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Posted: 4/22/2016 10:31:50 PM EDT
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I don't like them. They just feel weird when I wear them. I also don't like that it won't let me cinch my gun up close to my body if I have to do some work with my hands. Probably won't be an issue in a course though
It's also a Gucci feature unless you're planning on standing around with your rifle slung for hours on end. |
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Posted: 4/23/2016 12:55:03 PM EDT
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FWIW, I use the Vickers padded VCAS and have not had any problems with adjusting the length or switching the rifle from one shoulder to the other or doing other drills. I've used these in every training class attended.
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Posted: 4/23/2016 4:37:46 PM EDT
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling?
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Posted: 4/23/2016 5:24:00 PM EDT
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling? On the Vickers sling, the pad limits the adjustment range because you can not shorten it past the pad. I like the padded sling on my suppressed 20" AR10 with 3.5-15 NXS because of the weight of the rifle. I prefer a non-padded on my carbine. |
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Posted: 4/23/2016 10:16:54 PM EDT
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On the Vickers sling, the pad limits the adjustment range because you can not shorten it past the pad. I like the padded sling on my suppressed 20" AR10 with 3.5-15 NXS because of the weight of the rifle. I prefer a non-padded on my carbine. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling? On the Vickers sling, the pad limits the adjustment range because you can not shorten it past the pad. I like the padded sling on my suppressed 20" AR10 with 3.5-15 NXS because of the weight of the rifle. I prefer a non-padded on my carbine. Looking at pictures of the MS1 without pad it doesn't appear that they increased the adjustment range. I looked at the Vickers slings online. Both the regular and padded have 10" of adjustment which is probably about the same as my padded MS1. I'll need to look at what I'm doing when I change shoulders - may be a problem with my procedure. |
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Posted: 4/26/2016 12:32:40 AM EDT
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling? The pad extends pretty far down the sling. The difference is when you go to cinch the weapon tight to your chest, you can easily end up cinching it up as far as the pad itself, and there is still a good few inches of slack because you've reached the limit of travel in the sling. For unpadded slings, it's not an issue and you can cinch the sling as tight as you want because it isn't limited by a bigass pad. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:02:45 PM EDT
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I use a padded VTAC and have no issues with it. I can cinch it up tight to my chest without running into the pad. To me for standard use a normal sling would be fine but a little comfort doesn't hurt when you're wearing it for extended periods.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 10:14:10 PM EDT
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Love the padded VTAC
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Posted: 4/28/2016 9:43:13 AM EDT
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I use a padded VTAC and have no issues with it. I can cinch it up tight to my chest without running into the pad. To me for standard use a normal sling would be fine but a little comfort doesn't hurt when you're wearing it for extended periods. Same here. It helps tame the 11# weight of my 6.8 that gets carried quite a bit. |
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Posted: 5/1/2016 5:45:03 PM EDT
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The pad extends pretty far down the sling. The difference is when you go to cinch the weapon tight to your chest, you can easily end up cinching it up as far as the pad itself, and there is still a good few inches of slack because you've reached the limit of travel in the sling. For unpadded slings, it's not an issue and you can cinch the sling as tight as you want because it isn't limited by a bigass pad. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling? The pad extends pretty far down the sling. The difference is when you go to cinch the weapon tight to your chest, you can easily end up cinching it up as far as the pad itself, and there is still a good few inches of slack because you've reached the limit of travel in the sling. For unpadded slings, it's not an issue and you can cinch the sling as tight as you want because it isn't limited by a bigass pad. good thing I'm a lard. Don't have that problem |
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Posted: 5/1/2016 6:40:37 PM EDT
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good thing I'm a lard. Don't have that problem Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why would padding affect the ability to adjust or tighten the sling? The pad extends pretty far down the sling. The difference is when you go to cinch the weapon tight to your chest, you can easily end up cinching it up as far as the pad itself, and there is still a good few inches of slack because you've reached the limit of travel in the sling. For unpadded slings, it's not an issue and you can cinch the sling as tight as you want because it isn't limited by a bigass pad. good thing I'm a lard. Don't have that problem It's really a side problem. It only applies if you need to do things with both hands like detaining guys, carrying shit, or searching shit, or climbing, etc. 9/10 people will have zero issues with a padded sling. Y'all just asked for disadventages. |
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