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    As a matter of interest BAR, what sort of arctic sling did you use on the L1's in Canadaicon. I assume that you do have cold/wintery weather in Canada......!

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    Yes, we do get snow...I also did that thing in Alaska just for good measure. We used the standard sling at all times on every different op. No difference. It wasn't until Bosnia in about 92 that we came up with a different style sling, and that was for the Colt rifle. The FN was always just the one in the books...
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    Thanks for that BAR. Just as I learned/heard about the 'arctic sling' for our L1A1. A lot of effort to achieve what a simple LONGER sling would and did achieve in the first place!

    A similar event occurred with the SA80. A lot of people, including me, took to using it with the bog standard but VERY versatile SMG sling. The 'problem' arose when you had to use the issue sling for shooting comps and all that goes with it. So you just get on with it. Though looking back, the SA80- sling wasn't too bad at all really. Just a case of getting used to it! A bit like the rifle I suppose

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    OK, so now that we've established that this isn't an Arctic Sling, does anyone know where I can find one?

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    Or better still longshoar......., look for an H&K, preferably the MP5 kind, to match your sling!

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    Alas, the MP5 is specifically prohibited in my state.

    The desire to land a real-deal Army Arctic Sling is for my reenacting group. We've got most of the kit we need to show a Para as they would have been kitted out in Norwayicon, but this is one of the items we're missing.

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