With current law, some will be going to a tube on their AR pistols/PDWs. Making the best of that, would seem using push/pull with a sling. Below is LAV demonstrating that, and recommending BF 221 sling for that. Anyone use such a method? Tips/recs? That sling GTG?
I use the Vickers SMG sling. It’s a great sling and a serviceable method.
via Haley strategic:
Good to know.
With your cheek on the tube what is wrong with a two-point sling?
I used singe point vid examples for “reason.” LAV uses the strap itself for quasi cheek position.
But you referred to “going to a tube” in your opening; if you have that why try to use a less stable strap, and if you don’t why reference it?
Those guns Vickers is shooting do not have a buffer tube like an AR.
Mounting and shooting an AR with just a buffer tube is almost the same as with a stock. The cheek weld is identical to the cheek weld if the stock was there.
Years ago, when I was rocking a 10.5" Sig 556P, I used a 3 point sling that worked very well with the push method. The advantage is that it can be used as a 2 point for carrying, but also works as single point if desired, by pulling the adjuster back. I don’t remember the brand as it’s been a few years, but I imagine any good quality 3 point would do the trick.
ETA: Found it. Urban ERT.
https://www.urbanertslings.com/sig-p516-pistol-sling-with-front-and-rear-qds/
https://www.urbanertslings.com/sig-p556-draco-ak-47-ar-15-pistol-sling/
What if you don’t want a 7" tube sticking out the back and use something like:
Rhett Neumayer uses a short tube and still puts his cheek on it, using a right-side-only charging handle if I recall. Maybe not that short however.
I’m gonna experiment with the shortest I have found and see what if any effect it has on reliability. If one is gonna do the pistol thing, may as well shoot for small as possible. It does seem some combination of sling, cheek weld, combo thing can exist for good stability and targeting in SD/GD distances for which a Ar pistol/PDW makes sense as the tool chosen.