Shooting rest adapted for mimicking hand-held shooting

摘要

An apparatus for supporting a firearm having a forestock and a stock, the apparatus including at least two supports, each having an upper end portion and a lower end portion that is opposingly disposed from the upper end portion. A first and second support is configured to be removably attached at their respective upper end portion to the forestock and stock, respectively, of the firearm. Further disclosed is a base including at least one support receiver configured for removably engaging one of the first or second support at its lower end portion. Upon firing the firearm, recoil occurs without restriction as the removably engaged support disengages from the at least one support receiver and the firearm is returnable to the position prior to the firing of the firearm.

主权项

1. An apparatus for supporting a firearm having a forestock, a stock and a central axis while allowing a recoil of the firearm to not be restricted and the firearm to be repeatably returned to the position the firearm was supported prior to the recoil, said apparatus comprising at least two supports, each having an upper end portion and a lower end portion that is opposingly disposed from said upper end portion, a base having a top surface having a profile, said base comprising at least one support receiver configured for removably engaging a support of said at least two supports at its lower end portion, wherein a first one of said at least two supports is configured to be removably coupled at its upper end portion to the forestock of the firearm and a second one of said at least two supports is configured to be removably coupled at its upper end portion to the stock of the firearm and said at least one support receiver comprises a channel having a width and a longitudinal axis, said channel is disposed on said top surface and said lower end portion of at least one of said at least two supports comprises a rounded structure configured to be removably supported in said channel, said rounded structure having a diameter that is larger than said width of said channel, wherein said channel is disposed such that said longitudinal axis of said channel is disposed substantially at right angle to the central axis of the firearm when each of said at least two supports is removably coupled to the firearm and said rounded structure of said at least one of said at least two supports is removably supported on said channel and whereby upon firing of the firearm, recoil occurs without restriction as one of said at least two supports disengages from said at least one support receiver and slides according to said profile of said top surface and the firearm is returnable to the position prior to the firing of the firearm by re-engaging said support of said at least two supports with said at least one support receiver.