Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Rifle slings and styles - what's your favourite?

I always use the 1907 leather U.S. Military sling,,,, old school from my days on the High Power Team.

I too like the Whelen sling but I buy them from either Midway USA or directly from Hunter. The Brownells Latigo is another good one but much heavier and bulkier that the Whelen. I listened to JOC on slings and he preferred the Whelen also.

Thanks...Bill.

Brownell Latigo....are there others?

+1 on Brownell Latigo. Have two, I now use nothing else. Tip - buy the ones with the swivels included, this will save you time and aggravation.

Montana

Butler Creek Comfort Stretch sling. Very light and works like a dream. Just my 2 cents.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0022097224213a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=dominator+sling&Ntk=Product_liberal&sort=all&Go.y=5&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&Go.x=24&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

The lightest, most versatile, easily adjusted sling you can get.

No sling is my favorite, YMMV

Levy Leather, cobra style...

http://www.levysleathers.com/browse;cat,163;Oil-Tan-Leather

Think these are made in Canada...so you know they're good!

I've recently went slingless and like it much better.

They are nice for long walks in open country.

Another Montana user. Sling off or adjusted to tight for hunting though. Try carrying muzzel down on the off shoulder as with the hand resting on the floorplate area it is already "in hand" if the need for a quick mount arrises.

Von Gruff.

Ditto.

I dont use a sling very often. And ussually it stays in my pack. But I picked up a leather/cheap azz fake horsehair sling a while back and it is by far my favorite one.

New member here - Bob in Melbourne Australia
Looking at shooting slings for a few of my rifles
Is this sling a simple tightened loop around upper arm or is it attached to rear sling stud?
Can Dan or another member please supply a link to purchase a sling similar to this?


Thanks Bob

Well Bob, its your lucky day....

http://www.turnersling.com/miva/mer...roduct_Code=NMSRS&Category_Code=NSRS

There's Turner and all the rest. The only other sling I like is the Brownells Latigo Sling. Its a little lighter (especially the one in 1") but not as easily adjustable.

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1180/Product/QUICK_SET_LATIGO_reg__SLING

With practice, you'll be able to shoot prone with a sling just as good or better than you would prone off a bi-pod. Sitting with a sling is almost as good

I have a 40 minute hike back to my honey hole (lots of terrain to deal with)and got really tired of slings that slip. I tried a "Claw" sling and was very impressed. Sticks to my shoulder like glue. Don't do much offhand shooting, mostly from a stand or sticks.

Dan, please tell me more about the Latigo sling. I've been toying with the idea because it looks simpler and lighter than a military sling. How much harder or slower is it to adjust than a military? I realize the military has holes that can be memorized and gone to quickly, where the Latigo might take some guessing, but is there another aspect I'm not seeing?

The last Latigo I had I donated to my favorite charity before hunting season (my broke ass brother)

Set-up is pretty easy, you pretty much adjust the Chicago Scerw just like you would a keeper on a 1903. I always set mine for sitting (position) as its the most likely one used and its right between the adjustment I usually use for prone and offhand on a 1903. I can live with a tighter adjustment for prone when hunting, its not like you're shooting 20 for record and 2 sighters The trade off on the Latigo is its pretty much a "set it and forget it" affair. You're not going to adjust length for different positions in the field quickly.

Once its set-up, its used just like a 1903...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqUh4ed7xGg

I posted that one other time on how to use a sling on another thread. Thats a latigo (if you look when he opens the loop, you can see how you adjust loop length with the screw...)

Thanks Dan. So it's pretty much a Whelen with a Chicago screw rather than lacing, correct?

I wasn't sure if the slider buckle somehow adjusted the loop. It must be just for carry length then right?