"I wish they made a ______?"

[TexasTightwad]

I would love to start a business in in the firearms/hunting industry, but I need some ideas for products. I figured with all the combined experience on here, surely we can come up with something good. So have you been out shooting and thought "I wish somebody made a ________?" Let me know! Any improvements to products already out there? I want to make it happen! So tell me what you think the shooting world could use.

 

[1J04]

Only after the papers are signed guaranteeing my customary 33 1/3.

 

[Veer_G]

Tree-stand mountable Fleshlight® in Mossy Oak.

 

[Redmanss]

You're not the first to sign up and try to crowdsource ideas for free so you can make a buck. Those in the past didn't fare all that well.

If a product was out there and needed improvement, I would go to that manufacturer with my idea. The original product is their design, their intellectual property, their life's work. I think I'd give them first stab at it.

 

[GrandpaDeadLegs]

Your standard $500 predator call has very little actual value other than the batteries and the recordings of various noises they may claim copyright on or whatever... Make those from a pair of $10 single board computers and you are in business. A raspberry pi could track a million encounters or "foxdata" as they call it I think and you could network together many speakers to one call unit and really simulate a rival pack or a group of birds. Also then since a cool guy designed it, the unit can be used as a party DJ system, etc... in it's downtime to lure in a different type of snipe.

I get half of your profits, everyone here is my witness.

 

[FS1]

Develop a target that attracts bullets. Hit the x ring every shot. You'll be rich beyond the dreams of Midas.

 

[QuickNDirty]

I would love to start a business in in the firearms/hunting industry, but I need some ideas for products. I figured with all the combined experience on here, surely we can come up with something good. So have you been out shooting and thought "I wish somebody made a ________?" Let me know! Any improvements to products already out there? I want to make it happen! So tell me what you think the shooting world could use.

Who the fuck wants to start a firearms/hunting business but can't think of product ideas? Do you even hunt, bro?

Seriously, though.. I've got ideas for days, and even some prototypes. When I finally manage to figure out how to make money without working all-the-goddamn-time on non-hunting related shit such that I can have a job and also work my on my business, that's precisely what I intend to do.

Every goddamn one of my product videos is gonna be filmed in absolute shit weather, too. I mean fuckin' pouring ass rain in the cold, so bad you can't even see the product or hear what I'm saying. You'll just know it's good cuz it seems to be working in spite of inclement weather.


here's a freebee though, just cuz I want one today. Make one of those rat tail flapper things for working predators that is less than $15 dollars. Fuckin $70 for an h-bridge, a motor, a timer, some gates, a plastic housing, a piece of fiberglass attached to the motor, and a goddamn piece of felt cloth glued to the fiberglass. My fuckin' ass.

 

[Veer_G]

Is it possible? Two "PoopGnocchi" newbies in one week? Huzzah, boys, huzzah!

 

[W54/XM-388]

I'd suggest that while asking around "What would you like?" is an idea, more than likely it won't net you anything special that somebody else is not making already.

My suggestion would be to dive into the shooting sports personally, spend the time and money to get good rigs like the majority that you want to sell to are running, have similar equipment, go shoot the same competitions, do some of the hunting, target shooting and such, then see what you think from first hand experience can be made better / easier & would improve your shooting & the shooting of those you shoot with / compete against.

What you want is to come up with some new useful thing that people aren't already thinking of & first hand experience with the need for it, is irreplaceable.

 

[Alphatreedog]

How bout an air conditioned ghillie suit ? Gps deer corn ? Robotic baby bunnies for yotes . Heat generating suck-o-matic robotic hookers for the duck blind . In grassland camo of course . With coffe dispenser . I leave anything out ?

 

[mdmp5]

How about an engine that runs on garbage like from back to the future

 

[Alphatreedog]

How bout a cure for liberals ?

 

[mdmp5]

How bout a cure for liberals ?

cyanide capsules. already been invented

 

[TheGerman]

For me, the obvious answer is, a Magnum sized fleshlight.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

So either we are replying to Steven Curtis Chapman or this guy has a man crush on Steven. The avatar pic is from Stevens' record label promotions.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[Alphatreedog]

How bout a def mute , toofless sandwich maker .

 

[Bender]

I want a gun barrel that will shoot 3200 fps and never wear out. And will do it off 5g of whatever powder I have. You pick caliber.

 

[EddieNFL]

Bullet deflector that attaches to Serpa holsters.

