I use two point slings on all my AR type weapon. Front connection point near the barrel nut on the left side, rear point at the back of the receiver inline with the RE.
Like so:
Noveske end plate
or Tango Down PR-4.
Well that presented a problem on the Magpul UBR since the only options for QD points at the front of the stock are left and right. Being a righty, I moved the cup the the right side of the stock and just ran the sling under the front of the UBR. This worked out fine for awhile but was less than ideal. Maybe I’m just picky…
So with an extra QD cup, some steel plate and some ½" round stock I whipped up a quick & dirty inline QD point. Obviously, with machine shop capabilities this would look a lot prettier, but it works and is secure. It slides in the left side QD cup hole, and is held in place by the QD cup & original button head cap screw from the right side.
The UBR will collapse to its # 2 position with the sling in, and the # 1 position with the sling removed. I run my UBR in the #3 position.
Work was done with a drill press, large vise and a MIG welder.
Dan, that’s the current Knight’s Armament SR-15 IWS E3 lower. If you want one, I suggest you jump now as they(the qd sockets) are being phased out since they’re somewhat bothersome to safety operation.
IWC, great to hear you’re working on it, I’m look forward to seeing it!
Here is my solution: I filled up the 360 slot in the UBR QD socket with JB Weld, and then after it cured, I used a diamond point grinding tip and dremeled out pockets.
Nice work. I simply removed the cups and added a loop (key ring for now) through the hole so I can use my MS2 sling.
I am waiting for the xzibit meme saying ‘yo I heard you like quick detach sling points… So we added a quick detach to your quick detach so you can operate while you operate’. Or something like that.
