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How to Use the Sling, Part 1: The Shooting Sling to Arm Connection
Now that
everyone reading this is fully committed to learning to use a shooting sling
properly, let’s get down to making it work.
Remember that the sling is made up of a loop that is wrapped around the
uppermost portion of the support arm and is then connected to the forward
swivel/stud of the rifle. When the elbow
is rested on the ground or a solid object, the sling will support the weight of
the rifle, so long as your position provides a suitable framework.
How do
we go about attaching the sling to the upper arm? The means of attaching the sling vary by the
type of sling. What I’m going to explain
instead of how to use your particular kind of sling is the manner in which your
sling’s loop should be attached to the upper part of your support
arm.
In
explaining how to affix your sling, I need to make obvious what should already
be an obvious tendency of the loop. The
sling, if properly configured, will be under tension. This is necessary for it to support your
rifle’s weight. This tension pulls the
rifle from its front sling swivel stud towards the attachment point at your
support arm. For every action there is
an equal and opposite reaction. This
means that the sling also pulls from its attachment point at the upper part of
your support arm towards the front swivel stud on your rifle.
As I
explained in a previous article, we really hope that your arm is not going to
come loose from its attachment point to the shoulder. Likewise, we hope that the sling swivel will
stay firmly attached to the rifle.
Therefore the weak link in this chain is the point at which the loop is
attached to the arm. This is why there
is a very specific way to
attach the sling to the arm.
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