• This Forum is for adults 18 years of age or over. By continuing to use this Forum you are confirming that you are 18 or older. No content shall be viewed by any person under 18 in California.

Barrel Vise Opinions

What is considered the best barrel vise to use for general barrel removal such as Remington and some others. Savages are no problem w/o one. Thanks for the responses.
 
No matter what you use on a factory Remington, you will need a heat gun, some Kroil, and a day or more to let it soak in..
They put some nasty stuff on them....
It will need to be a heavy duty vise.
Brownells sells a good one..
XPthreads-1.jpg
 
Thanks Preacher, Timbertoes and X ring. The picture Preacher sent is exactly why I asked the question. I think the pipe wrench and trash can are the best options.
 
There is a ready market for factory Remington barrels IF they don't have pipe wrench marks. They all come off and you certainly aren't going to put the new one on with a pipe wrench.
 
somewhere on the forum is a butch lambert post on his barrel vise.
similar to others. I also have an aluminum barrel vise I picked up cheap, and it wont cut it.

if you have the tools to make one, yea it is a b**ch to make. boring drilling and tapping big holes in steel.
the one brownells has with the bushings is essentailly the same without the hard work. not real cheap though.
 
This is a photo of the one that I made. I installed helicoils in the threaded part to keep the studs from pulling out of the aluminum. The best thing that I did was to install 2 punch press springs between the halves. I find it hard to hold the two parts when installing a barrel. I stole that idea from Jim Kobe.

25aukh4.jpg


1yo195.jpg


I welded up a stand for it and turn aluminum collets for the barrels as I need them. I'm not good enough to fit the collets and barrel taper perfectly. I bed them with JB weld. I can use a 7' cheater bar if necessary.
 
timbertoes said:
if you have the tools to make one, yea it is a b**ch to make. boring drilling and tapping big holes in steel.
?????????? Simple machining operations! All it takes is a little time and the materials. It's simpler than chambering, and everyone wants to do that!
 
I bought one of Bob Pastor's vises at http://www.viperbench-rest.com/f_class_feet_for_the_viper.htm

I am very happy with it, I would spring for the powder coated version at $58 it is a bargain.
 
G'Day Fella's,

EOD350, I recently completed machining up my own barrel vice.
I machined out the bore of it so as to accept the bushing that Brownell's sell for their own vice.
I'll try and post an image of it?

Doh!
Homer
 

Attachments

  • 012.JPG
    012.JPG
    46 KB · Views: 110
G'Day Fella's,

Butch and Doc Ed, thanks for your comments!
Yes, I see absolutely no point in doing Half a Job.
And if I'm going to make something, I'll only do it once!!!

Here are some images of this thing in the lathe being drilled and bored out to size.
 

Attachments

  • 013.JPG
    013.JPG
    47.9 KB · Views: 72
  • 014.JPG
    014.JPG
    39.4 KB · Views: 71
A high quality, 2" capacity pipe vise works very well if you can find one.
Don't think I'd trust a Horrible Freight model though!
I've used one for about 30 years, mostly with epoxy molded Aluminum blocks and rosin. I've done all kinds of rifle barrels, and a few handguns with it, and never had one slip.
Only thing better in my opinion would be a hydraulic one, which I was always going to build, but never got 'rountuit!
 

Upgrades & Donations

This Forum's expenses are primarily paid by member contributions. You can upgrade your Forum membership in seconds. Gold and Silver members get unlimited FREE classifieds for one year. Gold members can upload custom avatars.


Click Upgrade Membership Button ABOVE to get Gold or Silver Status.

You can also donate any amount, large or small, with the button below. Include your Forum Name in the PayPal Notes field.


To DONATE by CHECK, or make a recurring donation, CLICK HERE to learn how.

Forum statistics

Threads
166,803
Messages
2,223,473
Members
79,910
Latest member
Kenhughes94
Back
Top