Bench vise for barrel

[Mathewjp]

Anyone use a solid bench vise as a barrel vise? What "soft jaws" do you use and does it hold well enough to remove a factory barrel?

 

[Ramblerman]

Anyone use a solid bench vise as a barrel vise? What "soft jaws" do you use and does it hold well enough to remove a factory barrel?

Hey boss, I don't see anything less than a mill vise (Kurt or good import) with custom jaws being able to remove some of the factory installed barrels and for what a viper barrel vise costs, it doesn't make any sense to try to use anything else. I have both and wouldn't use my mill vise to do it.

There is a video on YouTube by fireball tool that gives some great insight on just how little clamping force even a "good" bench vise will apply compared to a mill vise. I'll look it up and try to post a link. Semper Fi. Kevin

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I use the pipe jaws underneath the main jaws for the real stubborn barrels. These barrels are definitely unusable at that point. I have a 6” rigid and a 12” wilton so i cant comment on cheaper vises.

 

[Mathewjp]

I don't want to ruin or mar up the stock barrel.

 

[carlsbad]

bench vise won't do it traditionally.

However with aluminum soft jaws and if you put the barrel in the vise such that the recoil lug is resisting the rotation and use a good external action wrench and a cheater, you should get it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I don't want to ruin or mar up the stock barrel.

Youre going to be limited. Most get marred up so youll know not to use them.

 

[Mathewjp]

Which soft jaws hold the best?

 

[akajun]

The cost of a good enough stout bench vise with enough ass to it to pull barrels is still way more than an actual Brownells action vice with a bunch of inserts.
I have a 6" Wilton Tradesman which will crush the crap out of anything and it will not do it.

 

[Mathewjp]

Yikes. Guess I'll have to break down and get a barrel vise and action wrench.

Thank you for the replies. I just found this forum and its awesome!

 

[carlsbad]

Just getting a barrel vise doesn't guarantee you can get off a factory remington.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

@pbike257 makes a barrel vise. I have one and it has removed every barrel from remington, tikka, browning, weatherby, ext. that I have needed it to with no damage to any parts.

 

[Stan Taylor]

If you want to remove a barrel from a 1917 Enfield on down here is what you need.

 

[carlsbad]

Stan Taylor=manly man.

 

[akajun]

Just getting a barrel vise doesn't guarantee you can get off a factory remington.

correct, ya have to get a good one Hahahaha,
seriously though I haven't had a factory Remington that wouldn't come off with about 1 minute of a heat gun and a good pop on the action wrench handle with an old bat.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Stan Taylor=manly man.

Look at that cheater pipe on the hex key

 

[Dgd6mm]

Hey boss, I don't see anything less than a mill vise (Kurt or good import) with custom jaws being able to remove some of the factory installed barrels and for what a viper barrel vise costs, it doesn't make any sense to try to use anything else. I have both and wouldn't use my mill vise to do it.

There is a video on YouTube by fireball tool that gives some great insight on just how little clamping force even a "good" bench vise will apply compared to a mill vise. I'll look it up and try to post a link. Semper Fi. Kevin

That was a cool video, thanks for posting.

 

[Stan Taylor]

Look at that cheater pipe on the hex key

Did you notice the rosin in that bushing in that Barrel vise that way you don't scratch up the Finish plus it works real well if a barrel is very tight and I have took off 1917 Enfield that I literally had to part
in front of the receiver in order to get it off.

 

[LarryDScott]

Just getting a barrel vise doesn't guarantee you can get off a factory remington.

It does if you own a "GREAT SCOTT" shooters barrel vise. I removed hundreds of new barrels w/o a failure. LDS

 

[Stan Taylor]

It does if you own a "GREAT SCOTT" shooters barrel vise. I removed hundreds of new barrels w/o a failure. LDS

Put a nice picture on this website that might be a good one for the poster looking for advice.

 

[LarryDScott]

Stan I have a picture and details on my web page.
www.greatscotttriggers.com