Frugal Fail? Prop Rifle Recoil Simulator
For my upcoming thesis film, Collection Day, there is some gunplay involved. One scene features a shootout involving an assault rifle and I wanted to add some realism to this scene. Though I won't be using blanks (I don't want the danger or the noise), I still wanted more from the rifle than just the "actor shakes the prop" effect.
To attempt this effect, I first tried installing a vibrating motor into a smaller prop gun as a test. The above video shows this attempt, which was only sort of successful. In my opinion, the gun doesn't vibrate enough and this lends to problems when I try it on a heavier, full scale G36c replica.
I would still like to pull this off, but need some suggestions. Any ideas?
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I think the worst part is that you'd need something kinda strong to actually make some sort of effect.
I remember I had this BB gun ages ago which would give some sort of feedback (can't even call it recoil) when you shot... it indeed had something that would go up and down the body instead of a rotating motor.
Now, if it was a one shot-recharge thing this could be accomplished with a spring and something heavy alone, but since it's semi-auto or full-auto, makes the whole thing a bit harder...
The firing a rifle is bursts where the force is pushing the muzzle up and back, why you do short burts so you can stay on target.
There really is no easy cheap way to simulate recoil. You might actually have something with the spinning weight.