I bought this sling a few months back. I've used it in three matches and the tongue of the buckle just started ripping out the hole in the sling. It felt like the sling was slipping during a string but I just couldn't figure out how, since it seemed like a great fit.
Then I discovered the hole (should have photographed it). When I talked to Champions they tell me that this may be the first one they've ever seen come back. No matter, I'm now moving to a synthetic sling. They have their liabilities too (occasional catastrophic failure of the metal bits, I hear) but I'll keep an extra one in the bag. Either Kurt Thune or Gehmann or Anschutz in my future very soon now.
Posted by artandscience at October 13, 2009 12:40 PM