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I have read that the original 2 Point Adjustable Slings were made from combining an M3 Grease Gun sling and an ALICE pack strap.

The Grease Gun Sling, also known as the M1 Carbine sling, has been around since WW2 and was still in the US Army Supply System into the 1990s, as it was still being issued to Armored Vehicle crews.

The ALICE Pack strap showed up in the early 1970s, so these slings are probably late for a Vietnam era Carbine, but I run them on guns from that era anyway, as well as just about every other Carbine I own.

One of the tricks is to top or side mount the sling instead of using the sling swivel behind the bayonet lug. Easiest to route the ALICE Strap through the triangle of the front sight base using the loop at the end of the ALICE Pack strap as shown in the pic.

In the rear, the Grease Gun sling is wrapped around the stock and exits out of the sling loop on top of the stock.

The Grease Gun sling is routed through the Loop on the ALICE Strap and snapped closed, attaching the front and rear straps in the middle of the sling.

The Carbine can then be worn across your chest and is immediately accessible. The sling routes over your right shoulder, down your back and under your left armpit. The sling can be tightened and loosened using your left hand to either pull the tail tight or grab the string on the adjuster and let the weight of the gun loosen/add slack to the sling.

I don’t know if Kyle Lamb invented this sling or not, but he certainly was influenced by it when he came up with his VTAC sling, as it is very similar.

I’ll post a link to a VTAC video in the comments illustrating how the sling works.

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