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AUG slings - what are you using?

moonbat60

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As the title of this thread already says.....what kind of sling are you using on
your AUG?

I am using the std. military sling, that I got when I bought my AUG.

Still I am sometimes thinking about a Magpul MS1or MS1 padded sling.

What does the AUG community here use?
 

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Standard Steyr sling. Would have been better IMHO if they had figured out a way to put the swivel on a cast in base on the bottom of the receiver.

One nice thing about the Jagdkommando scope is the base is pretty solid and does have an attachment point if you want to use the sling as a single point, which actually works pretty well. Problem is that I'm barrel chested and the little Steyr sling is barely big enough to go across my chest and back. Also with a loaded mag the AUG is ass heavy and will tilt upwards rather than level or muzzle down.

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Blue Force Gear Vickers sling. Once a guy showed me how good they are I just had to have one.

Way too much money but I am old and may as well spend some.

 
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Carried one for years as a patrol rifle, and still love the AUG. For my purposes I needed a sling that could be shortened sufficiently to carry the rifle over my left shoulder, muzzle down. This is sometimes called "African carry," and allows the rifle to be swept forward and to the right with the left hand; the right hand meets the pistol grip and lifts the butt into the shoulder. Low profile but fast. The sling also needed to be lengthened quickly and easily to allow for patrol carry, that is across the body with the depressed muzzle to the left, right hand on pistol grip, again ready to lift the butt into the shoulder. Slightly faster than African and comfortable on long searches. Tried many different slings; no firm preference so long as they are of heavy web nylon and adjust quickly, as mentioned above. Probably my biggest beef with the AUG, at least the Pic Rail I carried (with a 1.75-4x Leupold; state of the art at that time) was that with the sling attachment point as it is just in front of the rail, you would bark your knuckles on the sling swivel and scope every time you charged the rifle under pressure (e.g. felony car stop). I tried a half-dozen slings/hardware but never found one to avoid the problem. Even a length of parachute cord as "hardware" didn't work, as my knuckles still impacted the permanent swivel. I now have the front of the sling attached to a swivel mounted on the barrel forward of the charging handle.
Single-point slings are good for building clearing but little else, IMHO. IME no one shoots (effectively) from the off shoulder in a fight, and with a single point you will eventually, and probably repeatedly, stick your muzzle in the dirt and rocks when you take a knee. Just my experiences and observations.
 
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