Hand gun shoulder-supported shooting platform
A handgun shoulder support platform includes a shoulder support stably supporting a handgun to a shooter's shoulder when shooting the handgun, thus providing greatly improved shot accuracy. The support is preferably made of an elongated strip of metal with a rear section shaped to engage the shooter's shoulder and a front section, and a grip-engaging bracket (“perch”) on the front section shaped to matably engage a grip of the handgun. The bracket is vertically open and shaped to engage and stably support a grip of the handgun without the use of mechanical fasteners. Multiple removable brackets can be provided for receiving differently shaped handgun grips.
1. A handgun shoulder-supported platform for stably supporting a handgun to a shooter's shoulder when shooting the handgun, comprising:
a shoulder-to-gun support made of at least one elongated strip of metal of a first constant cross section with a rear section shaped to engage the shooter's shoulder and having a front section with a forwardly-extending first tab; and
a grip-engaging bracket with a rearwardly-extending second tab engaging the first tab of the front section the first and second tabs each having a same cross section as the first constant cross section;
one of the support and bracket including a tube forming a socket shaped to receive the first and second tabs and hold them in an abutting juxtaposed position;
the bracket including an upwardly-open pocket-forming cup-shaped member shaped to matably releasably engage a grip of the handgun while the shooter's hand simultaneously holds both the bracket and the grip in the bracket.
2. The platform in claim 1 , wherein the at least one elongated strip includes a single continuous strip forming the front and rear sections.
3. The platform in claim 1 , wherein the at least one elongated strip includes a first strip forming the front section and a rear strip forming the rear section, the first and second strips including adjacent end flanges pivoted together so that the support is foldable to a collapsed storage position and unfoldable to an extended use position.
4. The platform in claim 1 , wherein the support and bracket include connecting structure forming a fastenerless releasable connection.
5. The platform in claim 1 , wherein the support and bracket include a tab and mating socket forming a frictional bayonet-simulating connection.
6. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the cup-shaped member includes a bottom wall, side walls, and rear wall that define a cup-shape that is vertically open and shaped to engage and stably support a grip of the handgun without the use of mechanical fasteners, the side walls extending above the rear wall to define an opening above the rear wall that non-inteferferingly exposes a grip-supported pam safety on the handgun, the bottom wall including a slot to non-interferingly receive a downwardly-extending loop on the handgun's grip.