Maple seed questions/discussion?

Just to play with and see if it's for you?
- Amazon or fleabay, search for "1907 pattern sling", should be +/- $30 for a made in India leather sling... They work just fine, just give them the beeswax-conditioner treatment.

If you want a really nice one that will last you decades
- Brownells (or turner saddlery) sells them in BioThane or leather. (As much as I like leather stuff, I use one in Biothane)
 
You can get copies of M1907 slings from as cheap as Uncle Mike's and knock offs from Brownell's to custom creations from artists like Leslie Tam.

The rub is though, that they have largely been supplanted by better slings that use nylon, easy slide plastic keepers and velcro.

Unless you are outfitting your classic M1 Garand, I'd recommend a newer style positional shooting sling that you can use as either a simple two point hasty sling or the arm noose cuff on support hand to build your position.

The OP could use a single point noose cuff with a QD attachment on the ruger 10/22 takedown, and still build a hasty sling position from that that would not totally wreck the MPI.
 
I like the 1907 pattern, as I can number the holes/position... and can easily enough adjust from standing to kneeling to prone... and know to either go up (or down) a whole depending on what I'm wearing.

- Beside, if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me :p

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I could probably do the same with a new nylon sling... if I found something pale enough, to be able to use a black permanent marker on it.
 
Sorry Mike, my reply was to Leavenworth. It looks as though your post beat mine to the punch.

I'm of the opinion that natural point of aim / alignment, positioning, breathing, take-up and follow through are 95% or better and the sling is 5% or less - but that is imho
 
:agree:

If someone masters the basic, they could do without a sling
- But a sling will allow you to stay in position for longer... it will compensate for less than optimal physical shape... and allow you to shoot a better score :cool:

Maple seed is good for that.
- It teach shooters to not focus so much on the equipment, and work their techniques.
 
Travis_m said:
I think it's pretty tough to structure a course that appeals to both brand new shooters and those with some experience in one day. Most new shooters don't have reliable dope so that's really what that clinic was about.
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You're definitely right, can't put together a course for everyone at all sorts of skill levels. Especially not a one day course. It's a really good course for someone to do if they've never really thought about shooting a 22 past 50 yards or so, lots of good information presented in a pretty easy to understand way. And Rick is a pretty cool guy to hang out with for a day too.
Kristian
 
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