Hello all,

I have a new double rifle coming and am just wondering how many of you use a sling on one of them. I have an elephant hunt in Sept of this year. Thanks,

Jason

I don't but I carry one with me in case of accident or the need to sling the rifle.

If it hasn't got sling eyes on it, you can
use the slings that slip over the barrel
in an emergency.

This question has been asked and debated many times here. Use the search function and see what you find.

Yes, I use a sling on my double but take it off when the action heats up. Then I put it back on for the treck back to the truck.

Tod is right. My best recomendation is it is beter to have one and not need it than to need one and not have one.
Bill

I keep one rolled up in a pocket but have yet to use it. Better to have and not need than need and not have-for more than just carrying your double.

FP:
Same as the other gents here. I use the sling when walking "miles and miles of bloody Africa" and remove it when the fun starts. Same here in Alaska.
The eyes and hooks are quick to take off but the swivels takes much more time. I have taken off the swivels and use hooks in the more squared off swivel screw holes. I have dropped the sling on the ground if in a hurry and one of the following workers always picks it up (as well as any spent brass).
Cheers,
Cal

If you don't have it with you, you can't use it. And buy a Trader Keith sling.

Re better to have one and not need it than not have one and need one.

I also carry a sling as I consider it can be used as part of a torniquet in an emergency to stop blood flow.

You never know when you might have to sling the rifle to carry someone else who has been injured.

I leave my sling on all the time; it doesn't get in the way in the heat of battle, and it makes carrying DRs easy. I know, PHs don't use them and everyone likes the traditional "muzzle forward over the shoulder" method. I can't get used to that and it is unsafe, loaded or not. I am always whacking something or someone with the butt as well, when turning, and the muzzles will inevitably be pointed toward someone.

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Originally posted by Federal Premium:
Hello all,

I have a new double rifle coming and am just wondering how many of you use a sling on one of them. I have an elephant hunt in Sept of this year. Thanks,

Jason

Jason, I think you have gotten good advice here, and I agree with the rank and file here! I carry a canvas sling in a small fanny pack attached to the back of my ammo belt and attach it when leaving the hunting car if the spoor indicates a long walk, but remove it when getting close to game, or entering very tight cover. The sling is a God send for that very long walk back to the hunting car after turning down a trophy after a long stalk! As Rusty says if you don’t have it you cant use it, it does you no good in the hunting car!

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I have a couple, but never use them in the bush unless absolutely necessary. It is just as easy to run onto a nasty critter enroute back to camp as on the outward leg.

Anyway, I don't want to get too deep into when and where they are appropriate.

Just wanted to say that I prefer slings that do not use either eyes or swivels. I don't like uneeded protrusions on the buttstock or barrels.

Mine have a "slip loop" at each end. The butt end slips over the buttstock and is stopped from going forward by the PG and a sliding leather "keeper". The muzzle end slips over the muzzle and is stopped from coming too far back by the forend. (In actual use, the muzzle end of the sling never comes back as far as the forend when the rifle is slung. The weight of the rifle pulls it downward against your shoulder as far as trhe sling-length allows, thus moving & holding the front slip loop toward the muzzles.)

Because either end can slip as big as you need it to when putting the sling on or taking it off the rifle, it is easy to move the butt end forard enough to put the muzzle end on over the muzzle, and vice-versa. One does, of course, need to have the sling made (or make it himself) to fit the specific gun it is going onto and his own build, and the height he wishes the gun to carry at when slung.

As everyone else here has said, though, there is no substitute (other than a gun-bearer) for a sling when you really need some help carrying the gun because your hands are needed for other things.

I also have slings for my shotguns, which I made from split moosehide.

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Originally posted by Rusty:
If you don't have it with you, you can't use it. And buy a Trader Keith sling.

What Rusty said!

Thanks for all the info guys.

My new Searcy Classic shipped out to me today!

Jason

The sling has a brass stud that slips theorgh the hole in the leather allowing it to be mounted or removed absolutly silently, and easily, and the belt is a quality item as well that will last a life time with proper care!

Trader Keiths rifle strap. Easy on easy off. put in pocket.

http://www.traderkeith.com/products.html

Mike

Agreed. I have one, and that's the way to go if you are using a double rifle sling.