Vickers Sling on Shotgun

[SRG]

Hey, Buck, I have a sheriff over here with the padded VCAS and an 870. I'd be anxious to see what you have come up with. He's a southpaw and I'm working on something that may improve the sling positioning.

[Redmanfms]

Once I get a proper buttstock for my Police Magnum (mine currently wears a Remington top-folder) I'm going to have the stock milled out and a sling bar added ala the M1 Carbine (except the bar will be fixed). For it to work with a lefty configuration you can reverse the side of the taper cut (or add an equal cut to both and have the bar in the middle).

Maybe I should file a patent......

[User Name]

Hey, Buck, I have a sheriff over here with the padded VCAS and an 870. I'd be anxious to see what you have come up with. He's a southpaw and I'm working on something that may improve the sling positioning.

I know it has been a while but I was curious about these set ups for the guys that shoot off the "wrong" shoulder (left) such as myself. I have a 870 14" and am trying to figure out a sling that would work well for me. Any insight appreciated.

[imua]

Hi I am using a VTAC 511 padded sling on my Remington 870 with extentions tupe and Choate folding stock. So far no problems. I like the ability to tighted the shotgun close to my body when I am climbing.

[CGSteve]

I have a 590 but I have yet to find a suitable sling solution for it. Like many, I would love to use some type of adjustable two point sling in the same way that it is used (and works wonderfully) on carbines, but the inherent nature of where you can mount a sling loop on traditional stocked shotguns poses difficulties.

Thus far I've tried using a GG&G mount that fits between the receiver and the stock and another GG&G mount that fits under the magazine cap. With this setup I was unable to comfortably shoulder and bring the shotgun to ready without getting in the way of basically, myself.

I've also tried using the GG&G mount under the magazine cap and a traditional sling swivel mounted on a stud underneath the stock like a parade two point sling with the same results.

I've thought about buying a three point that wraps around the stock but I can already imagine I won't like it because the sling being on the stock would interfere with my cheekweld. That, and I don't think I'll like the 3 pnt sling for the same reasons I don't like them on carbines (or rifles, like I experienced with an M16A4 and issued 3 pnt). There seems like too much going on with them that could get in the way of stuff.

I think I'm going to see how I like a single point sling on it (since I already have the receiver mounted loop), and if that doesn't work well for me, I'm going to have to get creative like some of the above posters on drilling my own mounting points.

[titsonritz]

Holy necro-thread Batman!!