rest 10 is adapted for use with a firearm to maintain stability during shooting thereby improving accuracy the gun rest 10 comprises a tripodal support 12 a locking threaded rod member 14 and a v shaped gun support member 16 see fig1 firearm 18 is positioned to aim toward the intended bullet impact site and gun rest 10 is positioned beneath a barrel 20 or forward stock portion to provide steadying support more specifically it will be noted that the gun rest 10 comprises a tripodal support 12 joined at a common through hole wherein a threaded rod member 14 is disposed and further locked in position by locking member 21 and furthermore a v shaped gun support member 16 terminates an end of threaded rod 14 see fig2 tripodal support 12 comprises three substantially identical leg members 22 of substantially identical form having foot members 24 disposed at one end thereof in use leg members 22 are evenly angularly disposed to form a symmetric tripod see fig3 and 4 threaded rod member 14 engages through hole 30 of leg members 22 and passes therethrough thereby providing pivotal joining unless locking member 20 is tightened locking member 20 comprises a wing nut threaded fastener acting cooperatively with a second threaded fastener 40 to lock the leg members 22 in position and to maintain a selected height of gun support member 16 in setup leg members 22.