Shooting With Slings

Slings are holsters for rifles. They are simply a strap connected to opposite ends of the firearm that allows the user to carry it and leave their hands free.

Col. Jeff Cooper of Gunsite fame wrote an article for American Rifle Magazine about shooting with slings. In the article, he posited that proper sling use could increase a shooter’s accuracy by roughly 30% when used with an elbow-supported shooting position.

Adjustable tactical slings can be categorized loosely into two categories: Captive and Non-Captive.

Captive slings utilize a “slider” to make adjustments. The slider is attached to a loop of webbing at the front of the align that tightens or loosens, as desired.

A Non-Captive sling uses some sort of friction device, be it an ALICE buckle or ladder-lock, that keeps the sling at a chosen length until the free end or “tail” is pulled, loosening the sling. The buckle or ladder-lock must be manipulated to loosen the sling.

Assuming you are going to attach a sling to your rifle anyway, why not learn to use the sling to increase your accuracy?

Enter the Constrictor. By acting as a “bridge,” the Constrictor creates a very large loop for the arm to pass through. That makes getting into position, and more importantly, getting out of, extremely fast. At the same time, it provides effective sling shooting on par with the best traditional shooting slings such as the 1907 or those using cuffs attached to the arm.

Best of all, it works with captive and non-captive tactical slings providing world-class sling shooting with your favorite style of tactical sling.