. Understand, up here we have bears, and cougars. And he is in the deep woods, not at a campground. Last deer season, he bought an older Marlin 30/30 with a 4x scope and asked if I could make him a sling. After some discussion , we came up with a simple design with a 1" 8/9 oz HO strap with a 2" wide adjustable shoulder pad so he could move it around to suit the situation. By this time I had made his girlfriend a holster for her glock, a belt to put it on, a belt for him, and then, there's the in laws. Needless to say he and his are favored customers. And as such, I call on him when I want to try something. When he bought the rig for the 44, he wanted a reload. All i could think of was a 6 rd belt loop. He liked and a way he went. I was just not very happy with it. It was good work, just so long! It took up a lot of belt space! Anyway, he asks me if I can come up with reloads for the 30/30 on a butt wrap. Never done this, so I ask him to bring it over and I'll see what I can do. Lots of time later, I've come up with a working butt wrap. It's plain, but this is a tool, for this young man, not a collector's piece. I know I need to work on my lacing, but, he's ok with that. I'm trying something outside my box.
All that said, I struggled with coming up with a good way to put 6 rds of 30/30 in a butt wrap a d so many had complex loops and stuff. I have done belt loops, and am honestly not a big fan.so this is what I did. See the pictures. I cannot believe it to be original, but love the simplicity.
Then, he has a 44 mag. Next post.