Firearm sighting device
An improved long gun construction is provided. A gun is provided with a kisser device mounted to the butt stock; the kisser device having a flexible projection positioned to engage a portion of the shooter's head, e.g., a corner of the mouth, to assist the shooter in consistently positioning the head to better align the shooter's visual line of sight with the guns line of sight.
1. A long gun having a butt stock, the gun including
a barrel;
a receiver having the barrel mounted thereto;
a butt stock mounted to the receiver; and
a kisser device adhesively secured to the butt stock, said device having a base secured to the butt stock and a projection attached to the base, said projection having opposite end portions with one end portion being attached to the base and the other end portion being a free end and spaced outwardly of the base and butt stock and movable toward and away from the butt stock when engaging a shooter discharging the gun, wherein the projection being in the form of an arm having height and thickness with the height being larger than the thickness, said outward spacing being initially sufficient to have the free end engage a portion of the shooter's face before discharge of the firearm and wherein the projection being curved to bias the projection to bend inwardly about its attached end during recoil so its free end will pass by a shooter's mouth.
2. The gun of claim 1 wherein the kisser device being removably adhesively secured to the butt stock.
3. The gun of claim 1 wherein the height is at least 4 times the thickness.
4. The gun of claim 2 wherein the projection being in the form of an arm with opposite ends and having length in the range of between ½ inch and 1½ inches.
5. The gun of claim 4 wherein at least the arm having hardness, at least on its outer surface, of less than 90 Shore A.
6. The gun of claim 4 wherein the arm being positioned at an angle of between plus or minus 30° from normal to a line of sight of the gun and at an angle of between 15° and 40° from a central longitudinal plane of the butt stock.
7. A kisser device adapted for mounting on a butt stock of a long gun, said device including:
a base adapted for securement to a butt stock;
a projection attached to the base, said projection having opposite end portion with one end portion being attached to the base and the other end portion being a free end and spaced outwardly of the base and movable toward and away from the base when engaging a shooter discharging a gun to which the device is secured, said outward spacing being initially sufficient to have the free end engage a portion of a shooter's face before discharge of the firearm, said projection having an inner surface with a concave curvature and an outer surface with a convex curvature; and
instructions associated with the device and providing instructions on mounting the base to a butt stock.