For some reason the undersling has taken hold, but I hate it.
It only works sometimes, and then, not even the greatest. So it has its good points, but they are few and far between.
The gun companies need to give us side sling studs.
I do not use a sling while actively hunting but for much of what I do I need both hands free; skiing to and fro or trapping. The double sling makes the gun stay put and makes for comfortable carry over long distances. For hound hunting it is perfect as the hands are occupied with leashes for the hike out after the gun goes off. I use double slings a lot. For skiing, trapping, or just hiking when I want to bring a rifle, the double sling, side attachment is tops. You can bend over and tie your shoe or work on a set or otherwise use both hands without having the rifle flop around.
So for a long time I've cobbled on a variety of stocks looking for a method that would work. All "work" but I finally found the simplest.
Just run one extra stud on the side of the stock, then this affair I've cooked up here works for the forearm. I cobbled a few guns more-or-less unnecessarily-so but tho I amy be slow on the uptake, I'm persistent.
The problem with just using the forearm stud alone and attaching both slings to that is that the rifle twists and is darn irritating to the small of the back and lower back.
For example, on a 13-mile pull, alone, breaking trail the whole way, with a couple hikes through woods where the skis must be carried there really isn't any better way.
Bending over with a rifle slung single means the gun flops this way and that. with the double-slings, it stays put.
Das Heer with the K98k, the Russkies with their AK's and lots of other military rifles use side sling attachments and why the side sling {even single slung} has never caught on, I don't know. Seems that many if not most features of commercial rifles had their origin in military rifles, so I'm not sure why the side sling hasn't become common, or at least seen at all on commercial rifles?
The one military rifle with a side sling that is a loser is the British Lee-Enfield No5MkI with the butt attachment on the same side as the bolt handle, leaving the bolt knob to dig into whatever body part it finds. Making matters worse, the front attachment is under the barrel. There is only one way to comfortably carry a No5, hung down from the right shoulder. Dumb.
This new gizmo I cooked up allows rightside or leftside use {for a left-handed bolt action}. The sling swivel loop merely slides around for opposite carry. That's important for me since I am a lefty but have lots of right-handed rifles.
So here it is. Best of all is it works on all rifles;
Rifle lays flat against the back;
The progression over time;
How the new one works, well;
Anyway, with the new affair, I don't need to carve on any stocks any more tho the old mods have some advantages.
It only works sometimes, and then, not even the greatest. So it has its good points, but they are few and far between.
The gun companies need to give us side sling studs.
I do not use a sling while actively hunting but for much of what I do I need both hands free; skiing to and fro or trapping. The double sling makes the gun stay put and makes for comfortable carry over long distances. For hound hunting it is perfect as the hands are occupied with leashes for the hike out after the gun goes off. I use double slings a lot. For skiing, trapping, or just hiking when I want to bring a rifle, the double sling, side attachment is tops. You can bend over and tie your shoe or work on a set or otherwise use both hands without having the rifle flop around.
So for a long time I've cobbled on a variety of stocks looking for a method that would work. All "work" but I finally found the simplest.
Just run one extra stud on the side of the stock, then this affair I've cooked up here works for the forearm. I cobbled a few guns more-or-less unnecessarily-so but tho I amy be slow on the uptake, I'm persistent.
The problem with just using the forearm stud alone and attaching both slings to that is that the rifle twists and is darn irritating to the small of the back and lower back.
For example, on a 13-mile pull, alone, breaking trail the whole way, with a couple hikes through woods where the skis must be carried there really isn't any better way.
Bending over with a rifle slung single means the gun flops this way and that. with the double-slings, it stays put.
Das Heer with the K98k, the Russkies with their AK's and lots of other military rifles use side sling attachments and why the side sling {even single slung} has never caught on, I don't know. Seems that many if not most features of commercial rifles had their origin in military rifles, so I'm not sure why the side sling hasn't become common, or at least seen at all on commercial rifles?
The one military rifle with a side sling that is a loser is the British Lee-Enfield No5MkI with the butt attachment on the same side as the bolt handle, leaving the bolt knob to dig into whatever body part it finds. Making matters worse, the front attachment is under the barrel. There is only one way to comfortably carry a No5, hung down from the right shoulder. Dumb.
This new gizmo I cooked up allows rightside or leftside use {for a left-handed bolt action}. The sling swivel loop merely slides around for opposite carry. That's important for me since I am a lefty but have lots of right-handed rifles.
So here it is. Best of all is it works on all rifles;
Rifle lays flat against the back;
The progression over time;
How the new one works, well;
Anyway, with the new affair, I don't need to carve on any stocks any more tho the old mods have some advantages.
