I'm I using my slings correctly?

[Lovesbeer99]

I have a web sling I've been using for over a year and it's really helped my scores, but when I'm done it feels like I was wearing a turnakit.

I just bought a springfield armory leather sling from midway and I can rig it up to my mossberg, but when I try to rig it to my AR15 it seam too short.

Am I doing something wrong in either case? Thanks in advance.

[Howard Roark]

Take a look at these pages:

http://www.odcmp.org/1107/default.asp?page=USAMU_STRAPPINGIN

http://www.odcmp.org/1006/default.asp?page=USAMU_SLING

http://www.ray-vin.com/tech/slinghelp/slinghelp.htm

I use the Jim Owens no-pulse configuration. Don't try that one without help.

[Soupy44]

Lovesbeer99,

Sorry, I don't regularly check this message board. Another message board for you to finger through is targettalk.org. There are a number of world class shooters and coaches on there. It largely concentrates on smallbore rifle, air rifle, air pistol, olympic pistol, and bullseye.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: I have a smallbore background, thus these are the current smallbore theories, not necessarily high power. I'm getting into service rifle, but have not had time to experiment with my position with my AR-15.

To answer you request for theories between high and low positions positions:

Low Position: The idea here is to keep the position low, thus lowering the shooter's center of gravity, thus a more stable position. Your support hand (non-trigger hand) will be further out on the fore-stock, and this makes your shoulders less square to your target. The general idea is to maximize your base of support for the rifle for a more stable position. This position can cause a more 1 o'clock 7 o'clock recoil, and leads to an inherently less consistent recoil magnitude.

High Position: Here you line up your position to best control the recoil of the gun. With the development of shooting equipment, namely the stability created by coats, less of the position needs to be devoted to stability. Therefore you bring your hand in closer to the action, raising your position and squaring your shoulders to the target. That squaring gets more of your upper body behind the gun to control the recoil, namely making it more straight up and down. The downside as said before is that you sacrifice a bit of stability for this.

You can pick and practice either one of these and become a great shooter either way. It is all about how much effort and time you put into it. Now in smallbore we have a 30 degree rule, your supporting forearm must make a 30+ degree angle with the ground. I personally have my forearm about 40-45 degrees from the ground.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Soupy

[Howard Roark]

Here is a video by SFC Kyle Ward of the USAMU on how to properly set up a SR sling. (http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu/ServiceRifle/servicerifle.html)

[Lovesbeer99]

Thanks for all the feedback and now I have some reading to do.
I think my problem was that I had the sling right on my bicept and cranked the sling down. I tried moveing it up over my bicept and I already feel the difference.

Thanks
Lovesbeer99