Patent ID: 8006426

Claim:
What is claimed is a shooting rest apparatus for securing the forestock of a rifle or smoothbore firearm, the apparatus comprising: a T-shaped support base having a front and a rear; three spaced apart support base height adjustments, each disposed in an outward position on the support base, two support base height adjustments proximal to the front and one proximal to the rear of the support base; a horizontal adjustment plate pivotally attached to the support base, the plate having a front and a rear coincidental with the front and rear of the support base; means for selectively securing the pivotal attachment of the horizontal adjustment plate to the support base; a horizontal adjustment vertical attached to the front of the horizontal adjustment plate; a handle vertically attached to the horizontal adjustment vertical; a vertical adjustment base having a first end and a second end, the first end hingedly attached to the horizontal adjustment vertical; a cylinder affixed to a top of the rear of the horizontal adjustment plate; a compression spring within the cylinder; a rod slideably contained within the cylinder and atop the compression spring, the rod supporting the second end of the vertical adjustment base; means for selectively locating the rod within the cylinder; a vice attached to a top of the vertical adjustment base, the vice for selectively securing the forestock of the rifle.