Gun rest cradle

A gun rest cradle adapted for support about the waist of a wearer, said cradle comprising a substantially rectangular central rigid plate member, a pliable dorsal strap, fastening means at each end of said strap, a pair of substantially U-shaped hook members, means for removably mounting said hook members on said plate member for receiving a stock of a gun in said hook members for supporting said gun at two separated engagement locations along the length of said gun stock, said detachable fastening means comprising a buckle fastened to an end of said plate member and means at the corresponding end of said strap for connection with the buckle, said means for removably mounting said hook members on said plate member comprising a pair of spaced apart gusset members affixed in substantially parallel relationship to said plate member proximate each end thereof, each of said gusset members being in the form of an elongated open U-shaped channel having a substantially flat bottom section and a pair of substantially parallel wall portions each provided with an outwardly extending flange portion for fastening to said plate member wherein one end of said dorsal strap is sandwiched between one of said flange portions and said plate member, said U-shaped hook members each being made of a substantially rigid strip of metal bent over in a generally U-shaped configuration defining a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel sidewalls joined together by a curvilinear section across one longitudinal end of each sidewall and wherein one of said sidewalls includes an integral projecting portion at its other longitudinal end bent substantially at 180.degree. relative to said sidewall and adapted for hooking engagement over either of the open ends of said gusset members by inserting the projecting portion into the U-shaped channel of said gusset members wherein the longitudinal length of said U-shaped channel of said gusset members is at least as long as the longitudinal length of said projecting portion thereby preventing rotation of said hook members in said gusset members, whereby said hook members can be removably mounted in either end of said gusset members and whereby different sized hook members are attachable to said gusset members to accommodate different sized guns, the other sidewall of said hook members having an end portion bent at a diverging angle for facilitating the introduction of said gun stock between said sidewalls and wherein said U-shaped hook members are provided with a resilient and soft surface covering at the area in engagement with said gun stock so as to protect said gun stock when said gun is mounted in said gun rest cradle.