Patent ID: 7988023

Claim:
A gun sling for engaging over a shoulder of a user and having a connection for securing to a rifle or other long gun, comprising: a flexible strap extending substantially through an entire length of the gun sling, the strap including at least one gun connection point for securement of the gun sling to a rifle to suspend the rifle on the person of a user, the flexible strap including in its length an adjustable portion which can be selectively of fixed length or elastically stretchable, the adjustable portion including a flexible, non-stretchable sheath secured at opposite ends to remaining strap sections, and an elastically stretchable cord contained within the sheath and having a hand-grippable web extension secured to the stretchable cord at least on one end of the cord, the web extension passing through a buckle attached to a remaining section of the strap and exposed at the exterior of the gun sling for pulling by the user, whereby the gun sling has use as a fixed-length non-stretch sling or as a bungee sling, easily controlled by a user by pulling the web extension to stretch the elastic cord into a tensioned condition, thereby shortening and gathering the sheath surrounding the stretchable cord, when desired, or the web extension can be released using the buckle, to be pulled back into the sheath by the stretchable cord to relax the stretchable cord when the user desires a non-stretch gun sling.