Bullseye: sly Tactical Quick Conversion Sling I
’ve been a single-point carbine sling guy since I began shooting with equipment on my belt and a plate carrier. Frankly, I got tired of my two-point sling hanging up on my gear in what could someday be a life- threatening snag. A single-point system solved some problems for me: a quick response without hanging up on gear, the ability to easily move the weapon on and off the shoulder and to crawl over and through obstacles, switching shoulders, different positions, etc. Not so great is what to do with the weapon when you need your hands free, whether it’s to assist in cuffi ng a suspect or for some other task. Also, having to prevent the rifl e from bouncing around into your knees and private parts while walking around in “safe and hang mode” can get old. A new, 100-percent USA made, patent- pending product from Sly Tactical solves a lot of problems for the professional who operates with his/her carbine in the fi eld. It easily and securely transitions from hands- free, two-point carry to tactical single-point use, then to a secure and highly stable two- point, distance-shooting mode very quickly. Available in black or coyote brown, the “Quick Conversion Sling” (QCS) is the best thought-out, most practical sling I’ve used to date. With the optional added components of their machined Front Sling Attachment and Rear Sling Attachment to maximize the benefi ts of both the single and the two-point sling, using a sling has never been easier or more effi cient.
Quick Conversion Sling. T is is the most comfortable sling I’ve ever used. Period. T e strap is padded, encased by a 2-inch-wide Mil-Spec nylon strapping that protects the neck and spreads the weight of the weapon over a larger surface. In fact, everything about the sling is Mil-Spec, right down to the USA-made thread used to ensure the sling is securely stitched. T e sling is adjustable two ways: Gross
fi t and situational fi t. T e sling has a series of adjustments permitting you to adjust the sling to fi t your body. A unique “T-handle” adjustment tool provides for quick and easy adjustment for the situation in which you
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Master Trainer Thomas V. Benge using a Sly Tactical QCS sling in a two-point confi guration teaching at the IALEFI Regional Training Conference in Bend, Ore., 2014.
fi nd yourself. Unlike any sling adjustment I’ve ever tried, the T-handle glides easily fore or aft, lengthening or shortening the sling as necessary. When the T-handle is forward near your weapon’s forend, you have more slack; moving it back toward your body tightens it.
A proprietary, patent-pending thumb tab on HK-style snap hooks and a custom alu- minum, hard-anodized single-point buckle make the transitions simple. Hooking into the single-point buckle when transitioning to a single-point sling was a bit diffi cult until it was pointed out that if you move the weapon forward a bit (pulling the sling with it), the single-point buckle moves as well and is easier to snap to. A smart system can’t cure stupid, but I fi nally proved able to
The author using a Sly Tactical QCS sling in a single-point confi guration teaching at the IALEFI Regional Training Conference in Bend, Ore., 2014.
learn and now there’s no hitch at all when transitioning back and forth between the two confi gurations. T at thumb tab, by the way, keeps your gloved hand or fi ngers out of the hook’s gate and provides a quick tac- tile reference to the hook in darkened condi- tions with less fumbling than other styles of snap hooks. T e beauty of this system is that after 10 or so minutes of trying it out, adjusting here and there, I was able to transition quickly to an extremely useful single-point sling, then to a two-point sling that permitted me to shoulder the weapon into a rock-solid sling hold for distance shots. When I needed more slack for diff erent positions, the T- handle instantly and easily gave it to me. Did I say easy? It was easy.
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