Body-Mounted "Gun Rest"

Body-Mounted "Gun Rest" FARM HOME recreation 29-3-35 "It holds your rifle or shotgun nice and steady in the shouldered position for long periods of time, greatly reducing fatigue. It might also make you a better shot," says Larry Fargo, Toolite Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio, about his company's new body-mounted gun rest which can also be used with hand guns. The "Steady Aim" fastens to your belt and comes with a shoulder strap that supports the butt of the gun to keep it from sliding down. A telescoping metal rod connects to the buckle plate which is attached to your belt. The rod has a soft neoprene-coated yoke that supports your gun's stock. You put the shoulder strap over your head and under your arm pit, then snap the shoulder strap onto a hook on the rod. By adjusting a thumb screw, you can adjust the length of the rod in 1/2-in. increments to set the gun's height. The yoke is wide enough to accommodate the stocks of most guns. "It provides tripod-like stability, yet gives you full mobility at the same time," says Fargo. "A big advantage is that it minimizes movement so you don't scare away game. "Turkey hunters like it because they often have to sit very still for long periods of time. Turkeys have keen eyesight and the least little movement will cause them to take off. With the Steady Aim you can sit there with the gun up in position ready to fire when a turkey comes into view. It even allows you to hold a box call and work it at the same time with very little movement. When the turkey comes into view, you just slide your hand back over the trigger and squeeze it. "We don't tell people to take their hands off the gun. However, the gun is held by the yoke out in front and the strap in back so it's not going anywhere," says Fargo. He says the gun rest was invented by a young man who lost an arm in a motorcycle accident. He wanted to continue hunting, but with one arm it was very difficult so he and his dad came up with the idea of a body-mounted gun rest. "He used the gun rest for years, and every year he got a deer," says Fargo. "One day he shot a deer at a tremendous distance, and his friends started asking him to make them for him." Sells for $58 plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Toolite Inc., 998 Stevenson Road, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 (ph 800 833-2495; email: fargo@toolite.com; website: www.t oolite.com).

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