 

[THEIS]

A non AD/ND adapter for FBI to utilize on their Glocks.

 

[supercorndogs]

I want a gun barrel that will shoot 3200 fps and never wear out. And will do it off 5g of whatever powder I have. You pick caliber.

I fucking want it. unless Glock makes it...

 

[TexasTightwad]

I actually didn't join to crowdsource ideas. I joined to buy a rifle and scope, learn, and get into competition. I've been doing a ton of reading on here over the last few days and it got me thinking. But yes, I am asking for ideas for a business, and I'm not trying to be sneaky about it. If you have an idea that you would like to share, thanks. If not, that's fine too. There's no reason to put me down for asking.

The idea about a raspberry pi predator call is not a bad one. I have a tiny bit of experience with arduino. I am a machinist, so making stuff out of metal is what comes naturally. I am interested in making muzzle brakes, but like one poster said, I do need to get more first hand experience.

And Theis, it's a man-crush. Steven Curtis Chapman is my hero!

 

[TheGerman]

How bout an air conditioned ghillie suit ? Gps deer corn ? Robotic baby bunnies for yotes . Heat generating suck-o-matic robotic hookers for the duck blind . In grassland camo of course . With coffe dispenser . I leave anything out ?

 

[Bender]

Invent a thicker skin jacket people can put on before they log on to the interwebz....

You could be a billionaire.

 

[EddieNFL]

it's called hazing. You wanted in.

 

[Bender]

Invent a thicker skin jacket people can put on before they log on to the interwebz....

You could be a billionaire.

Fuck me.... I’m brutal...

 

[W54/XM-388]

I want a gun barrel that will shoot 3200 fps and never wear out. You pick caliber.

You could actually make a barrel kind of like that if you went Cobalt or high Cobalt alloy.
The problem is of course that while DARPA has made some of them, so far it's not possible to produce them economically.

 

[Bender]

You could actually make a barrel kind of like that if you went Cobalt or high Cobalt alloy.
The problem is of course that while DARPA has made some of them, so far it's not possible to produce them economically.

How about iconel? They make rocketstuff out of it?

 

[Redmanss]

Get experience and with your own ingenuity and cooperation with other shooters, you'll get ideas, create prototypes and improve upon them, build a product line, make money. It's been done before, many times by other shooters, and more than a few of the best manufacturers on here started out as a newb with kind of a clue and nothing else. Kasey from Accushot is one of my favorite stories where someone took an idea and created an awesome product from scratch.

We're just not going to give away our own ideas for free to someone brand new with zero known credentials. There is no way you cannot understand that reasoning.

 

[Ric O'shay]

I would like to join the "Bond Gadget of the Month Club" The x-ray glasses and car mounted missile launcher are of particular interest.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Get experience and with your own ingenuity and cooperation with other shooters, you'll get ideas, create prototypes and improve upon them, build a product line, make money. It's been done before, many times by other shooters, and more than a few of the best manufacturers on here started out as a newb with kind of a clue and nothing else. Kasey from Accushot is one of my favorite stories where someone took an idea and created an awesome product from scratch.

We're just not going to give away our own ideas for free to someone brand new with zero known credentials. There is no way you cannot understand that reasoning.

Yeah . We're not gonna tell you about self lubricating furry palmed gloves that bleet like sheep , so there .

 

[Bender]

Yeah . We're not gonna tell you about self lubricating furry palmed gloves that bleet like sheep , so there .

Just ask @Nik H about putting his head in a fence here in Wyoming.....

 

[Alphatreedog]

Just ask @Nik H about putting his head in a fence here in Wyoming.....

Splain it to me mang .

 

[Bender]

@Nik H and I are driving through the countryside and come around a corner to find a rancher going to town on a sheep who got its head stuck in the fence, we stopped in amazement and the rancher turned around and shouted over to us,

“ hey guys do you want to give this a try? “

NikH replied Hell yes! And then hopped out of the truck and ran over and stuck his head in the fence....

 

[QuickNDirty]

Besides, if what was said in this thread bothered you even a little bit, just imagine how much it's gonna bother you when dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of people are calling to complain about how shit your product is, even if it's their own dumbass fault it doesn't work.

Not to mention the fraud, tire-kickers, the inevitable chinese knockoff, and legitimate competition always trying to one-up you on something.

Running a business ain't easy. Manufacturing businesses, especially. Logistics, resource planning, QA, R&D, etc. What a fucking headache for one dude to make work.

