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by equin
My only experience is with 2 point slings on my AR. I have the VTAC padded and the Blue Force Gear non-padded VCAS sling.
The VTAC is slimmer and easier to adjust and cinch down or loosen. By cinching it down tight to your body, it allows you to more easily climb ladders or trees or use both hands. But the padded area, although wide and comfy, only lays across my back (with rifle in front) or my chest and abdomen (with rifle in back). It doesn’t lay across my shoulders, which bear the brunt of the rifle’s weight. The sling is also rather long and its tail” can dangle a bit when cinched all the way tight on my body. There’s a video on youtube that shows how to cut it to a shorter length without the nylon web fraying.
The BFG VCAS sling is a bit thicker and seems stronger than the VTAC. It’s also not as long and leaves no dangling tail when cinched up. But it’s not as quick and easy to adjust, cinch and loosen as the VTAC, and I never could get it to cinch up as tightly as the VTAC. Also, when it got very wet and muddy, it became very difficult, if not almost impossible, to adjust up or down. I haven’t gotten a chance to use the CTAC in really wet and muddy conditions, though, so I don’t know how well it compares under those conditions.
Aside from the muddy effects on the BFG VCAS sling, both slings, at least when clean and dry, can be tightened quickly and easily so as to be used as a hasty sling.
I’ve never tried the Magpul sling, so can’t comment on it.