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Pat's Product Review: Eberlestock Gunslinger II Pack
I have literally lost count of the number and different types of backpacks I have owned and tried over the years. And, to be sure, there is no one backpack that suits everyone the same. I believe backpacks are a very personal thing, and you can’t select one for someone else. Everyone in my family has a different type of Bug Out Bag – always have! At one point, when I was quite a bit younger, I used a US military CFP 90 pack – and that thing could hold something like 6,500 cubic inches of stuff. Fully loaded, it was more than 60 pounds, and that wasn’t counting an extreme cold weather sleeping bag – which added a lot more weight. My CFP 90 is in the closet of my office now – retired!
Take a look at any sporting goods store backpack section, or in any sporting goods catalog, like Cabela’s or any other similar store, and you’ll be overwhelmed with the number and different styles of backpacks they carry – so much so, that your head will spin. It’s no easy task choosing a backpack. You have several considerations to think about – how much stuff do you want to carry? How much stuff can you carry – for any distance or length of time? Are you looking at long-term camping or bugging out? Or, are you looking at a 3-day BOB? Are you gonna carry extra clothing (always a good idea) and how much food are you going to carry? How much survival and camping gear are you taking with you? The questions are about as endless as the backpack selection is. My family and I have decided on a 3-day BOB – but we usually have more than 3-days worth of food in our BOB – and plenty of survival and live-off-the-land gear, for extended periods of time, if need be.
Ready Made Resources recently sent me a sample of an amazing backpack, made by Eberlestock – and if you know anything about name brand backpacks, you will readily recognize the Eberlestock name – Special Forces military guys know the name – well! Ready Made Resources sent me the “Gunslinger II” (G2) pack, and it is quite a pack, to be sure. The Gunslinger II is the hunting version of the G2M tactical pack – and be sure to check out the Ready Made Resources web site – they have a good varieties of Eberlestock backpacks to choose from. The G2M is the pack of choice for the US Navy SEALs – that says a lot about Eberlestock packs in my book. The SEALs don’t use junk.
Originally developed from the GS05 Gunslinger pack, the Gunslinger II pack has a slightly larger gun scabbard. What’s that you said, Pat? Yeah, the Gunslinger II backpack, actually has a long gun scabbard build into the pack, for carrying your favorite high-powered hunting rifle – even those with the biggest optics, can fit into this scabbard.
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