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This is the finest strap you can make for your gun.  Once you try it, you won't want to go back!

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GNG uses only top quality leather, an NO SUBSTITUTES!!!

The best place to find old belts are thrift stores. The can be had for $1-2$, sometimes less.  Don't settle for something that is not what you were looking for in the first place...get a strong, thick, wide, REAL leather belt.

First, on the end that had the holes:

1. Wear safety glasses

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2. See where the two holes that are closest to the end of the belt are

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3. Take a hobbie knife or sicssors and join them together by cutting a slit from one to the other

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4. Put the rope through it, looping it around from both sides, so it will never come undone from the belt, since there is nothing to come undone.

now, it looks like this:

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5. From this point, if you are using the smaller parachute cord, such that two of them will both fit in the strap hole of the gun, you can just tie a double bowline and your done!  (double bowline:just think of the two ropes as one, although it may take a while to get your strap facing the right way)

If you are using the larger diameter rope where only one end will fit through the gun's strap hole, tie a bowline right after this step, right up next to the belt, to tie off the second rope:

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6. After this, loop it through the gun's strap hole, and tie a bowline:

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For a better illustrated description on tying the bowline, please go here.

7. After you have this done, you can now work on the end with the belt buckle.  If you don't mind the belt buckle, you can leave it on, or somehow saw it off and use the loop the buckle went through to slip the rope through.   Or you can just cut the whole end off, and make another slit like in on the other end.

8.  When you are done, you should have a beautiful strap that feels wonderful.