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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:49:48 PM EST
[#1]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe the same as your instructor, no sling for a gun that’s likely never to be slung. Doesn’t mean I don’t have QD sling points on it and a sling available if I think I might need one, and my other guns do have them That's my thinking... |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:50:54 PM EST
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Truck gun, yeah. Shop gun, no. Shed gun, no. Fire pit gun, no. Porch gun, yeah, sometimes. Mailbox gun, yeah. 
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:52:32 PM EST
[#3]
Every long gun gets a sling. It may not be a fancy sling for all of them. I use USGI silent slings on a lot of things because they are cheap and they work.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:53:32 PM EST
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't give a shit what your great value James Yeager thinks. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:54:20 PM EST
[#5]
Okay.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:56:10 PM EST
[#6]
I probably have 2x as many slings as rifles.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:57:23 PM EST
[#7]
Train until you can sling it without thinking about it when you pick it up.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 6:58:17 PM EST
[#8]
No. On a HD gun I won't be needing to sling it on my shoulder to walk around with it as that defeats it's purpose. It will be in my hands ready for HD.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:02:38 PM EST
[#9]
Nope
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:02:48 PM EST
[#10]
Yes, I do. One Wrap keeps it out of the way unless it’s needed
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:08:48 PM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s not hard to flip a sling over my head. Train yourself to automatically sling the gun instead of operating under the premise that you won’t train enough to accomplish basic shit in the heat of the moment. Qft +Optics and lights |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:11:33 PM EST
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:12:36 PM EST
[#13]
No sling on my shotgun. If I'm reaching for it in the dark while pumped up with adrenalin I don't want a sling possibly getting in the way.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:14:22 PM EST
[#14]
No, but I have a sling hanging right next to it.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:17:36 PM EST
[#15]
Yes.
All sorts of HD. - A quick hit home invasion where you grab it and start shooting. - The riots/hoards are running crazy and you need to have a carbine on you at all times. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:21:45 PM EST
[#16]
Fire that instructor.
The sling is not just for freeing hands. Just one other role is to keep it in your possession should someone grab your muscle and have better retention skills than you... Did he at least train on weapon retention? |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:22:05 PM EST
[#17]
No.
My wife bought me my first AR as a gift, and the seller screwed her out of standard items that should have come with the package. 
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:26:30 PM EST
[#18]
Yea
I’m most like to grab my G19 that I chopped to 26 length, that I have G17 mags in thou. Lol. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:30:21 PM EST
[#19]
LWRC 6.8 SBR has a single point hung so i can flip it on in half a second. The rest are two points held up with rubber bands.
Might switch to the two point on it because I’m still peranoid about hitting my junk with a hot bbl or suppressor. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:34:40 PM EST
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:34:53 PM EST
[#21]
How do you "sling" a G17?
 My other HD gun is a 18.5" shotgun. That also does not have a sling. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:35:36 PM EST
[#22]
I have one on my HD rifle, but the instructor isn't wrong that it can catch on stuff. Something I learned once when my garage door randomly opened in the middle of the night. I had the sling wrapped on the gun the way RustedAce does it and as I was deploying the sling, the damn thing caught on a door knob and stopped me dead in my tracts.
Not the best feeling when worried about weird shit happening in the middle of the night. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:42:44 PM EST
[#23]
My close at hand bump in the night no.
Further at hand SHTF with more than 60sec notice have them set up and ready with slings. I’m sure at some point I’ll end up with clips I’ve moved or qd versus uncle mikes mismatch but my rifles have the setup I need. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:44:22 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think I’d ask for a refund for the class. This. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:46:48 PM EST
[#25]
I don’t.
Two schools of thought, one with sling is you don’t want to get wound up like a tourniquet windlass with your own sling and rifle. The other is if someone grabs your rifle from around a corner they can snatch it out of your hands. My HD plan consists of standing at the end of a long hallway and shooting whatever motherfucker kicked in my door in the face. Of course no plan survives first contact. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:48:16 PM EST
[#26]
No. It's also a shotgun. So I'm doubly dead according to GD.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:48:37 PM EST
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:51:34 PM EST
[#28]
Every long gun gets a sling. Period.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:52:55 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes. I’ve got a retainer on it to keep it out of the way if I’m not using it for some reason, but it’s there if I need it. Yep. Neomag sentry strap on my HD gun with a sling |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:55:48 PM EST
[#30]
Did you all learn nothing from the LORD rittenhouse threads?
