Shotgun slings for HD

[marklbucla]

What type of sling do you have on your HD shotgun?

I was considering getting one of those tactical slings, but I don't know which one I should get because none of the local shops had any of them. I'm looking to put one on a Mossberg 500 20" with the longer 7 round tube mag.

 

[jthuang]

Might want to ask the shotgun forum people, I seem to recall this being discussed a few times.

That said, here my opinion:

SGs are for stationary home defense (no houseclearing if you can avoid it). As such, no need for a sling on a HD shotgun. It only increases the possibility that it will catch on something (bedpost, etc.) at an inopportune moment.

Transition to handgun during a stationary HD situation does not require a sling if you are willing to use one hand for your handgun. Just bring the shotgun to your chest with your weak hand (barrel pointing up, in safe direction) and draw/fire your handgun with your strong hand.

Now you may wonder why my shotgun has a sling in spite of all the above. The answer is that I use my SG for competition as well and it's a real pain to remove the sling (Benelli M1). So I live with the snag risk.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

I use a sidemount carry strap on my 20 inch mossberg.

 

[Smoke]

I don't use a sling for HD.

It can hang on stuff, knock stuff over.

If I feel the need to transition to a handgun, I don't want the shotgun flopping around my legs. the only reason I'm dropping the gauge is because I have no more ammo for it....what use is there to retain an empty gun?

I have 7 in the tube and 6 on the cuff. I doubt I would live long enough to use any more if I needed it.

Smoke

 

[Northwest Cajun]

www.tacticaltailor.com
The owner used to be an Army sniper who made all his own gear. I have the shot gun sling and it is comfortable.

Cajun

 

[BerettaNut92]

A Wilderness Singlepoint on the Benelli.

Everything else what Justin Huang said regarding competition, barricade weapon, etc.

 

[STEVE M]

Agree with no sling for most home defence. The shotty is for entreched

use, the handgun is for searching.

 

[Variable1]

CQB Solutions SOP. Home defense or at the range I want to keep control of the shottie if I transistion to my HG or cell phone or whatever I may need to do.

In the case of dropping the gun, if you did need to drop it cause you are out of ammo, I would say something has gone very wrong and I wouldnt want to allow the use of the shotgun as a blunt force weapon. Just a thought.

 

[Brian Williams]

I use a Quicksling from uncle mike's, it makes like a holster for my shotty.
A couple of pulls it is tight and a pull or two and it is stretched. I also use it for turkey hunting.

 

[Gewehr98]

I firmly believe in a sling on my HD shotgun.

Again, my opinion, albeit polarized in the opposite direction compared to some posters in this thread. Why? Because I found out personally that it can transition from an inside gun to a outside (aka bugout) gun rather quickly. Like when the sheriff's department goes through your neighborhood telling you to evacuate as a Category 5 hurricane like Andrew or Dennis approaches the barrier island you live on. Oh, by the way, he ain't sticking around to see what the looters do, either after the evac or when the all-clear to return is sounded. Or it stays on your shoulder as you're waiting for the sheriff's department to arrive after you just scared off a home invasion robbery attempt in a bad suburb of Sacramento. (Ask me how I know...)

My HD scattergun is my first-response gun. It handles just fine through the house-clearing, thank you, although I do have a 696 or Officer's ACP nearby, and an AK and AR. Snagging on stuff while moving through the house? Ok, sure. How loose do you have your sling when the scattergun is at ready? And what kind of home decor grabs at your sling and doesn't grab a quickly-moving you in the process?

A neat trick - ever notice how a cheap WWII-Korean War USGI web canvas sling can go from semi-taut to shoulder-ready in the wink of an eye? You can work the forearm and maneuver through the house while it's still fairly tight, and still hit the buckle release to loosen it up quickly for carry:



And, if I do run out of ammo, there's always the bayonet.

 

[Mulliga]

I concur with the majority - slings belong on rifles, not shotguns .

 

[Mannlicher]

I have sling attachment points on every shotgun that I use. I rarely use a sling, unless I am afield. For HD, a sling will only be an impediment.