Shooting rest and use of a shooting rest for supporting a firearm at a fore-end to a substantially vertical external support body

A shooting rest comprising:

• a body defining a centre line parallel to a first main direction of the body,
• wherein the first main direction is adapted to be aligned with a direction of a barrel of a firearm when the shooting rest is fastened to a fore-end of the firearm,
• and wherein the body, in the lateral direction, defines a second main direction transverse to the first main direction,
• wherein the first main direction and the second main direction define a lateral plane,
• at least one supporting element which is fastened to the body movably at a fastening point, wherein said at least one supporting element comprises an arm and a pointed tip at an end of the arm at a distance from said fastening point;
• and wherein
• each of said at least one supporting element is arrangeable in at least a first position and a second position so that:
• in the first position, the pointed tip is, in the second main direction, spaced from the centre line of the body by a distance of at least one half of the width of the body in a direction parallel to the second main direction, and a projection of the pointed tip on said lateral plane forms a first angle to the second main direction, the first angle being greater than zero and opening in the direction of the centre line of the body;
• the pointed tip of said at least one supporting element arranged in the first position is below said lateral plane;
• the pointed tip is adapted to stick to an external support body, such as a tree trunk or a wall of a building, by exerting a force on the shooting rest in a direction parallel to the first main direction when said at least one supporting element is arranged in the first position and in contact with the external support body;
• and each of said at least one supporting element is lockable in at least the first position.