Impact Weapons Components, LLC would like to start this informational thread to allow our customers who’ve received this product to post their reviews and impressions of IWC’s NEW product.
In order to understand why IWC designed the 2 To 1 Point Triglide, it’s important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various types of slings on the market.
A One Point Sling is so called because it only attaches to the rifle at a single point, at the rear of the lower receiver using an end plate. The One Point Sling has the advantage of allowing the rifle to transition quickly and easily to either the strong or weak side shoulder with no adjustments. They also tend to allow the operator to move to any shooting position without adjustment (like standing to prone). The main weakness of the One Point Sling is that it allows the muzzle to swing like a pendulum if the user has to take their hands off of it.
Two Point Slings attach to the rifle at 2 points; one at the front of the rifle and one at the rear. As dynamic as a properly configured Two Point Sling can be, it still can’t match a One Point Sling for maneuverability.
The 2 To 1 Point Tri-Glide allows you to reconfigure your sling as a One Point or Two Point on the fly to deal with the specific situation you’re facing, using the sling that you already own.
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This looks really neat, and could be the answer for those who dont like the MS2 because it is not padded. The only thing is that I dont know if I like those QD swivel mounts. I know this is hypocritical because I have one on my gun, but I have seen enough air hose chucks fail that I am sort of skeptical of the locking ball design. Just me though, and I have very little experience.
It does not have a limiter… it’s really not needed in the extensive testing we performed. Slings like the MS2 and Emdom Gunslinger allow either 180 or full rotation. So does ours.
I don’t see how (in it’s intended role) it could rotate all the way around anyway unless your rolling the sling up and down your torso for some reason.
There’s a thread in the "SLINGS’ forum on ar15.com regarding DQ accidental release… so far, no ones experienced it, neither have we. QD’s are by far the most popular type of connection. More sold by IWC and many mfg’s incorporate sockets for them into their rifles / rails. Quiet, no rattle, strong and light.
We machined the depth of the socket less than the length of the QD Shaft and as thin as possible to accept HK & MASH type hooks as well as the QD Swivels.
An inch… We’ll have a new version to accept 1.25" wide webbing available on January 24th or about there. Works great with the VCAS and Tactical Link slings.
