Just sharing a photo to explain the superiority of the European sling swivel system versus the Uncle Mikes. This is a screen grab of a Heym double I found on the web.
Note the two notches on the outside of the barrel sling stud? When used with a European swivel that has the articulating hinge ($60 per pair) the sling swivel cannot clang into the barrels because the swivel cannot travel 180 degrees the way an american swivel system can. Thus, no noise and no barrel/stock damage from your sling swivel.
This is why I cringe when people drill out their European gun’s swivel studs…it took a lot more engineering thought to design such a system than it took engineering ignorance to drill them out, ruining them for the sake of an uncle mike’s swivel.
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