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Using a swivel hoist ring for single point bungee sling on DSMC2 weapon body type

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David Grigorian

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So I've been looking for a way to mount a camera strap to my scarlet-W and I haven't found anything that seems to be ready made. So I've come up with some ideas myself, using a 1/4 20 swivel hoist ring as a mounting point on the top of the camera and attaching a AR 15 style single point bungee sling to that. My biggest question is should I use one or two of these rings to disperse the load, my concern isn't so much for the hoist ring it's self as they have a very high load capacity, but more on the stress that it would put on a single mounting point on top of the camera. Another thing that I really like about the hoist ring is that It can be used to attach a hand strap to the side as well. Curious to hear if anyone has used this type of system or if anybody's got better ideas.

http://www.westechrigging.com/adb-hoist-ring-33112.html

http://phase5wsi.com/single-point-bungee-sling-tan.html

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1124339&gclid=CN7jq7eAxc4CFVBbhgod0x8Gdg&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C92051677682%2C&A=details&Q=
 
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The swivel & pivot is good, but I would be concerned about excessive lateral leverage on a single point, especially with a large built up rig. While the camera mounting points are reinforced, using two mounting points will put far less damaging stress on each.
 
Thanks for the response Eric. I had a gut feeling 2 would be better, better safe than sorry. I'm definitely going to go with two of the swivel hoist rings for the bungee sling set up, but for hand strap I'm going to go with a Side pull hoist ring because of the concerns for excessive lateral force. I spoke with a few companies who make the side pull hoist rings but as of now they don't make them in 1/4 20. However two of the companies said they would be willing to make one custom for me, I'm waiting to hear back on price.

http://catalog.monroeengineering.com/viewitems/all-categories-hoists-side-pull-swivel-hoist-rings/side-pull-hoist-rings-inch
 
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