Posted: 3/20/2009 12:58:53 PM EDT
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After a couple requests for pictures of my Cage mounted Rifle Rack I figured I would just post it to make it easier on me and everybody else. I did not do a step by step photo process (sorry), but then again not many rifles are identical in set up.
This is the Rifle in the Rack... It is a LMT Rifle Length MRP, 16" Barrel, LaRue LT-606 w/ Surefire 6P & Cree C2 290 lumen LED head and Classic Weapon Light Tape Switch. The scope is a Leupold Mark 4 MRT 1.5-5x20 Illum. SPR Recticle w/LaRue LT-698 Adjustment Lever mounted in ARMS #22 High Rings (will be soon replaced with LaRue LT-104. 
This is what the Rack Started out as. The one in this Picture is destine for the Trunk (maybe) to hold my Rock River. 
When I started I removed the Rack from the car and set it on my work bench, loosened the hardware and moved things around. I threw together a couple spacers to accommodate the scope height and a couple other brackets you will see further down. 
The Rack is mounted to the top of the cage. 
There are 2 bolt heads in the rear seat area, nothing that a prisoner can mess with or get injured on. 
This is a Pro Guard Rack and has a lot of adjustment. I removed the Action Cover, we do not carry with loaded chambers. I made several pieces to accommodate my rifle. The thing pictured here is a 1" strip of aluminum bent into a hook and covered with heavy duty heat shrink. 
The hook holds the Receiver Extension just behind the Receiver. The L Bracket it's mounted to is part of the Rack, it was just moved around to accommodate what I was doing. The L Bracket has a rubber cover on it and contacts the back of the charging handle, this prevents the Rifle from slide to the passenger side. 
The Delta Ring bracket was sanded down as not to damage my rail and I made a small block out of back Starboard to contact the front of the Magazine Well. 
When the Rack is closed the block prevents the rifle from sliding to he drivers side. 
Since I removed the Action Cover I made another bracket and Starboard block to prevent the rifle from rolling over. 
The block contacts the rear Scope Ring and keeps the rifle level in the Rack. 
It's really nothing more than laying things out and finding what works. I have made a few sacrifices though. I had to go to a longer railed upper to be able to mount the light and mount combo I wanted and I have not installed a Vertical Grip... Yet... I will be purchasing a LaRue QD VFG soon. It will either go forward of where the Clamp goes around the handguard and be moved back when the Rifle is pulled out (the beauty of QD Levers) or I will again modify the Rack to accommodate the VFG. |
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Cool. It looks like the bent aluminum bracket/ screw heads might have the potential to mar your buffer tube pretty badly. Might want to tape up around it and sponge on a few coats of truck bed liner? It's been riding in there for almost a year now, the screws don't contact the buffer tube at all. |
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Does the sling ever strangle passengers? No, well not that I will admit to on a public forum.... 
Seriously, I am a previous FTO so I had a lot of seat time in the passenger seat. It never bothered or interfered with me or the trainees. In that case, cool. |