Dennis DeMille demonstrates how to adjust a leather sling for a young competitor competing at the CMP Western Games. Dennis DeMille is a former Service Rifle Champion and can provide some tips on how to set up your sling for position shooting. Dennis explains the importance of choosing a sling and how to adjust it properly. The Benefits of Dry Fire Training
You’ll want practice once you’ve mastered the correct way to set up your sling. Dennis DeMille emphasizes the importance of dry-fire training with a sling and a shooting coat. Dry-Fire is essential for the sling disciplines. Dennis DeMille is a national Service Rifle Champion. He told us that for every minute of actual competition he spent practicing without ammunition. Dennis DeMille, a national Service Rifle Champion, told us that he would spend hours practicing without ammunition in the barracks while he was in the USMC. He would work on his hold, and dry-fire: “The most crucial thing is to practice off the range.” I learned most of what I know as a High Power Shooter without ammunition. I spent time dry-firing and doing holding exercises. Holding exercises can help you identify your weak points. Dry firing is primarily used to get you accustomed to shooting an empty gun. If you can shoot an empty and a loaded rifle in the same manner, you will eventually become a Highmaster.”
SFC Brandon Green is the 2018 National High Power Champion. Brandon, one of America’s best “hard holders”, demonstrates the proper use of the sling while prone. Setting-Up a Service Rifle Leather Sling for Competition Did you make the mistake of disassembling it, or are you intimidated by how to use it? In this Creedmoor Sports InfoZone Video, former Creedmoor G.M. Dennis DeMille shows how to use and set up a sling. Dennis DeMille shows you the basics. He starts with a leather service rifle sling that is completely disassembled and explains how to properly set it up. Tip: Many shooters are afraid to use a leather sling, because they’ve never been taught how. That’s unfortunate. I think a leather sling is more supportive than a web one, which is important for heavier rifles.
Dennis DeMille explains how to use the leather service sling from a standing position in this second video of a series on Creedmoor InfoZone. Tip: “Putting Frogs into different holes will change the amount added elevation that a sling offers.” Comparing Sling Types
Dennis shows a wide variety of shooting slings in this video. He explains each type’s strong points so you can select the sling that is best suited to your discipline.
