windjammer
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I'm looking for suggestions for putting a gun rack on a tractor. It would be for a shotgun. I guess it would have to be mounted somehow, on the fender. I dunno.
Tractor Gun Rack
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Check out Koplin, they offer a variety of of brackets and gun boots.
thndrchiken
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I'd imagine you would be able to make an atv mount/rack work without much modification.
ol' geeser
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My mom once made a half dozen sheath type carriers out of a heavy tightweave nylon material(before ballistic cloth and enclosed cabs). They were simply folded material and sewn in a fashion the the weapon's sight plane was carried down and the stitched side was up and the muzzle end closed.
These were screwed or bolted to the rear of the hood of non-cabbed tractors with the muzzle down at a 30 degree or so angle with the stitched edge up. The opening was not flapped and large enough for either a shotgun or a rifle and long enough to cover about half of the wrist. We used an air hose to blow accumlated trash out as necessary.
They lasted five or six years and were trouble free and protected the guns quite well whether plowing, shredding, or moving hay.
For the Cats we used a two piece vertical rubberized rack designed for jeeps. The stock's cup was bolted to the floorboard and the clamp for the barrel/forearm was bolted to the firewall. It work in today's cabbed tractors BUT you must remember to cover the muzzle with a sock or someother shoot through something to keep trash out.
These were screwed or bolted to the rear of the hood of non-cabbed tractors with the muzzle down at a 30 degree or so angle with the stitched edge up. The opening was not flapped and large enough for either a shotgun or a rifle and long enough to cover about half of the wrist. We used an air hose to blow accumlated trash out as necessary.
They lasted five or six years and were trouble free and protected the guns quite well whether plowing, shredding, or moving hay.
For the Cats we used a two piece vertical rubberized rack designed for jeeps. The stock's cup was bolted to the floorboard and the clamp for the barrel/forearm was bolted to the firewall. It work in today's cabbed tractors BUT you must remember to cover the muzzle with a sock or someother shoot through something to keep trash out.
Armyphotog
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Seems like enough people get killed in tractor accidents without adding guns to the mix.
doublesharp
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Oh yeah, that evil gun might just decide to hijack the tractor and run it off in the ditch. I expect Windjammer knows basic firearm safety. Properly handled, a rifle/shotgun is no more dangerous than a hammer.
cass
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I guess a lot depends on the size and configuration of the tractor. I carry a AK47 in mine, but it has the cab, and plenty of room on the floor behind the seat. I've seen a gun rack on the vertical leg of the roll bar on a John Deere, but it was shop made. That might be your only choice - you don't want anything there that would get in the way of the controls.
Mine mounts under the canopy. I have the type rack that fits under the cab roof of a truck. The velcro straps wouldn't hold on rough ground so I got some straps with buckles. If you don't have a roll bar make a bracket to bolt on the axle to fasten a scaboard. Larry
Gasman1972
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I second the gunboot idea. Those things are pretty awesome.
My best friend's son accidently shot and killed himself carrying a pistol while using a riding lawnmower. It was a single-action .22. He dropped it. It fell on the hammer. It discharged and shot him. He had the pistol to shoot snakes,.
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