This is a follow-up to my previous lever gun accuracy question. Now, has anyone shot a lever gun, esp. a Marlin 336 with a "loop sling," from prone position? I am wondering if the weapon, shot from a very tight "Marine style" loop sling, would suffer a significant change of point of impact. Is it practical to shoot one this way? I only have experience with the AR type guns fired this way. Thanks for patience and answers, I'm pretty green about rifle shooting but have decided I need to get some education and maybe even buy a levergun.
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Lever gun with sling accuracy
- Thread starter Jhp147
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Nevada Fitch
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The front sling swivel is usually attached to the magazzene tube, not the barrel. I have shot lever actions with a resonably tight sling and did not notice a change in impact,but different rifles might react differently.You probably won't know until you try it.
frontlander
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I have a Marlin 1895ss in .45-70 which uses the same action as the Marlin 336. I have found that when using a tight military sling, point of impact is dropped 4-6", sometimes more depending on the tightness of the sling, at 100 yds. The problem is that the sling swivels attach to the magazine tube which is attached to the barrel. Any tension on the tube will raise cain with the barrel. That is why when faced with poor accuracy from a lever gun, the first thing you look for is a magazine tube putting pressure on the barrel. A free float tube as used on the AR-15 is what is needed, but that would look kind of funny on a levergun. I just don't use the shooting sling on my leverguns. The distances I shoot leverguns doesn't really justify it either. Don't let that discourage you from getting a good levergun. They are plenty accurate inside of 200 yds and there is just something special about them.