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EricW
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I've been working with a local guy in my home town named Casey that ran into waist deep water, did a quick dive to cool off and hit a rock head on last May. His injury resulted in spinal cord damage at C4 - C5. Casey is a "high quad" which means he has limited use of limbs below that C4 point in his neck. Through tons of hard work and rehab Casey has become a master at operating his "sip & puff" wheel chair ad having as much mobility as possible.
Prior to his accident Casey was an active 20 year old outdoorsman that participated in every sport and activity you could imagine. His goal is to get back to having as much outdoor experience as possible.
As I heard and read of Casey's story I made a few contacts to see what kind of technology was available for folks like Casey out there. I got some great leads through the NRA's disabled shooters spokeswoman. I followed up on a shooting device currently being produced by BE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMNT LLC. I ordered the HQ 100 shooting system and the SCS Scope Camera System. Brian at Be Adaptive was great to work with and makes a great product. It took about 20 minutes to have this thing set up on a table in my shop. 10 more minutes and we were shooting a compressed air pellet gun with it.
The way it works is there is a plate that sits under the cushion of Casey's chair. That plate has a round receiver that accepts the shooting system vertically. It is a quick in quick out way to mount the system and also take it out for travel with the twist of a lock knob. Once in, the mechanisms are powered with 12 volt from Casey's chair batterys. The butt of the gun sits in a padded vise clamp at the rear and a velcro strapped V cradle in the front. Everything about this system is totally adjustable on locking slides. The windage and elevation are operated by a padded chin joystick and the trigger is operated by just a slight sip on a tube. Windage and elevation up and down are individually speed controlled by reastat knobs mounted to the system. You can speed it up for tracking and turn it down for fine tuning. The scope camers uses a set of elevated scope rings to mount the camera/monitor to the top of the scope. The camera rotates into position to look down the scope while the shooter looks at the LCD screen and sees both the cross hairs and the target. The camera has focus on it for fine tuning. The trigger mechanism slides forward and back and rotates into place about 3/8" in front of the trigger with a locking knob.
All in all from the time we unload Casey from the van, he is shooting in 5 minutes. This product is a wonderful opportunity for those that are wishing to get back behind a gun. Brian at Be Adaptive has been great. I also got some great leads on Vans/Lifts and other great products that our own Yammamauler markets. Thanks Lee, I will be following up as soon as things slow down a bit.
Just wanted to post this for any of you who know someone who might benefit from this type of equipment, it works great and opened up a whole new world for my friend Casey. On his first trip out he got a dozen or so ground squirrels shooting about 75% accuracy. The landowner/farmer was happy for the pest control. Feel free to post or PM me if you have any other suggestions for high quad opportunities or products.
My next project is possibly a modified Polaris Ranger to accept a chair, and a pontoon boat for some time on the water this summer. I'd love to hear any ideas or stories of stuff that works for these folks. Have a good one. EW
Prior to his accident Casey was an active 20 year old outdoorsman that participated in every sport and activity you could imagine. His goal is to get back to having as much outdoor experience as possible.
As I heard and read of Casey's story I made a few contacts to see what kind of technology was available for folks like Casey out there. I got some great leads through the NRA's disabled shooters spokeswoman. I followed up on a shooting device currently being produced by BE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMNT LLC. I ordered the HQ 100 shooting system and the SCS Scope Camera System. Brian at Be Adaptive was great to work with and makes a great product. It took about 20 minutes to have this thing set up on a table in my shop. 10 more minutes and we were shooting a compressed air pellet gun with it.
The way it works is there is a plate that sits under the cushion of Casey's chair. That plate has a round receiver that accepts the shooting system vertically. It is a quick in quick out way to mount the system and also take it out for travel with the twist of a lock knob. Once in, the mechanisms are powered with 12 volt from Casey's chair batterys. The butt of the gun sits in a padded vise clamp at the rear and a velcro strapped V cradle in the front. Everything about this system is totally adjustable on locking slides. The windage and elevation are operated by a padded chin joystick and the trigger is operated by just a slight sip on a tube. Windage and elevation up and down are individually speed controlled by reastat knobs mounted to the system. You can speed it up for tracking and turn it down for fine tuning. The scope camers uses a set of elevated scope rings to mount the camera/monitor to the top of the scope. The camera rotates into position to look down the scope while the shooter looks at the LCD screen and sees both the cross hairs and the target. The camera has focus on it for fine tuning. The trigger mechanism slides forward and back and rotates into place about 3/8" in front of the trigger with a locking knob.
All in all from the time we unload Casey from the van, he is shooting in 5 minutes. This product is a wonderful opportunity for those that are wishing to get back behind a gun. Brian at Be Adaptive has been great. I also got some great leads on Vans/Lifts and other great products that our own Yammamauler markets. Thanks Lee, I will be following up as soon as things slow down a bit.
Just wanted to post this for any of you who know someone who might benefit from this type of equipment, it works great and opened up a whole new world for my friend Casey. On his first trip out he got a dozen or so ground squirrels shooting about 75% accuracy. The landowner/farmer was happy for the pest control. Feel free to post or PM me if you have any other suggestions for high quad opportunities or products.
My next project is possibly a modified Polaris Ranger to accept a chair, and a pontoon boat for some time on the water this summer. I'd love to hear any ideas or stories of stuff that works for these folks. Have a good one. EW