Slings are a “game changer”. I even have a two point sling on my chapstick now!!!! I have slings on all long guns, except those dedicated to bird hunting. Better to have it and not need it. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:56:39 PM EST
[#31]
Yes, single point on a 300 blackout braced pistol.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:57:54 PM EST
[#32]
Kyle says, “ah yes, dude.”
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Posted: 12/5/2023 7:59:31 PM EST
[#33]
His Sling and God saved that boy.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:00:40 PM EST
[#34]
VTAC, and some ranger bands to snug it up tight, and out of the way  Viking Tactics Sling - Instructional Video  Employment of the Sheriff of Baghdad B-sling and the Quick-2-Shoot Technology |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:02:56 PM EST
[#35]
What happens if you have to carry one of your children or drag your wounded wife behind cover. You just going to leave your rifle out there for the badguy?
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:08:48 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why would one have a long gun for home defense? A lot of people have body armor. Don't you? |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:10:59 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What happens if you have to carry one of your children or drag your wounded wife behind cover. You just going to leave your rifle out there for the badguy? I don't have children and I could drag my wife with one hand. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:12:25 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A lot of people have body armor. Don't you? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why would one have a long gun for home defense? A lot of people have body armor. Don't you? 20” and green tips go zip zip zip |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:12:59 PM EST
[#39]
i hurt somebody's feelings once.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:13:51 PM EST
[#40]
But of course.
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:15:18 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Truck gun, yeah. Shop gun, no. Shed gun, no. Fire pit gun, no. Porch gun, yeah, sometimes. Mailbox gun, yeah. What about toilet gun and guest toilet gun? For me OP, I have a sling on the HD AR but it isn't a "long" gun. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:15:20 PM EST
[#42]
Just do this. Can grip it like a thumb hole stock, rifle functions normally.
And if you need to sling it, slide it loose if it's quick adjust, and if it's fixed adjustment just collapse the stock and it's free.  Attached FileEta: another stored the same way  Attached FileBoth are for HD/Pest control. Gotta biiiig yard, so depending on where the noise is depends on which gets grabbed
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:17:24 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Because when you need to stop a motherfucker right now before he makes it into your kids room pistols kinda suck. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why would one have a long gun for home defense? Because when you need to stop a motherfucker right now before he makes it into your kids room pistols kinda suck. When you have to open doors between where you are and your kids are with a gun leveled that is also your flashlight rifles kind of suck. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:18:16 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think I’d ask for a refund for the class. This….so this. Your instructor must have been with such a high speed low drag unit that he had minions attend to the post killing tasks of: Evaluation of medical treatment necessity. Search of corpse Pocket litter search Securing body Establishing comms Secondary search Movement of innocents Additionally, slings allow weapon retention and less that lethal striking options that can not be done with only one hand. But you do you…. 18Z50 |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:20:02 PM EST
[#45]
Regarding the instructors opinion. He has a point if your self defense rifle is also ONLY your inside the house, home defense rifle.
If its also your SHTF, property defense, general purpose...basically an AR15 put a sling on it. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:20:17 PM EST
[#46]
Voted Yes, but slings are stowed...dont think Id be slinging anything in a home defense scenario
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:25:16 PM EST
[#47]
What class? I wanna make sure I don’t go
ETA: mine does as I want to be able to go hand free without the bad guy finding my gun laying around. Also if I need to call 911 I wanna be able to manipulate my phone without putting my gun down. I’m sure you get the point |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:27:48 PM EST
[#48]
I don't.
I should. I forget things. |
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:29:59 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't. I should. I forget things. 
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Posted: 12/5/2023 8:32:13 PM EST
[#50]
I tuck the sling into a rubber band on the stock. If I have time in my response I can yank it out and sling my rifle in a single swift motion.
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