Conway buckle question

[glockanator]

I am working on a rifle sling and am looking for a fairly quick adjust system. Any reason why I shouldn't use a Conway buckle to achieve this?

[KingsCountyLeather]

I’m not very experienced... but I made one earlier this year with a Conway buckle and it is working fine.

[glockanator]

On 12/18/2017 at 3:48 AM, KingsCountyLeather said:

I’m not very experienced... but I made one earlier this year with a Conway buckle and it is working fine.

Did you still use a Chicago screw to hold the sling swivel on?

[KingsCountyLeather]

I made two of them for my brother and his son in law, I used the screw in case they needed to adjust it in the future.

another time I made a similar sling but it had a more elaborate connection.

[alpha2]

I think a Conway is a perfect solution. I've made a couple of slings, but I don't carry slinged rifles for the most part, so if there is someone that knows of a down-side, I'd like to hear it. I've pretty much decided to use one for the next purse strap.

[Lobo]

Conway buckles were used on the US M3 and M7 shoulder holsters (circa 1943 to 1980 or so, probably 2 or 3 million produced) quite successfully. No reason why they would not work nicely on a rifle sling.

[Treed]

Love them as there are no screws to back out and get lost..... most customers forget to check screws and to add lock tight after adjusting