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Did a search on AR regarding carrying options for binoculars. The consensus seemed to be that the "African Carry" was the best. Does anyone have a recommendation for a commercially available strap for such carry? I was unable to find anything with Google and am not very handy in terms of making that type of thing myself. Thanks | ||
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Nylon strapping and buckles are available at any good outdoor/camping supply store. It is easy to make the longer straps with these materials. | |||
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Long Grass offers a pretty nice strap if you prefer leather. Or any Tandy Leather store, and make your own. HBH | |||
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You can also look at camera straps. Google Leica Camera Strap Leather and you can see the options. Dont know what binos you have but you 'll prpbably find one that works. | |||
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I just use the regular strap that comes with the full sized Swarovksi's or the Leica's, adjusted to fit.   | |||
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The Long Grass strap looks pretty nice but wouldn't a wider strap carry more comfortably? Want to use for full size 8x or 10x binoculars. | |||
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Any strap, as long as it's long enough, works for the African carry. I keep waffling and going back and forth between that one and the harness on the chest approach. Tell you the truth, I don't like either one!  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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What may I ask is the "African Carry" . | |||
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As UEG shows it in the photo above. Slung cross-wise, under the off-side arm. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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The BRA  type beats all others hands down.  | |||
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Two aspects to the African carry: -- the binos are across the chest and placed under the off-hand arm (the illustration is for someone who uses the right hand on the trigger; -- the length of the carry is carefully adjusted so that when you bring the binos up to your eyes you have a bit of tension to help stabilize when using them with just one hand (the other has your rifle in it!). The illustration in UEG's post looks as if the strap is just a tad long to get enough tension. You can easily experiment. Regards | |||
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I like the harness system better. | |||
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I carry my binos in two different ways depending on where in what weather I'm hunting! In Africa, or anyplace where it is warm, I like the African carry shown in UEG's picture above! This is one of only two things I agree with Mark Sullivan on the other is his hunting with double rifles. The African carry I find best for Africa's very warm climate, because I don't like to much around my chest in hot weather, and when you stop to glass with your binos, with the rifle over your shoulder also in the African carry, the rifle held in one of your hands takes the weights away from the binos by balancing the rifle over you shoulder just enough to lift the binos! The harness system I use when hunting in Alaska’s cold and rainy climate so I can carry the binos under my rain gear in front, I also carry a 41Mag Ruger blackhawk in a world war two tanker left chest rig under the rain gear, and the harness keeps the two separate yet accessible and both out of the weather! I don't like the harness rig in Africa for another reason as well, if you have to belly crawl to get into shooting position the binos tend to drag in the dust! In the final analysis it is simply a matter of free choice! With the African carry you can flip the binos around on the small of the back for the crawl! .......................  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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I always use the chest straps for binos, and they are great for plains game hunting. However if I though I needed to mount quick and shoot quick then I might have to reconsider. However, as I'm often reminded by a certain friend I don't do proper safaris so I can't really comment on the latter...  Rgds, Kiri | |||
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"Proper" or not I like the Crooked Creek Oufitters harness. It's not cool but your binos are always handy and they are not flopping around. I'm not a gadget guy at all but the bino harness and the butt stock ammo carrier in my opinion are great inventions. Kiri when we organize that "Proper" safari you can carry your binos anyway you like. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Where and how you carry your binocs is really an important aspect of hunting in Africa I guess? Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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I think this is the best yet...a special or "proper" or better way to carry binos because you are in Africa... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Long Grass outfitters outstanding. This way, out of the way. Nothing in way of ammo.  | |||
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I do the same thing and i carry it under my left armpit with left arm through the strap)- i hate the dangling you get it if you have to stalk bent over and the strap is around the neck and binos on your chest. i tried the crisscross harness and it's fine in cool weather but when it's 110 degrees in the Zambezi Valley/Delta, the harness doesn't allow your shirt to ventilate properly( i use hunting shirts with a mesh back/shoulder panel). Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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I am with retreever: Binos under right arm, i sling rifles muzzle down behind left shoulder. I dont know about"African Way" since i have never been to Africa but have been carring my binos and rifle that way for 35 yrs all over the west. SSR | |||
