Gun Mounts

[shep]

Anyone else use their mountain bike for shooting?
I'm thinking of a rifle mount for the handlebars so I can shoot from the bike.
At the moment I use a shoulder strap which is cumbersome to be fast with but having a rifle on the bars causes alot of other issues.
If I can fashion up some sort of mount on the bars so I can flip over the rifle from my shoulder and aim it's going to be alot quicker than currently dismounting.

...any ideas?

 

[Coedwig]

I’ve successful mounted a pair of Bren guns to the bars on my Levo.

 

[Nicho]

 

[The Hodge]

I’ve successful mounted a pair of Bren guns to the bars on my Levo.

Sounds great ..did you have to increase the psi in your tyres & forks to compensate for the extra weight and how does the bike handle on the downhill gnarly stuff while chasing down your prey ?
Any chance you can share your design as I'm thinking Uzi for close up work ..
Thanks in advance ..

 

[Coedwig]

Sounds great ..did you have to increase the psi in your tyres & forks to compensate for the extra weight and how does the bike handle on the downhill gnarly stuff while chasing down your prey ?
Any chance you can share your design as I'm thinking Uzi for close up work ..
Thanks in advance ..

Sounds great ..did you have to increase the psi in your tyres & forks to compensate for the extra weight and how does the bike handle on the downhill gnarly stuff while chasing down your prey ?
Any chance you can share your design as I'm thinking Uzi for close up work ..
Thanks in advance ..

I’ve got the weight down to 45KG which is about the same as carrying an extra battery in my pack so hardly noticeable. I’d like to upgrade the Brens to a pair of carbon fibre Glocks but the Bren’s were on 50% at CRC and apparently they’re ones that Chuck Norris recommends for dog walker drive bys so it was a no brainer really.

 

[Semmelrocc]

This one is another known and tested option, but requires a rather steep downhill to be effective (unless you're after birds etc.)

 

[Fangs2k]

I fitted a military surplus Gau8 Gatling gun from an A10 to my Levo, what a blast!

Unfortunately, I found Newtons 3rd Law to be accurate, so I found after a prolonged burst I was going rather quickly backwards. Even the mighty Brose 2.2 struggled to offer up sufficient ‘opposite reaction’, so I took to stopping and reversing up to a sturdy tree before firing.

I aim to solve the problem at some point, hoping that Wiggle/CRC have something in the ongoing sale, possibly an ACME rocket surplus from road runner/wylie coyote cartoons.

 

[Jackware]

No one believes me when I tell them fat ebikes are useful...

 

[shep]

Traveling across the forest area by ebike is much quieter than in the Hilux.
I do get closer to the deer before I'm noticed so I have a couple of ideas I'll post pics of later...

 

[Bear-uk]

I've used an ebike for years for pest control.
But as I only hunt rabbits on open farmland with a lightweight .22 I find a shoulder sling works ok for me.
It's not perfect but the ability to get across fields quickly is great.

 

[Nicho]

This one is another known and tested option, but requires a rather steep downhill to be effective (unless you're after birds etc.)

Yes, there's nothing like the good old MG42 for clearing hikers from the downhill bike trails!

 

[shep]

I've used an ebike for years for pest control.
But as I only hunt rabbits on open farmland with a lightweight .22 I find a shoulder sling works ok for me.
It's not perfect but the ability to get across fields quickly is great.

Good one
I'm thinking drop the seat post ,rest rifle on some sort of handle bar mount then target pest quickly.
Deer here are a real problem, rabbits I just chase them along the fence lines and run them over.....

 

[The Hodge]

To be honest mate ..I don't think anyone is that interested ..

 

[shep]

To be honest mate ..I don't think anyone is that interested ..

Well fuk off then and go talk bikes in the bike section

Pest control is equally as valid as delivery riders....

 

[RiderOnTheStorm]

 

[The Hodge]

Well fuk off then and go talk bikes in the bike section

What ...and miss out on folks completely taking the piss
Naaah ..this is pure comedy gold ..thanks for sharing

 

[CjP]

Something like this could work.
You drop the seat, sit on the back tire while resting your chest on the seat. You then lift the gun out of the left hand mount, pivot the right hand mount and blast away.

 

[The Hodge]

Something like this could work.
You drop the seat, sit on the back tire while resting your chest on the seat. You then lift the gun out of the left hand mount, pivot the right hand mount and blast away.
View attachment 128468

..and all the while your intended target sits perfectly still waiting for you to line up your shot while you are fucking about trying to balance the bike ...
Utter nonsense

 

[CjP]

Wide stance, chest on the seat to balance, really not that difficult mate.

 

[The Hodge]

Wide stance, chest on the seat to balance, really not that difficult mate.

Post a vid of you trying that and I might believe you

 

[CjP]

I don’t shoot anymore, I was merely suggesting an alternative for the OP.

 

[The Hodge]

I don’t shoot anymore, I was merely suggesting an alternative for the OP.

..and I was merely suggesting that your idea won't work

 

[CjP]

So you’ve tried it before?

 

[The Hodge]

No ..have you ?
It's surely obvious that the front wheel won't stay steady enough ..and that the bar height will have you shooting into the air ..could work I suppose if a wood pigeon sitting in a tree was all you were shooting at

 

[CjP]

No ..have you ?
It's surely obvious that the front wheel won't stay steady enough ..and that the bar height will have you shooting into the air ..could work I suppose if a wood pigeon sitting in a tree was all you were shooting at

I grabbed a rifle and sat on the bike as suggested and I felt it works fine. Line of site is fine once your sitting on the back tire.
I’m guessing you’re not a shooter.

 

[The Hodge]

I grabbed a rifle and sat on the bike as suggested and I felt it works fine. Line of site is fine once your sitting on the back tire.
I’m guessing you’re not a shooter.

Bullshit..you've already contradicted yourself by claiming that you sat on the back tyre with a wide stance ..the two don't work together you can only do one or the other ..unless of course your rear wheel is 2ft wide ..
You don't half talk some crap..amusing though ..

 

[shep]

I too have sat on the rear tyre . It does work

I grabbed a rifle and sat on the bike as suggested and I felt it works fine. Line of site is fine once your sitting on the back tire.
I’m guessing you’re not a shooter.

I've tried various positions.
My bike does make a fairly good point to shoot from but I'm sure it can be improved.
The hardest targets are atchualy up in the trees as pointed up I just can't get low enough but if that's the case injust stand.
From a high vantage point shooting down towards the tree line is much easier.
Bit like a high chair angle really.
I'm going to experiment with a couple of ideas over the weekend

 

[CjP]

Bullshit..you've already contradicted yourself by claiming that you sat on the back tyre with a wide stance ..the two don't work together you can only do one or the other ..unless of course your rear wheel is 2ft wide ..
You don't half talk some crap..amusing though ..

Haha dude, go to bed. Your drunk!

 

[The Hodge]

Haha dude, go to bed. Your drunk!

One of us is ..and smoking dope at the same time ..but it isn't me...

 

[TimC7]

Ha, amateurs! What you need is a pair of these bad-boys and then run the buggers over, delighting in the close-up visceral pleasure as those hardened steel spikes rip through their brains and organs, while fountains of crimson hot blood splatter you and your bike - uh, uh, I think I've just cum . .