[ID] Weird sniper rifle attachment

muck · 02-19-2009, 08:23 PM

Found this on the internets and as always when I find strange things there I feel like I should share it with my favourite forum.

What is this thing called and where do they use it?

Zoomie · 02-19-2009, 08:40 PM

Looks like a Steadycam mount for cameras.

Hippie Homer · 02-19-2009, 08:42 PM

How could you crawl around with that thing. You'd have a real steady aim but at the cost of giving your position away lol.

BRAVO JULIET · 02-19-2009, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoomie

Looks like a Steadycam mount for cameras.

yeah they used the same thing in aliens for the squad machineguns.

UT1 Cahill · 02-19-2009, 08:44 PM

with a rig like that you would think he'd have a bigger scope

Cstafford · 02-19-2009, 08:45 PM

is that the elite team fighter guy?

Cstafford · 02-19-2009, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UT1 Cahill

with a rig like that you would think he'd have a bigger scope

lol or an actual scope

Bibite · 02-19-2009, 08:45 PM

Steadycam

http://www.vistek.ca/store/ProVideoC...-boom-ran.aspx

homerjsimpson94 · 02-19-2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoomie

Looks like a Steadycam mount for cameras.

Sure does

Unlike this one that is much more afforable and less cumbersome.
http://www.riflestock.com/

nemowork · 02-19-2009, 10:19 PM

Basically back after Aliens came out lots of people saw the smart guns and thought it was a really cool idea. They had a bit of a play using the same steady cam mounts James Cameron had used for the Smart guns and came to the obvious conclusion that it might look cool but it was very, very silly in real life, you want to do certain things like lie flat without doing yourself an injury or get through doors. This seems to be from that silly experimental phase. And dont ask me where i saw that, it was a passing comment by an ex-special forces guy in a documentary talking about crossovers from real life to fiction during the late 90's.

muck · 02-19-2009, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nemowork

Basically back after Aliens came out lots of people saw the smart guns and thought it was a really cool idea. They had a bit of a play using the same steady cam mounts James Cameron had used for the Smart guns and came to the obvious conclusion that it might look cool but it was very, very silly in real life, you want to do certain things like lie flat without doing yourself an injury or get through doors. This seems to be from that silly experimental phase.

Okay thanks for that insight.

nemowork · 02-19-2009, 10:42 PM

On the other hand i've just tried to find some actual proof to back up my dodgy memory and all I can find by google is a lot of airsoft and Aliens fan pages.

Smiling_Wolf · 02-20-2009, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRAVO JULIET

yeah they used the same thing in aliens for the squad machineguns.

"Smart Guns", they called them; those have got to be the best weapon props I had ever seen in a sci-fi movie.

I can see the dude doing something similar by mounting an MG3 on the tip of that rig instead - otherwise... pointless.

spiraleddie · 02-20-2009, 09:31 AM

is that one of the goodies???

Nephilim · 02-20-2009, 10:19 AM

badass

nuff said

02-19-2009, 08:23 PM	#1
muck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Loony bin, first floor, room 7-5-18 Posts: 5,097	[ID] Weird sniper rifle attachment Found this on the internets and as always when I find strange things there I feel like I should share it with my favourite forum. What is this thing called and where do they use it?

02-19-2009, 10:19 PM	#10
nemowork Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 566	Basically back after Aliens came out lots of people saw the smart guns and thought it was a really cool idea. They had a bit of a play using the same steady cam mounts James Cameron had used for the Smart guns and came to the obvious conclusion that it might look cool but it was very, very silly in real life, you want to do certain things like lie flat without doing yourself an injury or get through doors. This seems to be from that silly experimental phase. And dont ask me where i saw that, it was a passing comment by an ex-special forces guy in a documentary talking about crossovers from real life to fiction during the late 90's. Last edited by nemowork; 02-19-2009 at 10:34 PM.

02-19-2009, 08:40 PM	#2
Zoomie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,908	Looks like a Steadycam mount for cameras.

02-19-2009, 08:42 PM	#3
Hippie Homer Banned user Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York, New York Posts: 328	How could you crawl around with that thing. You'd have a real steady aim but at the cost of giving your position away lol.

02-19-2009, 08:44 PM	#5
UT1 Cahill Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Age: 42 Posts: 17	with a rig like that you would think he'd have a bigger scope

02-19-2009, 08:45 PM	#6
Cstafford Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Georgia Age: 20 Posts: 1,229	is that the elite team fighter guy?

02-19-2009, 08:45 PM	#8
Bibite Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Montreal Qc Ca Posts: 31	Steadycam http://www.vistek.ca/store/ProVideoC...-boom-ran.aspx

02-19-2009, 10:42 PM	#12
nemowork Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 566	On the other hand i've just tried to find some actual proof to back up my dodgy memory and all I can find by google is a lot of airsoft and Aliens fan pages.

02-20-2009, 09:31 AM	#14
spiraleddie Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 110	is that one of the goodies???

02-20-2009, 10:19 AM	#15
Nephilim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 23 Posts: 1,237	badass nuff said