Patent ID: 8109028

Claim:
A gun mount for use in firing and sighting-in long guns comprising a base having legs adapted to rest on a support surface and a bottom pivot plate fixed to and above the said legs; a gun holder including a central pivot plate having a flat bottom face overlying a flat top face of said bottom pivot plate; a pivot shaft extending through both said pivot plates, whereby said central plate turns about said pivot shaft, on said bottom pivot plate; a pair of spaced apart upstanding plates facing one another and fixed to an upper face of said central pivot plate; a support arm having a straight central portion extending between said pair of spaced apart upstanding plates, a front portion having a gun barrel support thereon extending upwardly said front portion and a rear portion having a gun stock support thereon extending upwardly from said rear portion; a pivot bolt extending through said upstanding plates and said central portion of said support arm whereby said support arm will pivot in a vertical plane between said upstanding plates; a spring between said support arm and a top rear surface of said central plate to bias said support arm above central plate; and a vertical adjustment bolt threaded through said support arm, said vertical adjustment bolt having a knob fixed to the top thereof and a foot on the bottom thereof, said foot engaging a top front surface of said central plate whereby turning of said knob pivots said front portion of said support arm up or down in a vertical plane.