Finally found a sling that works for when the hills get steep and the snow gets deep. It's always hard to keep the rifle from slipping off your shoulder, and sometimes you have to choose between hitting the rifle on a rock, or yourself on a rock.

Anyway, I bought a couple, and they seem to work as advertised. A decent (very decent) sling in regular mode, as well as a decent "get up the hill or thru the brush" mode.

Take a look, and tell me what you think:

http://www.scenicoutdoors.com/Split_Fire_Sling.htm

FWIW, Dutch.

A sling slipping off of my shoulder is a problem I admit but that sling looks slow to get off and is not a marksmans sling for all it's bulk.

That guy in the pic looks somewhat like me! His nose is bigger and I have no dimple. Not such a big pot either since the diet worked. Same haircut.

No, it's not a marksman sling, by any stretch of anyone's imagination. Then again, I never learned to use a sling, so that's no big loss in my case. But it's actually not too bad to get off, much easier, for sure, than when you have a single sling diagonally on your back. I just detest wriggling in and out of that position.

The biggest negative I have found is that the Velcro is LOUD when you go from single mode to double mode. Of course, that does not matter a great deal to me, as I don't plan to use the double mode unless I am in "travel" gear, and then there is usually shale clattering in all directions, anyway . Dutch.

I sew a big button onto the shoulder of my coats.
it holds the sling in place.

I think it would be great for climbing when I am hunting. Leave your hands free for support. I've seen a few home made versions of this done with web slings, I've always thought it was a good idea for certain situations. - Dan