Gun Camera Mount Test from Wes Scoggins on Vimeo.

Hey Mogulville, sorry for the hiatus, been really busy with school lately, hopefully things will be a bit more regular once the semester is over, but forget that for now. I decided to build a new camera mount based on requests for a rig that could replicate some of the reverse-POV gun-mounted shots in District 9. I thought those segments were pretty cool, and the great thing about them is that it's easy to replicate the effect for cheap with only a few parts from the hardware store, and an airsoft gun.

First, get a couple of corner braces, like the ones pictured have two 6-inch branchs at a 90-degree angle. Make sure you get bolts and nuts that fit them snuggly.

Start by mounting them together like this, with the two legs braced together, and the "arms" pointing away from each other.

Then mount it together with nut and bolt, use more than one so it doesn't slide around. You don't want that.

Next you're going to want to get one of these handgrips for any toy-gun or airsoft gun you have access to. So try to find one that has one of these with it, and at the very least has rails to mount it on, because otherwise, you're going to have to replace this with a piece of wood or PVC and some duct-tape. So I am assuming that you've got an airsoft rifle with rails to mount this one, it'll be mucho helpful for you.

How it works is it's two pieces that screw together, and when you screw it all the way in, it tightens the grip at the top attaching it to the gun barrel. One that you find may work different, but most of the ones i've ever seen operate similarly to this, so most likely it'll be similar.

Next, take plumbers epoxy, and (after thoroughly mixing it) stuff the end of the tube full of it, you may need to get a wooden dowel to help to stuff it in, move quickly before it gets too hard, because the next part...

You're going to want to take your mounting bolt (you'll want the bolt to go through most of the grip, the longer the bolt the more stability the rig will have) and screw it into the soft epoxy, try to get it as straight as possible, you might even want to get a nut and push it into the soft epoxy before you start screwing it in for added stability. Then slowly screw it back out after you've twisted it all the way in, you want to preserve the threading inside of the epoxy, so DON'T pull it out, let it come out naturally by screwing it out.

Now while that is hardening, get a piece of wood to act as a support for your camera. Drill a hole through the center, it's more stable to mount it on the inside hole on the brace, the closer it is the the center the less lateral stress it's having to deal with, and the more stable the rig will be.

There you go, you just screw handle to one hole and the camera support to the other, and this is generally what it looks like before it's mounted on the gun.

Mount the handle on the gun first.

Then screw on the rest of the mount onto the handle after it's on.

Now, just mount your camera onto it, and film away to get those Reverse-POV shots that you've been looking for.

Goodluck!