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Well, you are gettin' up there, it's about time, don't you think?

I've hooked mine over the little add-on hook on my meat hauler Cabela's Alaskan frame and am trying to do the same thing with the new pack from Wilderness Specialties, I'll probably end up making a bump out of electrical or duct tape for third season CO.

Even though I typically have a cow and bull tag and might need the rifle in a hurry, hauling out meat I'll usually use the pack feature that stores the rifle, an add-on scabbard in an Eberlestock X2 daypack for first load and a strap in rig on the Wilderness Specialties pack to keep it under the pack and retained.

This year's sling is a SVL with the handle to save your hand fatigue that adjusts up or down the strap to fit a different type of carry. For me walking a minimum of 3-4 hours hanging on to a sling the handle is nicer to hang on to.... but not as nice as having your hands free and using a walking/shooting stick to keep my tired old body upright.

True... since Coyote Hunter has backed me into the corner, I'd better get it scheduled.

Old Arcteryx Bora 80

Thanks I'm looking for another pack .

You really do have reading comprehension problems.

Nowhere have I said it works well. What I did say that Velcro has worked well in other applications where I've used it where frequent detachment was required.

As to Brad's comments about the noise, yeah, that could be a deterrent. Some "hook and loop" types are noisier than others and you can often minimize the noise by pulling them apart slowly. Over the years I've walked many more miles than not where a reliable method of keeping my rifle from slipping off my shoulder would have been much appreciated and the potential noise wouldn't have made any difference. Kind of like hunting empty chamber, which I do mostly, or not. There are times when the noise might matter, in which case you might want the rifle in your hands with the chamber loaded, not on your shoulder, and there are times when it wouldn't.

Suit yourself.

I bought one of these slings last year and have used it religiously since. Grips my shoulder really well and doesn't slip, even over my backpack straps. It solved the exact issue the OP described and was a 15 dollar solution.

http://www.butlercreek.com/products/mountain_slings.html

After shortening the "hook" the Slingsaver does work for some although Brad and Ted's homemade projects look to be much more refined.

A small piece of Gorilla duct tape eliminates the velcro issue on the Slingsaver if you have a chafing problem like Brad. The four guys I hunt with all use Slingsavers for rifles and a crossbow without issue.

Since I started using one of the rubber slings (Slogan Outdoors) I haven't needed any type of sling retainer.

My product might be many things

"Home Made" it is not

Sorry, my bad.

I had not gone back to your original thread.

If I send appropriate compensation, could it be in the mail headed west?

Nice try sport. My reading comprehension is just fine, it's your writing skills that suck. I quoted you accurately; you said nothing about "other applications where you've used it" you just said what's above--"What works well and is cheap and good still works well and is cheap and good."

And once again, you're as FOS as a Christmas turkey.

You must do a lot of backpacking to be able to speak so authoritatively on the subject, and know what will work without trying it, huh?

CH's new favorite comeback is the "reading comprehension" line.

Big words make him feel smart.

In other news, his Velcro method would work fine for road hunting or farming out to cousin-in-laws-daughters-uncle #82

You quoted me accurately but lost the context because your reading comprehension skills suck big time.

In context and in my post to which Brad responded, I specifically stated " Haven't ever tried it with a rifle but have used a lot of Velcro to hold things in place where frequent detachment is required."

Brad's comment was that I should team up with Rube Goldberg. My comment "What works well and is cheap and good still works well and is cheap and good." was in response to Brad's Rube Goldberg comment and essentially meant that a design should be based on its actual merits.

By the way, Rube Goldberg had an engineering degree from U.C. Berkeley.



As to your question " If you've never done it, how do you know that it works well?", nowhere have I stated I KNOW it will work well. Instead I BELIEVE it will work well, based on experience using Velcro and other hook-and-loop fasteners in a lot of other applications and some common sense, something you appear to lack.

Whatever you say CH. Coming from such an experienced backpacker, your word carries some weight.

Was Rube Goldberg a backpack Hunter too?

That does look like it would work well. I've been using an "L" shaped bracket off an old Janssen's pack, which is simple and works good.

Aaron Neilson did me a favor back in 2014 on my first Colorado mule deer

I gave him a SS Frankenstud G4

Pat Sinclair did me a favor on an elk scoring problem in 2015

I gave him a SS Frankenstud G4

They both reported that they liked them

Only you could come away with that as a conclusion...

Goldberg.....wasn't he the guy who pioneered the blaze orange scent-loc yarmulke?