Leather Rifle Sling Acrylic Template Set

Create a durable, comfortable leather rifle sling with a reusable acrylic template set designed for accurate layout, consistent cutting, and repeatable construction.

The Leather Rifle Sling Acrylic Template Set provides the primary pattern components needed to make a versatile shoulder sling for a compatible rifle or long gun. The design gives makers a dependable construction foundation while leaving room to customize the leather, width, hardware, stitching, adjustment method, and decorative treatment.

Use the templates with a pencil, pen, scratch awl, or other leather-marking tool to transfer the pattern onto your material. The rigid acrylic edges may also be carefully used alongside sharp leather knives and cutting tools.

What’s Included

This multi-piece acrylic template set includes the primary components needed to construct the leather rifle sling.

Relevant information is permanently laser-engraved directly onto the acrylic where applicable, including:

• Pattern-piece identification
• Alignment references
• Hole-punch locations and sizes
• Hardware-placement guidance
• Fold or assembly locations
• Skiving guidance
• Strap orientation
• Construction notes

Review all engraved markings before cutting, punching, skiving, gluing, stitching, or installing hardware.

Multi-Piece Template Design

The sling pattern is divided into multiple acrylic sections to make the longer design easier to handle, position on the hide, store, and ship.

Engraved alignment references help makers arrange the template pieces correctly when transferring the full pattern.

Before marking or cutting:

1. Place the template sections on a flat work surface.
2. Match the engraved alignment marks.
3. Confirm the orientation and finished sling length.
4. Secure or firmly hold the pieces in position.
5. Transfer all relevant outlines and construction marks.

Choosing Your Leather

A rifle sling should be made from durable leather with enough strength and stability to support its intended use.

Suitable options may include:

• Vegetable-tanned tooling leather
• Harness leather
• English bridle leather
• Saddle skirting
• Firm latigo
• Other strong full-grain strap leathers

When choosing your leather, consider:

• The weight of the firearm
• The firmness and temper of the hide
• Whether the sling will be lined
• The combined thickness at folded and hardware-mounted areas
• Whether the edges will be burnished, painted, or left natural
• The selected adjustment and attachment hardware
• The amount of flexibility desired in the finished sling

Firmer leather can create a more structured sling, while moderately flexible leather may feel more comfortable against the shoulder and conform more naturally during use.

Test the selected leather and hardware combination before producing multiple slings.

Optional Lining or Shoulder Treatment

The sling may be made as a single layer or paired with a lining for additional comfort, structure, or grip.

Possible lining materials include:

• Suede for increased grip
• Soft chrome-tanned leather for comfort
• Calfskin for a smooth interior finish
• A contrasting full-grain leather for added structure

When adding a lining, account for the combined thickness around adjustment points, folded ends, attachment hardware, and stitched areas.

Depending on the selected materials, the layers may be glued and stitched together for greater stability and a more finished appearance.

Make the Design Your Own

The template provides a dependable foundation for custom sling designs, including:

• Hand tooling and carving
• Basket or geometric stamping
• Names, initials, or monograms
• Ranch, hunting-club, or family marks
• Laser engraving
• Contrasting leather layers
• Decorative stitching
• Padded shoulder sections
• Alternative adjustment hardware
• Brass, nickel, or black hardware
• Burnished or painted edges

The pattern establishes the critical component shapes while leaving the final construction and decorative choices to the maker.

Designed for Repeatable Results

The rigid acrylic templates help you:

• Maintain consistent sling proportions
• Align longer pattern sections accurately
• Position components efficiently on the hide
• See grain, scars, color variation, and surface character beneath the tinted acrylic
• Avoid undesirable areas before cutting
• Transfer hole and hardware locations accurately
• Reduce repeated measuring and pattern redrawing
• Reproduce the sling for custom orders or small-batch production

Built for Daily Workshop Use

Each Odin Leather Goods acrylic template is:

• Laser-cut from durable 1/8-inch tinted cast acrylic
• Built for frequent use in hobby and production workshops
• Transparent enough to see the leather beneath the template
• Suitable for use with pencils, pens, scratch awls, and other leather-marking tools
• Durable enough to carefully use alongside sharp leatherworking knives and cutting tools
• Permanently engraved with relevant notes, measurements, and construction markings
• Designed and made in Texas by working leathercrafters

Unlike paper or cardstock patterns, the rigid acrylic will not easily bend, distort, tear, or wear out through repeated use.

Acrylic Color

Due to changing material availability and supply lines, your template may be made from green-, blue-, or orange-tinted acrylic. Acrylic color is not selectable and may vary from the product photographs.

The color does not affect the template’s dimensions, durability, markings, or functionality.

Important Notes

This listing is for the acrylic rifle-sling template set only. Leather, lining, thread, adhesives, swivels, attachment hardware, tools, firearms, finished slings, and other supplies are not included.

A build video is not currently available.

The acrylic may arrive with a removable protective film on one or both sides. Remove the film before using the templates.

The maker is responsible for selecting leather, hardware, fasteners, and construction methods appropriate for the firearm and its intended use. Carefully inspect and test every completed sling and all attachment points before supporting a firearm with it.

Always follow applicable firearm-safety practices. Unload and safely secure the firearm before attaching, removing, adjusting, or testing a sling.