Paracord Projects

After getting out for field testing I found the magazines flopped around a little to much, and the whole pouch flopped around on my belt. I snugged up the cord around the top, and changed the belt loops as shown. Problems solved! Works great now and the magazines still slip in and out without a hitch.
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I have replaced the wooden handles on several knives with 550 cord, works great, & easy project.

Digging up this thread but the pics are gone and I wanted to see if anyone has a suggestion for an AR sling that is wider than the typical serpent knot. Gonna make one for the hubs but I'm thinking the serpent knot is going to cut into his shoulder because it's so narrow. Ideas?

Indie, I can't be a lot of help as I don't own an AR but I have seen harnesses that the ARs are clipped to. If you are making a sling you can make the part that goes over the shoulder as wide as it takes to be comfortable. It will also depend on what you want to make it out of. Paracord, leather, nylon or canvas webbing. If you have an idea of what you would like it to look like then you can choose a material to fit or if you have a material in mind then you can build a pattern to make it work. (I specialize in thinking outside the box)

I'll have to break out the paracord one of these nights and see if I can figure something out. I only know the serpent knot like for making bracelets, which comes out to something like 1/2" width - ouch on the shoulder! I'd also like to figure out about how much I'd need. I have a bulk roll of white but only 50' chunks of the others. The bracelets take about 1' per 1" and I see that AR slings are about 54", which means I'll have to tie or buy longer.

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I use a paracord lanyard at my workplace and I have tons of paracord laying around at home.. havent put too much stuff together with it though, haha

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Try a king Cobra weave on the sling, basically it's just another cobras weave over top of of that first cobra weave and it will widen the sling quite a bit. I made one for my oldest boys toy M4 and he loves it. You could possibly weave it into a single point sling if that sort of thing interests you. I've considered Paracord slings but I like leather so I'll stick with it, they are fun to make for the boys though.

-Infidel

Thanks! I'm heading out to the craft room Of Doom (in a deep, bass voice) to see if I can round up the paracord. Hopefully I have a 100' chunk of something that's not pink (hey, girls like survival bracelets too (used to sell them at markets)). I'll take pics if I manage to work something out.

Do you have an idea of how much cord it took to do it with the King Cobra, Infidel? I tried it tonight and it makes it about 1" wide, which is great, but I imagine it nearly doubles the cordage requirements. My longest length out there was 50' so I'll have to buy either way, plus I don't have a color I think he'd like. Except for black, but still only 50'. I ran out of ambition tonight but I think I'm going to try weaving through four strands and see how that turns out tomorrow.

I think I went through about 35' of cord but it's no where near a full size sling and I only did the king cobra at the upper portion that rides on the shoulder. If I were doing a full size sling I'd want at least 100' on hand maybe a bit more.

-Infidel

Where can I buy good cord

We bought ours at Home Depot but I'm sure there are online sources that offer a better color selection for cheaper. We bought the cord to make bracelets for my boys for Veteran's day. They each picked a Veteran in our family and made a bracelet in the colors of that Veteran's branch of the military. I think I paid $3.99 for each package of 50' eventually I plan to order up a bunch in a better color selection. They want to make something for Mom for Christmas so I'm going to need more anyway. If I find a good deal online somewhere I'll post the link.

-Infidel