Favourite sling for your Marlin 45-70!
- Thread starter sinawalli
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- Location
- Saskatchewan
a sling is for more than just carrying a rifle.
I'm looking for something for my marlin right now. It it must be leather
I'm looking for something for my marlin right now. It it must be leather
Hey buddy, how's things? Best sling for a 45-70 is a Quarter horse, Appy cross, Paint horse or any horse or mule that'll carry that gun for 'ya.
I'm a function over form kinda guy. For when the going is steep and wet, a Browning X-Celerrator that allows you to sling it like a packsack on both shoulders is my choice.
Sorry, love your gun, but all that other crap you got hanging on it is just shamefull.......
I'm a function over form kinda guy. For when the going is steep and wet, a Browning X-Celerrator that allows you to sling it like a packsack on both shoulders is my choice.
Sorry, love your gun, but all that other crap you got hanging on it is just shamefull.......
Lever guns deserve LEATHER.
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC
I am very much a person for slings. For carrying and shooting. I have quick detachable swivels and use the same sling on several rifles.
Ditto on that,I have a wide factory Remington sling with quick detachable swivels that gets used on a lot of rifles.
PS there H4831,where did you get a pic of my 1895 45-70??,same rifle with very similar scope!!
Sorry, love your gun, but all that other crap you got hanging on it is just shamefull.......
Leather slings are great when you're dry. Not when you're soaking wet 220 days per year. This is a working rifle. Bears in the kitchen tent at 3am sort of thing. Slogging through the bush with a heavy pack, no trails etc.
It's not just a 20 day per year hunting rifle.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Synthetic slings are cheaper than good quality leather, and as Geologist says when a cheap leather sling gets wet it fails. Water doesn't hurt quality leather if you know how to care for it, and a light annual application of Neets Foot Oil goes a long way in this regard.
I am a strong proponent of using the sling as a shooting aid. While the traditional one and a quarter inch wide military competition sling is a bit much to hang under a hunting rifle, the simple carrying strap employed as a hasty sling isn't quite satisfactory. The sling I've come to really appreciate is the Galco Safari Ching Sling. I've had one slung under my .375 for the last 5 years, and this rifle gets carried much more than the typical hunting rifle, enough that the McMillan stock's checkering has flattened out and the color has worn through where it contacts my back. After 5 years, this sling shows no sign of undue wear or of needing to be replaced.
The Safari Ching Sling might have an unconventional appearance to the traditionalist, however, it is a light simple sling that would be at home on most types of hunting rifles regardless of action type. The exception would be on rifles where the sling is attached to a barrel band, but such systems are unsuitable for slinging up with anyway.
I am a strong proponent of using the sling as a shooting aid. While the traditional one and a quarter inch wide military competition sling is a bit much to hang under a hunting rifle, the simple carrying strap employed as a hasty sling isn't quite satisfactory. The sling I've come to really appreciate is the Galco Safari Ching Sling. I've had one slung under my .375 for the last 5 years, and this rifle gets carried much more than the typical hunting rifle, enough that the McMillan stock's checkering has flattened out and the color has worn through where it contacts my back. After 5 years, this sling shows no sign of undue wear or of needing to be replaced.
The Safari Ching Sling might have an unconventional appearance to the traditionalist, however, it is a light simple sling that would be at home on most types of hunting rifles regardless of action type. The exception would be on rifles where the sling is attached to a barrel band, but such systems are unsuitable for slinging up with anyway.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Yes, the adjustments allow for a broad range of applications and body sizes.
I'm a function over form kinda guy. For when the going is steep and wet, a Browning X-Celerrator that allows you to sling it like a packsack on both shoulders is my choice.
Look out...there's a zombie coming...get the 45/70 with the flashlight?
The gun is nice minus the open sights, ammo carrier, and most importantly the flashlight.
