Barrel Vise pads

[Clavius-Walker]

What are some of you using on your barrel vises to prevent scuffing polished barrels?

I've been using a little bit of paper but seems that some of the highly polished barrels still get a bit marred.

 

[DogBuster]

scrap pieces of leather......

 

[CoverDog]

^^^Same here. I cut up a pair of old leather cowboy boots in 1-2" strips and wrap around the barrel.

 

[Clavius-Walker]

And I happen to have some laying around from making a woodworking vice jaw, never thought of using it, thanks, you may have saved some bling-bling barrels.

 

[watercam]

I found some nylon pads with longitudinal grooves made for holding barrels in a vise on Ebay. Cheap too. I inlet and glued magnets in them so that they stay in the jaws securely. Do a search for vise jaw pads and they should come up.
You could also buy an aluminum barrel vise and use them in a vise instead of bolting them down just to hold the barrel for work.

 

[bsekf]

White oak and 2 layers of duct tape

 

[Richard Jones]

Dogwood barrel vise blocks, leather or 3/16" neoprene

 

[Blackthorn]

I use the neoprene sheets sold at the local hardware store. They come in 4" squares and I cut them to size. They are realitively thin which make it easy to layer.

 

[rardoin]

I use leather but I have also used lead shims cut from pieces of scrap flashing in a pinch.

 

[bdale]

My wife's rubber pot holder

 

[Preacher]

I've use cut off pieces of heavy rubber mud flaps for years now..

 

[SmokinJoe]

Rolls from toilet paper.

 

[drover]

Sheet rock tape (paper). Make a couple of wraps around the barrel, I have never shown signs or marring a barrel using it it is tough, it grips good, and a roll lasts forever.

drover

 

[ragsflh]

old leather boots .woork great

 

[madmixerman]

Rolls from toilet paper.

I use them too, never ending supply .

 

[JimPag]

Buy a Viper vice and you don't have to put any of that crap on to protect it.

 

[ngb1787]

Wilton Magnafix, removeable and magnetic. Happy with this, u dont always want rubber protection pads, these are easy to use.

 

[msalm]

I'll second sheetrock tape/paper. I just use one layer but dust it in rosin. Holds great and doesn't mark anything.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I've been re-barreling rifles for about 20 years and have never owned a barrel vise. I do have a good pipe vise and I make brass and aluminum split bushings for jaws. I use a piece of card stock type paper wrapped around the barrel, inside of the bushings. This works great for me and if you do happen to run into one that is just super tight, if the barrel is junk anyway, just don't use the bushings at all. It'll certainly marr the barrel but it has never slipped, either. Lol!

 

[Dans40X]

3x5 index card stock w/ bushings machined accordingly.
Never a scuff/mark present in 30+ yrs!