Gopro on a rifle

[adamsredlines]

Alrighty....need some advice. Has anybody set up a gopro on their rifle....with some sort of zoom to be able to see what you're shooting? I'd love to be able to set mine up to video the prairie dog hunt in May but with the way they come there's no zoom. I found a small magnifier (2x or 4x) which isnt enough to really see what you're doing in the video. Anybody got advice?
I'm not expecting to be able to zoom completely in at the ones at 500 yards....but say out to 250 yards would be nice.

 

[Eagle Eye]

My students often use their phones to take pictures through microscopes. I would imagine that you could have the gopro "look through" a spotting scope or rifle scope.

 

[dennishoddy]

Most of the time if you have a camera attached to a rifle, you never see the results of the shot. The recoil and movement of the camera just becomes a blur at the shot. Buddy tried to mount his bow video camera to his rifle. Didn't work well.
If one had a brake on the gun, it would help.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Set it up on a spotting scope.

 

[adamsredlines]

I dont think recoil will be an issue...I shoot 17wsm and watch them pop through the scope so I'd assume you would see that through the camera if you could get it set up inline.
I found one adapter thats wicked cool...but cost over a grand. Maybe somebody mades a knockoff...it seems ideal.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...tp_o_de_gs90_100_deadeye_gunscope_90_100.html

 

[adamsredlines]

Man something made a little nicer than this...but the concept is simple and seems to work.

http://www.shapeways.com/product/SSS7BN4SY/gopro-scopecam-mount

 

[dennishoddy]

Oh yeah, .17WSM won't be a problem.

 

[Eagle Eye]

Does that solve your magnification problems though?

 

[adamsredlines]

If the camera is on the back of the scope, why would the scopes magnification not be seen through the camera?

 

[Eagle Eye]

My question is, can you see through the scope with the camera mounted to it?