Turn a Single Point Sling Into A Two Point

by Nicholas C

Updated: June 3rd, 2024

turn a single point sling into a two point

Lifeline Warrior Medicine has a very simple technique for retaining your rifle on your back if you only have a single point. You hook the the sling over a vertical grip. It is a clever technique but it only seems to work with a vertical grip. Also the shooter is using what looks like a Magpul MS3 sling. As long as he has a sling point elsewhere on the gun, he could easily switch to a two point as the MS3 sling was designed to do.

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Miles on Oct 09, 2014

Single Point slings are absolutely amazing if you are loaded down with gear, constantly moving in and out of vehicles, or maneuvering over compounds. I think the best single point is one with a clip on it so you can easily detach the rifle, attend to whatever you need to, and then reattach it. If your rifle is slung like that on the battlefield, it's going to be cumbersome to bring it to bear if you actually need it. Alot of Marines on patrol in Helmand don't even use their slings, they carry their rifles with the sling simply hanging. This also brings into point the question of maintaining yourself as a hard target. If you always sling your weapon and don't hold it at the ready, it looks lazy and it looks inviting for the enemy. But if you have it at the ready, whomever is about to shoot at you might think twice because of your aggressive posture. In that regard, Single points, or any type of sling can cause laziness while carrying.

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- JSandMath on Oct 11, 2014
  
  @Miles You missed the point of the video.
  Your point is valid, but completely irrelevant to the purpose/scene at hand. Marines on patrol aren't administering higher level first aid on wounded friendlies. A medic or anyone taking the time to do similar would benefit from this quick tip, to keep their rifle from slipping down or around while they act. It was never implied or expressed in the video that this temporary solution was for anything other than treating casualties.
  
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- Miles on Oct 12, 2014
  
  @JSandMath I think my point is quite valid, unclip the rifle, lay it beside you and treat the casualty. Why do you assume Corpsmen do all the work? They do the majority, but other Marines help them, as well as routinely being first on the scene and getting a guy off the X, as well as for the times when patrols don't have corpsmen. Line platoons also take Combat Lifesaver courses, as well as the trauma pig shooting. In addition, this guy in the video has a pretty slick flak with almost nothing on it. Corpsmen, and Marines have alot more gear, camelbaks, assault packs, THOR ECMs, 180 rounds (7 magazines), radio pouches, and have kevlars on. Trying to do this technique with that kind of gear is nearly impossible. Which is why unclipping it from the sling or having it unslung in the first place would work better. Personally I clipped my rifle directly to a clip on the chest portion of my flak, it had enough range of motion to shoulder in both directions, and if I was busy with something, it just hung there, directly in front of me. Working on someone, yea the muzzle would be in the dirt, but at least it's right in front of me at all times.
  
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Manu on Oct 13, 2014

All right guys, I used the same technique years ago when I was still in the army.
It works ok, as long as you don't move arround to much with your rifle on the back.
Any sling on this planet is always a compromise! Two point slings have their downsides as well, but thats another story.
I used this technique alot but left my rifle on the front, so it was across my chest. I could take notes, navigate or operate my radio while on the move, without having my gun bouncing arround to much. And that way it 'looked' as I had my rifle at the ready from a distance.
But this was all in the german army, so what do I know...

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