The Tailhook is also an excellent gun pack. The design features a vertically adjustable ButtBucket that you can drop down in order to carry your rifle at your preferred height. As shown above left, the butt of a gun rests in the ButtBucket; wrap the Ripcord around the forestock (it works well if you go around below a swivel stud), pull it tight, and off you go. To get your rifle off of your back, just grab the barrel with one hand and the Ripcord buckle with the other, and pop it off. A second alternative is to add a side scabbard to the pack. As shown at right (with an A2SS Scoped Rifle Scabbard), you can hook the scabbard to the top pad, use the Ripcord Tether to and the built-in grapple/compression strap to stabilize it. This arrangement works with any of our side scabbards, so the system can be optimized for any man-portable weapon. The Tailhook has a full complement of accessory pockets, plus a removable shoulder harness (for use as a lumbar pack only) and a removable waistbelt. Speaking of the waistbelt, we haven't skimped on the padding on this pack... We make these things knowing that you're going to be wearing them all day, every day, and we want you to be comfortable. We use a a full-sized freight pack's waist belt so that it'll ride well. Deep cut padding provides extra ventilation.