Shooting Prone with a sling, a fading art

[LR1955]

Thanks for your offer anyway. I make all my own gear when I can, so something that simple wouldn't be difficult, I just haven't experienced much relief when using elbow pads before, but I do benefit from knee pads. All those years of taking a knee while wearing a 60-80lb ruck, security halt after security halt, took its toll on me.

Do you think you can shoot better with your Hi-Power prone positioning with the sling and glove, versus using a 30rd magazine as a monopod and your support hand managing the toe?

LR52:

The answer will be 'yes'. A good prone sling position is extremely tight and can take recoil far better than using the magazine jammed into the ground position.

Problems with prone sling positions come from targets that are not on the same plane as the firing line. It doesn't take a target being too high or low compared to the firing line before your prone sling position can no longer adapt. Also, if your firing line is not relatively flat, you will have major problems with a position. Basically, using a sling in the prone is for High Power or Small Bore where the ranges are carefully made to ensure that the firing line does not interfere with performance.

LR1955