Camera Mount for Picatinny Rail

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

How are people mounting cameras on their rifles? I think cameras take 1/4x20 thread machine bolts for their tripod mounts, I'm just looking for something that would allow a bolt like that to protrude so I could mount a camera on my handguard. I have a "gorilla grip' tripod that Imight me able to get to grip the foreend, just looking for something more durable?

Take a cheap VFG and drill it for a bolt and mount it at the 3 or 9 oclock?

Maybe I'll just duct tape it.

[perna]

I would just put a bolt through a QD sling mount, dont even have to drill a hole. That is if there is room for a bolt behind it, I dont own one but that was my plan.

[Byron]

One option:
Vortex Optics Picatinny Rail Tripod Adapter Mount

[Alex V]

One option:
Vortex Optics Picatinny Rail Tripod Adapter Mount

that looks sweet, but it looks like it would put the camera directly in your line of sight no?

this is kinda cool, but not sure its worth the price:
http://www.advancedtaccam.com/product.html

[Byron]

that looks sweet, but it looks like it would put the camera directly in your line of sight no?

If you mount it on the 12-o'clock rail then yes, but depending on how you run the gun, 3, 6, or 9 o'clock could be viable options. Or if you want to get really nutty with it, an angled/offset mount could be used in conjunction with it (like people use for their lights and secondary optics)

The same limitations would apply to the one you linked since the mount is basically just a scope ring.

I've used helmet cams before (or bullet cams, as some call them) and they usually come with a pretty wide assortment of mounts which could easily enough be adapted to fit on a gun. Alternatively, you could get a scope ring to fit them. I would go that route before buying the "advanced tac camera" as it looks to feature dated technology (no support for SDHC, for example).

[shooter521]

I've used helmet cams before (or bullet cams, as some call them) and they usually come with a pretty wide assortment of mounts which could easily enough be adapted to fit on a gun.

I've got a GoPro Hero head/helmet cam, and have found the "roll bar" mount to fit a variety of VFGs, optic tubes and barrels. It's not the most durable thing in the world (polycarbonate & aluminum construction), but it works. I'm having a machinist friend of mine fab up an adapter to go on a pic rail.

[markm]

Here's how it worked out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDRF2sFYcTg

[B52U]

Nice video, but dang there is some hard breathing going on in it. Did you run a mile during the drill? J/k.

[markm]

Nice video, but dang there is some hard breathing going on in it. Did you run a mile during the drill? J/k.

The camera is right by my head.... AND it was 110 degrees with pretty good humidity as we're in monsoon season... extreme heat warnings all weekend long. Combine that with running in the soft, white sand and yuck... I was hating it.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Markm- are you just guestimating aim with that? That sand looked like a real bitch to walk in.