Personally, I don't like buckles on straps & etc. on slings & bags & etc., some do.... If I do use a ring, it is a round smooth or oval ring with no sharp edges. They have a tendency to rust or corrode & like a said, they have a uncanny way of making dings & scratches in a stock. I have a nice Browning 1885 Highwall & I kept getting lil tiny dings on the buttstock... Found out it was from me putting the gun in a case & the adjustment on the sling would hit the stock when I put it in there, thus putting it in the case & hauling it around & etc. eventually would ding it.
On the ML'ers I try to keep things clear of anyplace I will rest or carry the gun against clear of all metal & bone objects. I have a horn handled patch knife high on the strap of my possibles, as is the horn powder measure & pan brush, etc. I guess you would say all around my middle of my waist I want clear so I can move the rifle easily, quietly & without maring it in the waist area. I carry my skinning knife on a belt in the rear over my right rear pocket out of the way also.
The correct sling for a Jaeger would be a cloth sling or a cloth/leather sling. I saw one some one made recently with jute in the middle & leather on each end that looked nice. I think it was ? don't know what ya call it, binding for a chair or something from a upolstry shop ? About 1.5" wide brown ... looks like burlap.... sewn to leather on each end. Looked real nice. maybe they call it binding, I don't know. An upolstry shop would know what you are talking about. And some just use old looking patterns of upolstry matterials..
check out the patina on the buttplate by using perma blue
and here's a closer look at the lock area
and finally my horn and pouch I made several years ago. I think I need to make a new, bigger horn and not get so artistic on the carving in the spout area. Thanks for any comments. Jim
