Backpack frame for carrying long-gun?

[bigalexe]

I hunt and guns weigh a bit, not a ton but a bit. Now the way that I hunt I don't regularly need the gun while walking to/from the blind and so it is not at the ready, just slung. So I got to thinking how can I make carrying a firearm more comfortable in the woods when it is not in use. I use a sling and the uneven weight is not comfortable over more than a very short distance, also it's not a healthy habit.

I came upon the idea of how a backpack sits, and I mean a real camp pack not a school backpack. It sits on your hips and distributes the weight into your legs properly, extremely healthy and comfortable.

Has anyone ever seen, or would you be interested in a system that take a firearm and distribute the weight like a camp pack onto the hips and legs? Something like a custom clamp system for an external pack frame.

 

[steven58]

My Kifaru back pack has a system called "GunBearer". It does essentially what you have described. You can buy them individually or as part of their pack system

Look here: https://kifaru.net/gunbearer_hunt.html . Is that what you had in mind?

 

[bigalexe]

That's better. I was thinking the gun behind me actually.

The initial idea was hatched with an un-cocked crossbow in mind but looking at that it seems I could work it for a crossbow if I wanted. Good thing I asked here instead of trying to make something that someone else already had done better.

 

[Moxy]

LA Police Gear has them on sale right now...
http://www.lapolicegear.com/eberlestock-gunslinger-rifle-gs05m-backpack.html

 

[Rio Laxas]

I like the Eberlestock backpacks a lot. They have a nice compartment for the rifle behind you.

www.eberlestock.com

 

[Mudinyeri]

I liked the Eberlestock packs so much I became a dealer.

 

[rcmodel]

Why not a Biathlon type double sling.
That way you aren't adding an unneeded pack frame & pack weight to the rifles weight.

Pioneer Research is importing the "High Climbing Double Sling" from Vero Vellini
of Germany.

Check it out:
http://www.pioneer-research.com/assets/pdf/PR_Release_Double_climbing_Sling.pdf

rc