How to install a military AK sling onto your rifle

TOrrock · August 16, 2006, 10:02pm

[b]This is one of the most commonly asked questions for new AK owners. Not bad after the first time you do it, but it takes a little practice.

Anyway…

Sling “assembled” next to the rifle.[/b]

Sling “disassembled” with the buckle end towards the muzzle.

What I mean by the snap part of the sling.

Sling through the rear sling swivel.

Sling through the swivel and then through the keeper and then through the buckle.

Sling “assembled” and now waiting to have the snap snapped onto the front swivel.

Snapped and ready to rock.

M4arc · August 16, 2006, 10:08pm

Awesome thread Templar, thanks for posting!

SuicideHz · August 16, 2006, 11:36pm

I read this thread on TOS a long time ago.

Thanks for recreating it over here though. That’s one less reason for anyone to go to TOS.

FlyAndFight · July 14, 2007, 9:12pm

Just installed the sling on my SLR-105 following your excellent tuturial. Thanks again, Templar!

Bison · September 12, 2007, 11:48pm

Excellent tutorial! Thanks.

jackal2001 · December 17, 2007, 1:04pm

Thanks for posting this. I used it to attach my sling on my AK-103.

SuicideHz · December 22, 2007, 8:33pm

Just got my Bulgy '74 and I simply cannot get the snap end through the leather keeper. It’s not hard through the metal buckle but the leather portion is too tight…

TOrrock · December 22, 2007, 9:04pm

Have you tried going at it from an angle and rotating it in? A pair of decent needle nose pliers will help too.

SuicideHz · December 22, 2007, 10:08pm

Yeah, I rolled the sling a little and turned it farther sideways than I thought I could. All done!

VA_Dinger · March 20, 2008, 2:36pm

How does work for a Krinkov sling? I’ve been messing with mine but the “Snap Part” of the sling is not wide enough to put the D-ring through.

casio02478 · August 12, 2008, 2:36pm

Thanks for the guide, templar!

Medicine_Calf · November 9, 2008, 6:31pm

Excellent, thanks!

Chuck_Finley · February 2, 2009, 2:33am

Thanks for the tutorial on putting the sling on!

Was a BIG help for me with my HDI AK SBR…

9_Micky_Mouse · August 27, 2010, 11:17pm

Thanks a lot very nice!

bjesse60 · September 3, 2010, 10:05pm

very helpful !

m4fun · September 4, 2010, 1:23am

Wasnt this a sticky?

Should be - definitely been here more than a few times…

wingspar · September 5, 2010, 5:24am

I just got a Century WASR 10/63 yesterday, and the sling that came with it looks just like the sling in Templar’s photos, except that stretched out, it is almost two inches longer than the gun. Wonderful.

I haven’t done any research on slings yet, cause I thought I’d get one with the gun. One that I could use that is.

EDIT: Actually, the sling worked out just fine. This thread helped me figure out that it would work, and how to make it work. Photos here.