Bench vise for barrel

[Papa Charlie]

I have the Great Scott barrel vice. Extremely well made. I mounted mine on an Inline Fabrication quick change plate which makes it very easy to mount and then store.

What is the proper torque when seating an action to a barrel?

 

[The Viper]

Well...
His feet never came off the ground, so despite the long cheater one can't determine how much force was placed on it.

I've had to tighten the 1", grade 8 bolts on my shop-made with a 4' cheater hard as my 220 lbs can push on (most of the two-plus dozen MN's I've rebarreled) before I can even hang on the bar to break it free. The lil' Grizzly I have, no way.

But- it's not Bob's, so I'll be calling to order one and try it for myself. If it'll somehow grip 100 year old rusted milsurps without needing custom split bushings I'll be a believer.

Might even make for an interesting "test" if I can rig up a big cheater bar to hang a couple of hundred pounds of weight.

Email me your address and I'll send you one for your test but you have to post the results here.

Bob Pastor robpas@btc-bci.com

 

[The Viper]

^ keep us posted. Bobs vise sure looks good

Dusty, aren't you retired military?

Bob

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have the Great Scott barrel vice. Extremely well made. I mounted mine on an Inline Fabrication quick change plate which makes it very easy to mount and then store.

What is the proper torque when seating an action to a barrel?

To keep headspace correct you need to find out what it was installed to

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty, aren't you retired military?

Bob

No youre thinking of my uncle billy