Gunsmithing Rifle vise

[MR308W]

Hello,

I'm looking for a good rifle vise/bench to clean my guns, install scopes, lapping scope mounts etc...

I came across the Tipton best gun vise, is it any good or do you got suggest better options around that pricepoint?

Thanks in advance.

 

[RTH1800]

A pattern makers vice is great if you can find one.

 

[sam4886]

Grizzly and stewmac make them. Called a pattern makers vise or guitar makers vise.

I've got the Tipton, it works fine for cleaning but isn't stable enough to lap rings or anything like that. I just put the grizzly pattern makers vise on my bench but haven't got a chance to use it yet.

 

[pmclaine]

I use a Tiptons Best Gun vice for most of my work/general cleaning.

I got one of these for the heavier work I want to do...

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It gets crushed in reviews but mine has served me well.

I mounted it to an aluminum plate and will secure it to t-track on my workbench when needed.

Brownells carries a nice assortment of jaw accessories to suit whatever amount of protection your work requires.

 

[LoneWolf_052713]

I mount it in my tripod. It's multi purpose!

 

[parshal]

Berry's VersaCradle is very nice.

 

[sixlomaz]

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Modified attachment by removing the vacuum system and replacing it with 3 solid screws in a heavy base.

 

[MR308W]

OK, at the moment i don't have a working bench that is why i opt for something i can easily put down like the Tipton best gun vise. Maybe I start with something like that or simular for my gun cleaning and the moment i got myself a working bench and add a pattern makers vise than.

The berry's versa cradle looks good but is 3 times the price of the Tipton over here ?

 

[parshal]

I also have one similar to the above. I made soft jaws out of wood that easily screw in the provided holes. It's quite a bit more spendy than $16 one above!

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/...55f669702d2f2f0013a4,5764580569702d2f2f001456

 

[Mr.Kirk]

The tipton cradle works. You’ll need a level surface, and will be wedging rags and other shit in to get the weapon level. Like the tripod, it’s nice that it may allow you to point the rifle at a plum level or edge of building to set scope level when your vice may not allow it.

 

[Brasscow]

SATURN PRODUCTS SCG AR-15/M16 ACCU-GRIP BARREL VISE JAWS | Brownells

Massive aluminum jaws lined with space age polyurethane elastomer grip tight and prevent marring on AR-15/M16 barrels. Two grooves fit standard and heavy barrel contours. SPECS: Machined aluminum with permanently bonded green polyurethane elastome...

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Put in a normal vise and voila. I even change my barrels out using it... 100 lb-ft torque on and quite a bit more to come off. It holds my rifles to clean, build, mount scopes, etc.

 

[Flatwater77]

I know this thread is a bit old but I stumbled on a pretty good solution. After fighting skidding, tipping gun vises I bought a Shop Fox Parrot vise for about $50 and bolted it to a square piece of plywood that I just camp to the edge of my work bench. The vise flips so the jaws can orient both vertical and horizontal and it pivots freely until you tighten it down. That makes it really easy to work at a virility of angles. I stick adhesive-backed cork board to the jaws to keep from marring stock or receiver finish. I think it is a good compromise between the stability of a fixed vise and the mobility of one of the gun vises.

 

[Mr.Kirk]

Brownells version

 

[Flatwater77]

Nice! Did you fabricate the jaw pads? They look really slick.

 

[pmclaine]

Brownells sells the jaw pads

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These leather pads are handy too....

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Heavy, top-quality cowhide leather pads, the old standby to use on vise jaws when working with gun parts or other items you don't want to mar. Glue to vise jaws, or use as separate pad. SPECS: 4' (10.2cm) x 6-?' (16.5cm), 9-10 oz. Sold in pairs.

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[parshal]

I have that same green multi-vice, too. I made similar jaws from wood and cork as well as padded. It works great.

 

[Sgt47]

I have an original Versa Vice in my cabinet shop; I never thought about using it for gunsmithing. I'll be making or ordering some non-marring jaws for it now. Thanks guys!

 

[midwestoffroad]

PACHMAYR had a bench mounted vise at one time for 60$ it was very portable c clamp mount

 

[Davester]

very spendy.... http://www.swindens.org/our-products/4593157800

Really nice piece of kit, really solid - had a price in 2015 for a 4" one ~£700. Would love one but couldn't justify the spend at the time

 

[Mr.Kirk]

Does Parker Hale still build a Bisley gun vise up in Birmingham? It’s not near as heavy as the one above. I’ve played with one in a Purdey repair shop and it was a neat vise. Still, the real work was done in a 4” vise mounted on the bench properly.