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I have carried mine that way for years all over the world. I have a pile of the bino bras in my closet. | |||
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To each his own, but I used a bino harness, made by crooked creek outfitters, on both of my safaris, and they worked great. I use them here at home, for deer season and really like them. Mad Dog | |||
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I tried both methods and prefer the off side carry. | |||
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I carry binos in my shirt pocket. If they wont fit, I wont buy them or use them. | |||
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I hope the proper method is invented soon as there are drawbacks with both styles of carry. I have the biggest trouble when running and either style mentioned above is not condusive to running and I have done a lot more running to get into position for a shot than belly crawling. With the harness you get hit in the chin when doing the quick step and the side carry gets the binos flopping in the wind and hung up when moving through the brush. I hope someone can get this figured out before my next trip across the pond.  The only easy day is yesterday! | |||
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Binoculars are a terrible nuisance on safari. Unless, of course, you want to actually see something. I've used both methods, but prefer the offside carry with a single strap. The binos are out of the way and don't flop around. The chest harness is too complicated and messy for my liking. On my last trip, I wore my binoculars offside, and the PH used a harness, so go figure. | |||
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Mike_Dettorre once again hit it right on the head. Sigh Jim "Bwana Umfundi" NRA | |||
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I tried carrying a pair of binos many years ago, and found them to be an absolute nuisance. Ever since, I keep my pair either in teh truck, or in the hide, but I never carry them. My PH looks at whatever we are hunting, and I look through my scope. | |||
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I never go bush without a set of Binoculars around my neck and usually via a short sling;  | |||
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I carry a binocular whenever I am hunting, hiking or simply walking around my acreage, which I usually do for at least an hour each and every day. I have come to the following conclusions: Compact, shirt-pocket binocs are a waste of time. The Long Grass strap, worn on the side (didn't realize it was the "African carry"), is the best, most versatile and comfortable carry method around. The harness-type systems are complicated, slow, hot, uncomfortable and generally a PITA. A quality binocular adds immeasurably to any time spent in the outdoors. Just one guy's opinions...your mileage may vary. John | |||
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I can't imagine going to the woods for any reason, let alone hunting, without my binocs. I've been carrying "African" style since way before I ever considered going to Africa. I carried this way to keep the binocs and my shirt out of the way of my bowstring when I used to hunt with recurves. I've tried the bras and they just drive me crazy - tho I do see some advantages... Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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It looks like your binoculars soon won't be the only thing in a short sling | |||
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"I dont know about "African Way" since i have never been to Africa but have been carring my binos and rifle that way for 35 yrs all over the west." "I have carried mine that way for years all over the world." "I've been carrying "African" style since way before I ever considered going to Africa." Don't you guys know anything...if three PH's do it then it is officially the "African" anything and that means: there is a "proper" way to do it and there is a "best quality" version of it and it is worth at least 25 plus posts on it. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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What Saeed said. If I really thought I needed a pair I'd get a tracker to carry them. That's the African way | |||
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It's a very old time proven carry technique that is normally used with a boot lace having a slip knot. A right handed shooter would hang the strap over the left shoulder with the binos protected by the strong side, but the strap will work hung on either side. You can quickly shorten the length to bring the binos up tight, or you can leave the cord lengthened to hang lower on the side. Using cord allows you to easily rotate the binos around to your front, or rotate them around to the back. When adjusted correctly, the binos will not flop and you can crawl on your belly without the binos getting in the way while having quick access. My Grandfather taught me this technique during my youth using a leather boot lace. I've used either a leather boot lace or a length of paracord ever since and prefer this method of carry over all others. If you cut the strap in half with equal lengths on each side, you can take each tag end and tie an overhand knot over the opposite side. The two knots will lock against each other when the strap is fully lengthened. You can then shorten the strap by pulling the two knots away from each other. The knots will hold the cord at the shortened length similar to how a Montana sling works. Best | |||
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Gary, You are a blasphemous liar. This cannot be anything that was ever done in the US prior to Africa. This my God man is the African Carry. It cannot be done with 98 cent bootlace or 63 cents worth of para cord. It can only be done with a $25 best quality African Carry Bino Strap. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Of course it can be done, but it does require a special African knot to tie the bootlace. | |||
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