To QD or not to QD (Advice on QD sling points)

[Punisher3990]

Good evening all, 

 

I have been looking at slings etc.The idea being that if a CQB situation occurs, i can hang the rifle and draw my sidearm as I have a SA LVOA an its fairly long. 

 

Got myself a viper 2 point sling and I then got some sling points from Amazon, these ones: Amazon tat

 

They arrived and seemed solid, i inserted them and tested them out. To my horror, one of them disconnected itself; luckily, I managed to grab the foregrip and save the rifle. 

 

I investigated further, and a weak tug on these popped them out incredibly easy

 

Does anyone know of any relaible QD points I can get

 

I do have a video it it popping out really easy. Is this just a poor QD point or are the slots on my gun faulty? 

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Punisher3990
spelling grammar etc

[Austeyr]

To be honest, QD in airsoft tends to be iffy. Sometimes the replica QD mounts are made too big, other times the QD attachment points are made poorly. The only way to get a "guaranteed" solid QD is unfortunately real steel I've found, which obviously gets expensive pretty fast.

[Enid_Puceflange]

11 hours ago, Austeyr said:

To be honest, QD in airsoft tends to be iffy. Sometimes the replica QD mounts are made too big, other times the QD attachment points are made poorly. The only way to get a "guaranteed" solid QD is unfortunately real steel I've found, which obviously gets expensive pretty fast.

 

Depends on what you class as expensive?

Maybe £30 on a R/S qc sling point, vs the possible damage and repairs that could possibly result in a replica hitting the ground.

Personally, I prefer a loop style sling point and use an HK style attachment 

Just as fast, and I trust it more to support the £100 (how much I told my mrs it cost) gbbr replicas 😉🤫

 

[Austeyr]

10 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

 

Depends on what you class as expensive?

Maybe £30 on a R/S qc sling point, vs the possible damage and repairs that could possibly result in a replica hitting the ground.

Personally, I prefer a loop style sling point and use an HK style attachment 

Just as fast, and I trust it more to support the £100 (how much I told my mrs it cost) gbbr replicas 😉🤫

 

Of course I would rather spend £30 on a qd point than drop a replica however if you want a two point sling you’re looking at (just an example) £30 for the rail attached qd point, another £35 if you want a QD rear sling plate or another £50+ for a legit stock with QD point. If you’re using a £150 Aeg, spending £80 odd on a way to secure a sling I would consider to be expensive however if you’re putting those same parts onto a £800 GBBR then of course it’s more justified imo

[Cannonfodder]

11 hours ago, Punisher3990 said:

Amazon tat

That's the problem, wth the chinese knock offs it's a lottery whether they'll be the right size or not. If you're dead set on qd mounts then you're better off spending a bit more on better quality ones but bear in mind there's the chance that it could be the qd slot on the rif that's the problem (not likely but still a possibility).

 

 

Like Mr Puceflange above, I prefer the HK style sling hook ascites feels far more secure