why does larry vickers wear his sling like this?

[trinydex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0RqoKNLZEE&feature=related

[rkt88edmo]

If you give a timestamp for when he is wearing the sling the way you ask it might help.

[trinydex]

whenever they filmed the show tactical impact? sometime between 07-08

[ke6guj]

he meant 'at what point in the video' can you see the sling in question worn in the manner you are asking about.

[trinydex]

oh i fail.

well he's wearin' it that way the whole time (that he's wearing a sling)... you can see it in the thumbnail (i guess that makes it the middle point of the vid)

it's a two point sling but with the sling under armpit on strong side (he's left handed)

[MasterYong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Rqo...eature=related

'Cuz he's a lefty? I can't find anything unique about his sling setup, other than it being odd that both of the guys are leftys.

[trinydex]

this is the way kyle lamb wears his sling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCpOt9xVy4&feature=related

it's totally not the same as larry vickers and i'm not talking about one being lefty one being righty. one wears the sling above armpit on shoulder for strong side, the other wears it below armpit on strong side.

i'm just curious because if larry vickers were to transition to pistol in that sling setup he would be leaving the rifle heavy side up... which is a little weird. but maybe there's a secret i don't know?

[ke6guj]

OK, I see it in this video at the 2:00 mark

[trinydex]

... at the two minute mark both people are carrying the vickers sling normally, and when they transition to weak side they're also normal.

look at 6:07 of the original vid... if he lets go of the gun it's muzzle up. unlike the blue force gear demo which are all muzzle down if they let go.

[ke6guj]

... at the two minute mark both people are carrying the vickers sling normally, and when they transition to weak side they're also normal.

no, at about 2:00 I see him start to transition to the weak side, and you see him have to loop his left arm inside the sling so that it does on top of his left shoulder.

look at 6:07 of the original vid... if he lets go of the gun it's muzzle up. unlike the blue force gear demo which are all muzzle down if they let go.

that must be why, so he can carry muzzle-up. I know that he has posted on many forums about the design of his sling. YOu may want to do some searching on it.

[trinydex]

no, at about 2:00 I see him start to transition to the weak side, and you see him have to loop his left arm inside the sling so that it does on top of his left shoulder.



that must be why, so he can carry muzzle-up. I know that he has posted on many forums about the design of his sling. YOu may want to do some searching on it.

you see larry vickers transition to weak side (right hand) in the original video i posted also... you can use the vickers sling to transition in this "upside down" muzzle up carry just the same as in the muzzle down carry because when you transition to your weak side you do a neck hang carry...

please look at what i'm talkin' about. i posted two examples of the vickers sling by two gunners, one is wearing the sling "upside down," the other isn't. i'm asking why.

the vickers sling can just as easily be worn muzzle down by a left hander so that's not it.

[SuperSet]

this is the way kyle lamb wears his sling
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it's totally not the same as larry vickers and i'm not talking about one being lefty one being righty. one wears the sling above armpit on shoulder for strong side, the other wears it below armpit on strong side.

i'm just curious because if larry vickers were to transition to pistol in that sling setup he would be leaving the rifle heavy side up... which is a little weird. but maybe there's a secret i don't know?

The secret is that Vickers did it out of spite for Kyle Lamb.

[trinydex]

I'm guessing you're talking about his setup at approx. 5:20? That's because LAV is right handed and shoots long gun left hand due to left-eye dominance. He shoots handgun right handed. That sling setup allows him to let the long gun ride on the left side and not let the sling block/impede his handgun. If you do a proper transition the left hand would guide the long gun down along your side while the right starts the draw. I run my sling the same way when I decide to shoot a match lefty, so as to not impede my handgun draw.

apparently this is why. he's not really left handed.

i was deceived by watching this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Cnr78WUNg

where he pistols with his left hand. but i guess he rifles with the right hand in this vid... he's just too ambidextrous.

[capntroy]

apparently this is why. he's not really left handed.

i was deceived by watching this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Cnr78WUNg

where he pistols with his left hand. but i guess he rifles with the right hand in this vid... he's just too ambidextrous.

Yeah, I just trained with Larry last weekend and he's got some crazy s**t going on with his ambi, cross dominant shooting!

He can shoot equally as fast and accurate with either hand, pistol or long gun, one-handed, two-handed, it don't matter. It was pretty amazing to watch.

He strongly recommends that any one who's eye dominance doesn't match their strong shooting side, (i.e, you're a righty, but are left eye dominant) to retrain yourself to shoot long gun from your eye dominant side and you'll be a better shooter for making the change.

Pistol shooting stays with your strong hand side because you'll work the gun controls better, but you can slightly move the pistol and aim with your cross-dominant eye.

And he's proven his point with his shooting.