How to Install Stock Steady

Choose a shooter’s vest, jacket, or other sturdy item of clothing to attach your Stock Steady to and put it on (you'll also need your gun). A T-Shirt is not recommended for use with this product. Hold your shotgun up into your "pocket" and have a 2nd person look down the barrel to make sure the gun is not canted (if alone, use a mirror). Once straight, using a Sharpie, have your assistant make a small mark on your vest just below the bottom of the stock. If the gun is slanted to one side or the other, make another small mark on the inside edge of where the stock sits.

Take off your vest and lay it out flat on a table. Lay Stock Steady flat side down against the vest where you’ve made the mark(s). Reach into the vest’s underside with one of the pins provided in your hand. If you generally use a pad insert or have a “pad pocket” sewn inside of your vest, pull the mesh away with your other hand so you can still use it. Now move your hand down to where one of the bottom holes of Stock Steady is. Now align the pin so that it can be pushed through the vest into the small hole in the device. Once through, repeat the same procedure for the other 3 pins, making sure the vest is completely flat. Once all 4 pins are in, make sure the vest material is flat and not rippled inside of the device as it must lay flat. If it's not flat, remove one pin at a time and replace until the vest is completely smooth.

Now that all 4 pins are installed, BEFORE RUBBER TIPS ARE APPLIED, use tin snips or cutters to snip off the pointed tip of each pin and enough of the pin until it’s only as long as the rubber tip’s height. After cutting the tips, now slip a rubber tip onto each pin, but do not allow the pin to come up through the top of the rubber tip. If it does, throw the rubber tip away, cut more off the pin and install a new tip. The reason the pins get cut before applying the tips is so that it’s harder to push the tip on and therefore also harder for it to fall off. It also alleviates having a sharp tip that could potentially scratch your gun.

You're ready to try it! Before heading to the line, hold the gun up again and make sure you have it in your spot or "pocket." If it's not exactly in place, now's the time to move it into the correct position for you. Don't worry, the pins can easily be moved, and we've provided you with 2 extra pins, just in case!

Shoot a few boxes of shells with Stock Steady in place. If you find it's in the perfect spot and you're shooting 25, you're in and you can now use a dab of the provided super glue under the rubber tip to ensure the tip doesn't come off. We have found the tips hold up very well, even when no glue is used, but after hundreds of shots, we do recommend a dab of glue, just to make sure.