For home defense, a sling is not needed as the shotgun should not be used to clear your home. Think of a shotgun as artillery; fired from a fixed location into a known, plotted impact area. Your handgun is infantry; mobile to search and engage. My shotgun has two firing points. One from behind cover inside the bedroom targeting the bedroom doorway. Position two is from behind cover at the bedroom door aiming down the staircase into the first floor landing. Both firing lanes impact into a safe backstop. The shotgun does NOT leave the bedroom. If we hear something downstairs, I quietly deploy the shotgun to cover the door. Listening to identify the source and type of sound, I may move to the doorway to scan the first floor landing. IF; I repeat if, we decide that we have to investigate the noise. I will quietly go down to the first floor wearing my rollout gear and 1911 in hand. Mary will remain upstairs with the shotgun. No matter what, she stays put. She may have to defend herself. She may have to call the police or an ambulance. The staircase is No Man's Land. Anyone other than myself or the police coming up the stairs will see a bright flash and nothing else.
As for hunting, a simple sling for carrying your shotgun while keeping your hands free while getting to your stand or blind or dragging/carrying your kill back to the car is all you need. Any extra shells can be carried in your hunting coat pocket. If the weather is warm, a belt with shell loops is fine. A friend of mine used to carry shells in an old military 10 pocket cartridge belt that was used for M1 garand clips. Each pocket held three shells and cost him $5.00 at a flea market. Mourning dove is a hard target and can take a bunch of shells to limit out on.
As for hunting, a simple sling for carrying your shotgun while keeping your hands free while getting to your stand or blind or dragging/carrying your kill back to the car is all you need. Any extra shells can be carried in your hunting coat pocket. If the weather is warm, a belt with shell loops is fine. A friend of mine used to carry shells in an old military 10 pocket cartridge belt that was used for M1 garand clips. Each pocket held three shells and cost him $5.00 at a flea market. Mourning dove is a hard target and can take a bunch of shells to limit out on.
DECCDW, PALTCF
NRA, CMP, DLEMA
11B, 45B, 45K, 45L, 45Z, 95B
NRA, CMP, DLEMA
11B, 45B, 45K, 45L, 45Z, 95B