 

[Maggot]

@Nik H and I are driving through the countryside and come around a corner to find a rancher going to town on a sheep who got its head stuck in the fence, we stopped in amazement and the rancher turned around and shouted over to us,

“ hey guys do you want to give this a try? “

NikH replied Hell yes! And then hopped out of the truck and ran over and stuck his head in the fence....

OUCH!

 

[TexasTightwad]

Get experience and with your own ingenuity and cooperation with other shooters, you'll get ideas, create prototypes and improve upon them, build a product line, make money. It's been done before, many times by other shooters, and more than a few of the best manufacturers on here started out as a newb with kind of a clue and nothing else. Kasey from Accushot is one of my favorite stories where someone took an idea and created an awesome product from scratch.

We're just not going to give away our own ideas for free to someone brand new with zero known credentials. There is no way you cannot understand that reasoning.

Yeah, I understand if you want to keep an idea to yourself. I was just looking for ideas from those who do want to share.

 

[Nik H]

@Nik H and I are driving through the countryside and come around a corner to find a rancher going to town on a sheep who got its head stuck in the fence, we stopped in amazement and the rancher turned around and shouted over to us,

“ hey guys do you want to give this a try? “

NikH replied Hell yes! And then hopped out of the truck and ran over and stuck his head in the fence....

You need some new jokes since you used this a while ago...

I liked your old avatar better

 

[Bender]

You need some new jokes since you used this a while ago...

I liked your old avatar better

Yeah... but some missed it... I used you again for consistency... lol

 

[Sean the Nailer]

You need some new jokes since you used this a while ago...

I liked your old avatar better

The rest of us were starting to see a pattern there...... but I'm not going to ask if he was jealous of the spot, or nothin'.

 

[Veer_G]

Yeah... but some missed it... I used you again for consistency... lol

I do that with oat bran in my diet.

 

[Waorani]

I wish they made a Cherry 2000.

 

[...]

1) bolt action AR15 upper

2) a C96 mauser with a K-frame grip

3) a steel 1-piece body 10X magnification scope with a mil-reticle

4) a straight trigger shoe for S&W revolvers

5) a Keltec sub2000 that doesnt feel like a Nerf gun

6) a Gas piston AR15 in 7.62x39 that takes AK mags.......or essentially a Gas piston CMMG Mutant

7) Imitation Ivory that actually looks like real ivory


i dont care who the fuck makes it.....im not going to, ive got enough on my plate.....i just want that shit.

 

[QuickNDirty]

Yeah, I understand if you want to keep an idea to yourself. I was just looking for ideas from those who do want to share.

Make a nice unipole seat that is comfortable to carry and does well enough as a seat on uneven terrain consisting of some rocks and dirt.

Kinda like a wobble chair for adults with guns and a need to be quiet, comfortable, and stable for long periods of time.

Regular chairs of any type suck balls for setting up a shooting position on the side of a steep incline, and most are a bitch to finagle through the brush, too.

Adjustable legs take too much time and effort to setup, and you have to re-adjust often if you're on soft ground. Non-adjustable legs just don't work at all. If you could make do with only one leg to fuck wtih, I'd pay $39.99 for that SOB.

 

[500grains]

I would love to start a business in in the firearms/hunting industry, but I need some ideas for products. I figured with all the combined experience on here, surely we can come up with something good. So have you been out shooting and thought "I wish somebody made a ________?" Let me know! Any improvements to products already out there? I want to make it happen! So tell me what you think the shooting world could use.

Good luck.

 

[W54/XM-388]

1) bolt action AR15 upper.
.

Wouldn't that basically be a Tubb 2000 rifle?

 

[Snipe260]

I want a secret squirrel sniper rifle that been in 12 wars in 16 continents! Signed by papa rock himself!

 

[Rthur]

How bout a def mute , toofless sandwich maker .

You forgot green eyed large breasted asian.

R

 

[...]

Wouldn't that basically be a Tubb 2000 rifle?

in form, yes....but not in function

 

[Rthur]

in form, yes....but not in function

Turn off gas block add side charging handle.
Spring loaded bolt action.

R

 

[johnnycat]

I definitely need velcro boots. That should give me an advantage in PRS matches over everyone in lace up boots. I'm having to put up with sneakers now and I could use the extra height.

Oh - and it needs to be able to take a spit-shine.