Ching Sling? Good Bad?

[Badlander]

Just got my Ruger Scout. Mounted A leupold 2.5 Scout scope and an old military sling I had laying around. Needs something nicer. I have no experience with the ching sling and not sure it's worth installing A 3rd sling stud. and not sure it would not be A PITA when not using the sling.
Anyone using one of these? What would you suggest?
Thanks.

 

[DPris]

Had one on a Savage Scout.
Never could quite warm up to it, but those who like 'em, like 'em.
Denis

 

[musicman10_1]

I bought the Galco Safari Ching sling that Ruger sells on its shopruger website. No extra sling stud to install and it works great for me.

 

[Badlander]

The Galco looks interesting... Thanks.

 

[Willie Sutton]

They are the definitive sling for field accuracy.

Eric was a colleague and friend, from whom I purchased three rifles, and you would do very well to honor his memory by slinging up with his sling and hitting your mark.

The third stud and Ching Sling are a part of the defining feartures of a real Scout Rifle. The best studs to use are those we started with, which are the Pachmayer flush sling mounts When the sling is removed you will not even know it's there. Generally the true Scouts use these at all three points. Research them and I think you'll find them more than adequate and they remove any objection to adding a third stud.


The Safari version is a lesser sling, in my opinion. For real tensioning, the original is well worth installing.



Willie

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[Caliper_Mi]

I've got one on a .22. If you shoot with a sling as a shooting aid, it beats the GI loop sling for speed and is definitely worth trying. With a nice piece of leather, it really will just flip into position. Maybe not quite as steady as a tight loop sling, but the point of a Ching sling isn't to win High Power after all.

 

[splithoof]

I use both the Ching and the Galco Safari on numerous field rifles; and after much shooting with both, I have come to prefer the Galco version. The Galco Safari suited me very well with my GSR at the Gunsite rifle class I took last year, and if you like using it, it is easily adapted to most rifles. I have found it to be very fast to use, especially when moving into a sitting position when hunting or under the clock in our numerous field shooting club activities.

 

[rodinal220]

I like the Ching-Sling on my GSR. I use the one made my Andys Leather,top quality!!

http://www.andysleather.com/

 

[Rick R]

+1 on Andy's slings! I've got one on my GSR and it is quick to get slung up for a shot and steady as a bipod from prone. That being said the last half dozen shot's I've taken at game have been from standing where a sling is no great help.