When I squirrel hunt I do it two ways. Sometimes it’s just find a spot and sit and sometimes chasing the little bastards through the woods.
When sitting, my walk to the spot is relatively short so carrying the rifle is tolerable. But when stalking, carrying the rifle can get heavy.
With my Wildcat I use a Magpul Rail Sling Attachment that’s basically a loop that clamps onto the pic rail and I use a single point sling over one shoulder. It works OK but after an hour or so you feel the weight of the gun on your shoulder. I will be hunting soon with my new Huntsman but since I never can hang on to a gun very long without selling it I don’t want to alter it with adding sling swivels as it can really effect the resell price because “it’s not original”. So just hand carrying the rifle is tolerable. But when stalking, carrying the rifle can get heavy.
With my Wildcat I use a Magpul Rail Sling Attachment that’s basically a loop that clamps onto the pic rail and I use a single point sling over one shoulder. It works OK but after an hour or so you feel the weight of the gun on your shoulder. I will be hunting soon with my new Huntsman but since I never can hang on to a gun very long without selling it I don’t want to alter it with adding sling swivels as it can really effect the resell price because “it’s not original”. So just hand carrying a scoped Huntsman with no sling gets heavy. I thought maybe make a pocket that could hook on to my single point sling. Then I looked and saw my shot shell holder bag with waist belt. I put it on and put the butt init and it felt pretty good. The nice thing is that the weight of the gun is on my waist instead of shoulder. If you want to call it a downside, you just have to remember you need to keep a hand somewhere on the gun, otherwise, to the ground it goes.
Does anyone do something similar without a traditional sling?
When sitting, my walk to the spot is relatively short so carrying the rifle is tolerable. But when stalking, carrying the rifle can get heavy.
With my Wildcat I use a Magpul Rail Sling Attachment that’s basically a loop that clamps onto the pic rail and I use a single point sling over one shoulder. It works OK but after an hour or so you feel the weight of the gun on your shoulder. I will be hunting soon with my new Huntsman but since I never can hang on to a gun very long without selling it I don’t want to alter it with adding sling swivels as it can really effect the resell price because “it’s not original”. So just hand carrying the rifle is tolerable. But when stalking, carrying the rifle can get heavy.
With my Wildcat I use a Magpul Rail Sling Attachment that’s basically a loop that clamps onto the pic rail and I use a single point sling over one shoulder. It works OK but after an hour or so you feel the weight of the gun on your shoulder. I will be hunting soon with my new Huntsman but since I never can hang on to a gun very long without selling it I don’t want to alter it with adding sling swivels as it can really effect the resell price because “it’s not original”. So just hand carrying a scoped Huntsman with no sling gets heavy. I thought maybe make a pocket that could hook on to my single point sling. Then I looked and saw my shot shell holder bag with waist belt. I put it on and put the butt init and it felt pretty good. The nice thing is that the weight of the gun is on my waist instead of shoulder. If you want to call it a downside, you just have to remember you need to keep a hand somewhere on the gun, otherwise, to the ground it goes.
Does anyone do something similar without a traditional sling?
