Rail attachment that doesn't exist, but should?

Truck nuts for your gun (gun nuts). Enough said.

IMHO: There is no useful rail attachment that doesn't already exist.

Oh wait!
Maybe a reverse view video camera attachment so more fools could capture their goofy expressions while doing foolish things with firearms to post on You Tube.

Kind of a "Here, hold my beer and watch this" camera mount.

Ya!
Thats the ticket.

rc

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Already done with the Go Pro camera.

If you pick one of the suggestions, does the person who suggested it win a prize?

I don't know if it already exists, but this MIGHT be useful for someone. A flashlight holder for a flashlight that is very popular and can be disconnected and used as just a flashlight. You don't need to buy a special weapon light.

Everyone has ( or should have) something like a 2 or 4 D cell Maglite. With an LED conversion the batteries last forever, and the flashlight is reasonably priced.

Maybe modify the rail attachment part of it, and design a quick attachment device for Maglights that fits multiple firearms.

a cheaper version of a rear sight that mounts a picatinny rail to mount a red dot for AK-47... they have ones that sell for $125 just to mount a red dot...

How about a rotating ar-15 buttstock, so that you can cant the rifle 45 degrees, to look through a different sight?? Someone might have already developed this though.

I was thinking of an adjustable riser. It would be an engineering challenge to give a guy windage and elevation adjustment in such a confined space but imagine clamping a riser block to every AR then buying one RDS with QD mount. Center the adjustments on the optic then transfer it to each rifle without re-zero. Battery dies and defaults POA, no problem. Leatherwood makes a base for some of their scopes I believe that have adjustment built in.

Could also work with weapon lights to aim focused beam flashlights to specific distances or even keep that beverage holder from spilling your coffee.

a) How about a pupil/iris/retinal sensor that would aim a rail-mounted, gimballed flash light wherever the shooter's eye was pointed?

b) How about a scope image field that would highlight with a box any moving or likely targets to shoot at , and having another red-dot image showing where the bullet would currently go if the trigger were pulled at that instant; then you just move the gun to bring the red dot onto one of the target boxes and sqeeze off a round. The image field that highlights a target is already sort of a known technology, such as in modern digital cameras that puts a box(es) around faces or prominent objects in the frame for the auto-focusing mechanism to select for focus optimization.

As some of you may pick up, my suggestions here are based on an extrapolation of what already exists for helicopter gunships such as the Apache Longbow.

A camera with the box drawing feature in the view finder would be the Canon PowerShot SX30 IS.

How about a low cost gyroscopic stabilizer that can mount to the underside of your firearm, like where a grenade launcher would go on an ar-15

flashlight mount where the flashlight has a steel collar and the mount itself is filled with earth magnets. this way, the flashlight will be held securely, but can easily be detached for in-the-hand use without fumbling with any levers or screws. to remount, simply slap it back into its base and the magnets will do the rest. should prove useful since you don't always want to point your rifle at everything you point a flashlight at, and it should be easy enough to build.

How about a small range finder with a small led screen?

You'd have to come up with a way to aim it or know what the laser is pointing at. Would love to just glance at a little screen and know the distance. And to be able to some how put the distance image into a scope sight if you want. That way you could use it with open sights or with a scope.

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Edited: idea already exists

I've always wanted somebody to design a rail-mounted combination GPS receiver and ballistics computer. That way I could score hits from a greater distance and then figure out where I was when I did it.

You'll figure it out.

Kind of a "Here, hold my beer and watch this" camera mount.

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Wouldn't that go with the Tactical Bottle Opener that already exists?

free float handguard/rail for FAL?

rcmodel said:

Hey, if you can come up with something dumber then this?
I will eat it with a cheap bottle of soy sauce on it.
(But put some Iraqi sand in it first!)

Ballista’s Nautilus Rotating Rail
http://ballistatactical.com/store/nautilus-rotating-rail-7-quot/dp/5

I'm telling you, if it has a rail application, somebody already thought of it!!

(Except for the Stupid You-Tube camera mount.

rc

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I wanna youtube camera mount

+ 1 for beatledog7's idea, sort of.

He recognizes the problem that human error, jitter, twitching/flinching, etc. means that our guns and ammo have way better capabilities than even the best shooters. So....

TaDa! We have an answer:

TrackingPoint Lock ‘n Launch Rifle Technology

Basically, I think (from skimming the article) that this system allows you to pick a target, lock on to it and then squeeze off a round... and the bullet will go where you intended, even if the target moved a bit or you wobbled as you were holding the gun. Something like that. I think this system must be able to change the mechanical pointing direction of the barrel axis after the trigger is pulled, to correct. Maybe some pretty heavy gyroscopes (2-axis) to provide a resistance from which equal-and-opposite forces can change the barrel-axis direction? Hmmm... This is no QD attachment to a rail - it encompasses the whole firearm...