CSF (Carbine Sling), BLACK

<p>CSF (Carbine Sling, Forward Controls) is a simple 2 point adjustable sling with typical Forward Controls Design attention to detail.</p>

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<p>When creating the CSF, we follow our established project development procedures: define the objectives, develop means to achieve them, early proof of concept prototypes, and weeks and months of tweaking and refinement before it becomes a shipping product.</p>

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<p>CSF isn&#39;t modeled after or based on any particular sling, though one may say Vickers comes close.&nbsp; We defined the areas we deemed important and honed in on these.&nbsp; There are only so many ways to make a 2 point adjustable sling, CSF isn&#39;t meant to be ground breaking, it is designed to be a hard use sling that is easy and intuitive to operate.&nbsp; As shooters ourselves, we&#39;re no strangers to slings and using them, we have experimented with quite a few throughout the years, including the much maligned single point nut busters, which eventually turned into leashes for our Poodle mix, Charlie.</p>

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<p>CSF in development, July, 2020.&nbsp; We used what plastic hardware we could salvage from slings (we turned into leashes for Charlie) for the mock up.</p>

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<p><img alt="" src="https://www.forwardcontrolsdesign.com/assets/images/IMG_5555.jpeg" /></p>

<p>Here are some CSF highlights:</p>

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<p>1. We use a smooth military grade webbing for the sling body, but a slightly different (also military grade) webbing that has a rougher texture for CSF&#39;s quick adjustment tab.&nbsp; We prefer the fabric pull tab, as it offers a great deal of surface area, and isn&#39;t picky about how a hand grabs it to provide traction.&nbsp; CSF&#39;s quick adjustment tab is a different color than the body of the ling, so the user can quickly identify it with only his peripheral vision.&nbsp; This isn&#39;t done for looks, colors can be helpful in many ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;NOTE: CSF Multicam Black pull tabs have been changed to black from user demand and input.</p>

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<p>2. A quick detach buckle on the buttstock or rear end of the sling, oriented in a way the buckle won&#39;t pinch the user&#39;s finger when he uses it to quickly and easily drop the sling.&nbsp; The quick detach buckle is only on the rear side of the sling, not in front.&nbsp; When released (carbine in the typical slung position, with the buttstock near the user&#39;s shoulder pocket), the rear located quick detach buckle allows the sling to drop free by gravity alone, out of the way of the user, whereas a front located quick detach requires the user to squirm out of the sling.&nbsp; It&#39;s a small thing, we realized the benefit of a rear attached QD buckle and used it all the time, and never the front attached buckle, so a front end QD buckle is omitted altogether.</p>

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<p>3. Ample front and rear webbing to allow the user to double back on the triglide buckle for added security for QD swivels attachment.</p>

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<p>4. A triglide in the &quot;adjustment loop&quot; of the sling to act as a feed guide.&nbsp; We tried CSF with and without, it&#39;s better with a form of feed guide.</p>

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<p>5. Total length of&nbsp; 65&quot; (max length, with 100% slack removed in the adjustment loop), with 11&quot; of quick adjustment range via the pull tab, and additional length adjustability in the rear quick release buckle.&nbsp; The total length is calculated to be very slightly longer than necessary, but not so long as to require 2 triglides to eliminate a large opening, or loop, created by having too much material on the sling.</p>

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<p><img alt="" src="https://www.forwardcontrolsdesign.com/assets/images/doubleback.jpg" /></p>

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<p>CSF&#39;s fabric pull tab and quick adjustment loop guide can be seen in the picture below.&nbsp; The quick adjustment loop guide reduces friction between the webbing while the user makes adjustments to his sling.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="https://www.forwardcontrolsdesign.com/assets/images/tabandloopguide.jpg" /></p>

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<p>Proudly designed and made in the USA.</p>

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