Press fit gun cradle for firearm maintenance and repair

A gun cradle for temporarily and non-destructively retaining firearms for maintenance, repair or adjustments, said gun cradle comprising:

• a generally planar base having a top, an underside, a pair of opposed spaced-apart ends, a length, and a width, said base adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface;
• a pair of spaced apart stabilizers coupled to the underside of said base and extending generally perpendicularly relative to the length of said base for firmly and stably supporting said base upon said surface, said stabilizers having a predetermined length and said stabilizers spaced apart from one another a first preselected distance;
• a pair of rigid, spaced-apart, vertical sides extending perpendicularly upwardly from said base near opposite ends thereof, each of said sides comprising a bottom secured to said base, a top, and at least one firearm-receptive groove formed in said top, said sides spaced apart from one another at a second preselected distance;
• a permanent strap disposed upon said tops of each of said vertical sides, said strap lying within said grooves and forming a compliant, nondestructive surface to firmly brace said firearm when press-fitted into said grooves;
• a reservoir of selectively deployable leather straps associated with each side for shimming of said firearm to enable the firearm to be compressively and snugly frictioanlly fitted and yieldably retained within said grooves in cooperation with said first mentioned leather straps, each reservoir pivotally secured by a fastener in said side adjacent said firearm-receptive groove so that one or more of said additional straps may be rotated relative to said fastener for subsequent deployment in said groove to aid in shimming said firearm.

A gun work bench for temporarily and non-destructively retaining firearms for maintenance, repair or adjustments, said gun work bench comprising:

• a generally planar base having a top, an underside, a pair of opposed spaced-apart ends, a length, and a width, said base adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface;
• a pair of spaced apart, adjustable stabilizers coupled to the underside of said base and extending generally perpendicularly relative to the length of said base for firmly and stably supporting said base upon said surface, said stabilizers having a predetermined length and said stabilizers spaced apart from one another a first preselected distance;
• a pair of rigid, spaced-apart, vertical sides extending perpendicularly upwardly from said base near opposite ends thereof, each of said sides comprising a bottom secured to said base, a top, and at least one firearm-receptive groove formed in said top, said sides spaced apart from one another at a second preselected distance;
• wherein said first preselected distance is greater than said second preselected distance;
• a permanent strap disposed upon said tops of each of said vertical sides, said strap lying within said grooves and forming a compliant, nondestructive surface to firmly brace said firearm when press-fitted into said grooves;
• and,
• a reservoir of selectively deployable leather straps associated with each side for shimming of said firearm to enable the firearm to be compressively and snugly frictionally fitted and yieldably retained within said grooves in cooperation with said first mentioned leather straps, each reservoir pivotally secured by a fastener in said side adjacent said firearm-receptive groove so that one or more of said additional straps may be rotated relative to said fastener for subsequent deployment in said groove to aid in shimming said firearm.