Patent ID: 7188445

Claim:
A rest for steadying a handheld long gun during firing having a stock with a butt end and a barrel end, comprising: (a) a mounting means for mounting of the rest on a fixed surface; (b) a support means with ends, a first end of which is affixed to the mounting means and with a bearing means which provides a rotating portion on the support means at a second end on an upwardly oriented axis; (c) a frame with a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end cantilevered on the portion for rotation of the support means which is mounted at the distal end of the frame, the frame having a top side and a bottom side; (d) a proximal rest means for providing at least vertical and lateral support for the butt end of the gun on the proximal end of the frame; and (e) a distal rest means slidably mounted on the top side of the distal end of the frame for providing at least vertical and lateral support for the barrel end of the stock of the gun and allowing vertical adjustment by moving the rest means on the distal end of the frame towards or away from the proximal end and distal end of the frame, wherein a horizontal angle of a sighting line of the gun in the rest is changed by rotating the frame on the rotatable bearing of the support means.