Viper Barrel Vise

[Flouncer]

Thanks Short. As I posted above, this is the 4th barrel that I know of and when I had the Douglas barrel put on the threads were all chased and cleaned, the action squared up etc. Should spin right off !! Har Har I just tried again with rosin and a hair dryer, nope. The Wheeler uses only two bolts and the wood blocks. The barrel is spinning in the wood blocks and has burnished or glazed the wood. If I had a lathe I could get the wood bore close to barrel size to increase the surface clamping area but I do not. I'll let a pro give it a simple pull and bingo. Defeat is just that. A battle, not the war %$^#

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Just another idea for use of the Viper in a regular vise. I bolted the Viper vise to a piece of 3x 5 tubing from the scrap pile. This will let it bottom out in the shop vise and give working room up above the jaws too.

 

[Burnt Powder]

It will never cease to amaze me at the number of guys here who will buy a lathe and a mill and tool 'um out, then BUY a barrel vise and the action wrenches they might need!

Yup, I made/make my own as my needs arrise.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Yup, I made/make my own as my needs arrise.

That sure makes sense. On the other hand for just a end user like me for a muzzle device change or something, $60 for this little vice is very practical.
FYI, the black bottom of that barrel vise must be aluminum because a magnet wouldn’t stick. I assume this is for weight savings on the shipping part.