Slings?

[zahc]

Now, where I come from slings are used to carry your rifle in the field, so you have a free hand etc.

I'm gathering from my adventures on the web that some people use them as a support or shooting aid to help stability. I'd like to learn more about how this is done, and what kind of sling I need to try it. Especially for my soon to be custom 10/22.

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Yep, it is used to keep the rifle stable while shooting. HERE is how you do it.

 

[David4516]

This is something that is difficult to explain unless you are there in person to show what you are talking about. In short, you wrap the sling around your left arm (if a right-handed shooter) and keep it taught between your elbow and your rifle. I have found this to be most helpful. It works better with flexible slings, I've tryed with leather ones and it works but is much less comfortatble...

 

[Kentucky Rifle]

In school, (back in the Jurassic Period)...

On the rifle team we ALWAYS shot with a shooting jacket and leather sling. It takes a long time to properly "break-in" a leather sling, but when you do, it fits like your "broken in" shoes.
Of course, in the jungle, leather gets wet, stiff, stretches, then cracks and breaks. (No matter how much you try to keep it nice.)

KR

 

[MolonLabe416]

For field use I commend to you the Ching Sling. Available from Galco and Andy L. at http://www.shottist.com/

Andy's is superior.

This is much faster than using a conventional loop arrangement. See Jeff Cooper's "The Art of the Rifle" for a good explanation on use.

There might also be info at Eric Ching's website. He designed it. I don't have the url handy, a goodle search will bring it up.

The only downside is you have to add a third swivel. But wait, Eric has a new Safari Ching Sling that doesn't requie that. Haven't tried it yet.

I've been using the original Ching Sling since 1998. All my one piece stock rifles have it. Recommended.

 

[tango3065]

A nice good priced sling that I have have on about all my hunting rifles and shotguns is called the super sling 2 and it is made by a company called the outdoor connection, I believe u will like.

 

[Ullr]

I'll second those who praised the Ching Sling. Don't leave home without it. Mr. Ching is, iirc a member here, and his website is most helpful. Jeff Cooper's estimate is that a properly used shooting sling improves field accuracy by 30% or more. I'm not quite sure how to test such a proposition rigourously, but it sounds about right to me.