Does an ultralight mountain rifle need a sling

[remington jim]

Putting together an ultralight and debating on needing a sling or not. This will be my first ultralight and am unsure if I will need one. I was thinking it will usually either be in my pack or be light enough to just carry in my hand. Anyone wanna chime in?

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[yodave]

for my mountain hunting I use a double sling...the rifle does not flop around

was going to recommend that but for the life of me I can't remember what they are called........carrys nice like a backpack, one sling over each shoulder

 

[cam1936]

was going to recommend that but for the life of me I can't remember what they are called........carrys nice like a backpack, one sling over each shoulder

How does that work with a pack?

 

[Grock-co]

This is a matter of personal choice, what does it matter what everyone else thinks, why not use a sling, any thing to make life easier

 

[southernman]

Few different views, in this thread, depends on what type of conditions, you are hunting in, OP said mountain hunting, that to me means, high, steep, rocky crags, low stunted bush and scattered scrub, with the odd patch of forest in places, and alpine grasslands, and scree.
In such conditions I like a properly set up light weight sling,
its a shooting aid, frees up both hands for extra safety in steep or unsafe conditions, and the option of letting the shoulder, take the weight at the end of a long day,
I prefer a 1", straight light leather sling, long enough, to do two wraps around the forearm for prone shooting of the elbow's or sitting and resting of the knee shot.
The wide padded sling, so common in most stores are bloody useless, as a shooting aid, and I find slip off the shoulder much easier.
A good sling on my rifle, likely saved my life, many years ago, on a bluff, high in the southern alps, after getting in to trouble, chasing a chamois around a bluff.

 

[madashell]

Slogan Outdoors Ultraflex sling is perfect for OP's application imo. (do a basic search on it, you will get the idea)

For a 1" carry sling where carry is the priority ... that "can" be used as a shooting aid I've yet to use better.
(I'd make a different choice if the shooting aid part was the top priority, and a different choice yet again if "patrol carry" were the priority).

Have to agree with southern man, those wide padded slings are garbage imo. (not great at carry, and darn near useless as a shooting aid .... lose-lose)