You Bought the Sling. The Lower Gun Still Bounced.
Five reasons to take the fabric sling off your seat this season, and hang your rifles on the two steel posts under your headrest, because a strap around a soft seat is the part that stretches and snaps.
You Did the Smart Thing and Bought a Rack. The Bottom Sagged Anyway.
You were done finding the .308 on the floor mat. So you bought one of those fabric seat-back slings, strapped it around the passenger seat and racked your rifle and your son's.
By the time you hit the washboard road to the lease, the bottom had dropped. At the gate you opened the back door and the lower gun was bouncing on the floor mat, with the two scopes knocking together above it.
You didn't buy the wrong color or the wrong size. That's not on you. The whole thing was hanging on the one part that was always going to give: a strap pulled tight around a soft seat.
A Sling Hangs on a Strap Around a Cushion. That's the Weak Link.
Look at what a sling holds onto. The seat cushion is made to give so it's comfortable. The only thing keeping the rack in place is a strap cinched around it. Every bump pulls on that strap, and fabric stretches.
Call it the weak-link strap: it's the part that stretches, and it's the part that snaps. The rest of the cab isn't much better. The trim is plastic, so you can't sink a screw into it and expect it to hold a rack, let alone a rifle.
We read 100 reviews of one popular sling. 14 buyers said a strap, a stitch or a clip broke, most of them the first time they tightened it. Others said the bottom sagged until the lower gun bounced on the floor, and two scoped rifles ended up knocking into each other.
| What your rifle hangs on | Fabric sling | RX80 |
|---|---|---|
| The anchor | One strap cinched around a soft seat | The 2 steel posts under your headrest |
| The body | Fabric that stretches and sags | Molded nylon-polymer frame |
| Two scoped rifles | Hanging side by side, scopes knocking | Each in its own padded cradle, space between |
There's Only One Piece of Steel Back There. Lift Your Headrest and You'll See It.
Pull your front headrest up. Those two metal posts are the most solid thing in the back half of your cab. That's what the RX80 holds onto.
We call it the Post-Lock Frame. A rigid frame slides onto both posts. A width slide sets it to your truck, and a knob locks it there. Nothing wraps around your seat, so there's no strap to stretch or snap. No drilling, no tools, and most people are done in a few minutes.
Here's what your Saturday looks like now:
| Time | Your rifles | You |
|---|---|---|
| 4:40 am | Set in the cradles, strap closed over each. | Coffee in the cupholder, your son in the passenger seat. |
| 5:05 am | Washboard road. Upright, apart, off the seat. | Eyes on the road, not the mirror. |
| 5:30 am | At the gate. Right where you racked them. | Open the door, unstrap one, go. |
Two Scopes Shouldn't Ride on Top of Each Other. Or on the Floor Mat.
You've got real money in the glass on that .308. Your son's rifle isn't cheap either. On the seat, they lean on each other. On the floor, they take every bump on the lease road.
The RX80 molds two padded V-cradles into one rigid frame, set apart, so each rifle gets its own spot. Two scoped rifles ride upright and apart, off the seat and off the floor. A hook-and-loop strap on each cradle closes over the stock.
Want the glass covered on the ride too? The Back Roads Bundle ($84.95) adds a 2-pack of flip-up scope covers to keep dust and rain off your lenses, and a foldable field knife for after the shot.
Same deal on the night run to the hog field. And because the rack hangs from the posts, there's no strap across the part of the seat you lean on. It sits behind the seat, away from your back.
Don't Take Our Word for It. Drive Your Worst Road With It.
Put it on your truck. Rack your rifles, close the straps and drive the roughest stretch of your lease. Open the back door at the gate and see where they are.
If you don't like how they ride, you've got 30 days from delivery to send it back for a full refund.
One rack holds 2 rifles behind one seat. If you hunt with your son or a buddy, put one behind each front seat. Or keep one for your truck and give one to him. That's why the Black Friday pricing starts with a 2-pack at $67.95.
Running a whole hunting camp? Buy 3, get the 4th free: four racks for $105.95, a free rack worth $45.95, so every truck heading to deer camp has one.
A rigid seat-back rack that locks onto the steel posts under your front headrest and holds 2 rifles upright in padded V-cradles, set apart. No straps around your seat, no drilling, no tools. Your rifles ride where you racked them, not on the floor mat.
Why start at two? One rack holds 2 rifles behind one seat. Two racks cover both front seats, so you, your son and a buddy all have a spot.
Two steel posts, a rigid frame and a padded cradle for each rifle. Nothing wrapped around your seat. Black Friday pricing ends Tue, Dec 1, and you get 30 days to try it on your own lease road.