Something to carry my rifle in?

Hillbilly · Oct 12, 2001

Folks,
I have not researched this too much,but I was wondering if anyone would have an idea of a good gun case that would be completely weather proof and rigid in design. I would like to mount it (or attatching brackets) either on my rollbar or on my fiberglass canopy.It is a pain to try and drive and hold a rifle on your lap at the same time. I would need to make sure it was large enough to hold a rifle with a scope. Preferably I would be able to detatch the whole case and take it to the house if so desired.

Thanks
Hillbilly

Mike_Dumond · Oct 12, 2001

Hiya Hillbilly, check out the 4 wheeler dealers in your area. I know they make cases for them. Just a thought though, I know up here, you can't drive a motorized vehicle with a loaded weapon. Even though, sometimes on the highway....... Just kidding.

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

Anonymous Poster · Oct 12, 2001

Have you looked at ATV accessories... a molded gun case with hardware that mounts on an ATV rack certainly could mount on a fender or rops or loader mount etc. with a little mod...

Just don't shoot and shift at the same time... could be hazardous to one's health .../w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

PLOWER · Oct 12, 2001

Hillbilly,
I'm just curious as why you would want to have a rifle on you while on the tractor. I'm not against guns in any way, so don't take my question in that kind of way./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif But yeah I have one of these molded cases that go on a four wheeler rack that would work good for you. you can get one at www.Cabelas.com , I think there ae like 50 bucks or so. Cliff

I'm moving up to a 4710 or 5205!

PLOWER · Oct 12, 2001

Hillbilly,
I looked at Cabelas, and the have the case. you can also buy a quick release mounting bracket. I don't know if its possilble to make it fit somewhere on the tractor. Cliff

I'm moving up to a 4710 or 5205!

Hillbilly · Oct 12, 2001

To answer your question there are several reasons.
1. My girlfriends husband.
2. Terroists
3.Revenuers
4.I am in a militia (not)
5.The paranoias are after me.

No,seriously
deer season is about a month away and I can take my tractor to the woods and if the weather is bad,I can sit on the tractor and with my canopy I will stay dry,also when I am out working in the field it is nice to have a 22 rifle in case you see a ground hog or fox/coyote (and get him mounted) etc.....
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Mike_Dumond · Oct 12, 2001

I think I'd worry more about number 1 than 2 or 3.

Keep the greasy side down.
Mike

PLOWER · Oct 12, 2001

Hillbilly,
Haha Okay,/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I just didn't think there was anybody else like me out there, and carrys a gun all the time. I always have a pistol with me. Cliff

I'm moving up to a 4710 or 5205!

Hillbilly · Oct 12, 2001

Growing up on the farm we always had a gun out in the field (my pappy did, God rest his soul).He even kept a 22 pistol in the glove box or in the springs on the backside of the seat in the pick up in a holster.I am talking 25 to 30 years ago,he also kept a pint of Siegrams 7 or Schenley Reserve on the front seat with a rag laying over top of it,I was a kid and I was thankful the law never pulled us over. I do neither of the 2. Times have changed.I do hunt but I leave the liquor alone.
I remember going to school on the school bus and looking out the window at the local beer joint one morning and a big sheet of black plastic was hanging over the front,some guys came down from town and started a fight and got there rear ends kicked,and every one went back inside and thought they were leaving,well they decided before they left they would leave a little something,and drove there car clear through the cinder block into the bar and backed out and the cops caught them up town with a table cloth wrapped around the grill.
My dad said all he could remember was bar chairs getting squeezed up against his legs while he tried to get out side.

Robert_in_NY · Oct 12, 2001

Kolpin makes the best gun boot that you find on atv's and cost around $65. We carry guns around our farm all the time mostly for dogs, coyotes or woodchucks. I don't carry one on the tractor if I did it would probally be a pistol as it is hard to mount the gun boots on a tractor and be able to get the gun out in a hurry. Good luck

Robert Turk Jr.
Whitetail Splendor Deer Farms
Silver Creek, NY