Long Bren webbing slings were well liked and suggested by the sniper schools, certainly here. once the leather slings were wet they were a real handfull to hold - if you'll excuse the pun! A part of the trouble was that they were always cleaned down and had loads of 'dubbin' slapped on them. They lasted for years of course but when it was absorbed by the leather it made it sooooooo slippery. A bit like trying to catch an eel

The irony was that when the last L96's were being used by the snipers here, some of them had old L1A1/No4 era cotton webbing slings fitted. Old habits passed down I suppose