this is the very best rifle vise I have ever had!!!!! Bar NONE!!!

[AckleymanII]

Larry of Greatscottshooters sells these for $79 DELIVERED!! Many of you know Larry as the Jewel Trigger Guy.

Taking of a Rem 700 barrel can be tough, this vise makes easy work out of it, no kidding! The secret is that the recoil lug can not move which does not allow the barrel to slip. NO rosin, card board,Leather, or tape is needed on a barrel, they just come off mark free!



BARRELS NEVER SLIP!!! NO MARKS ON The BARREL!!!



it took me longer to take the SCOPE and stock off the gun than it did to take the barrel off, and I tightened the bolts on the barrel vise with an 8" adjustable wrench.

Absolutely fantastic product, and inexpensive!

 

[Ggmac]

Inexpensive,not cheap.

 

[AckleymanII]

the point that I am stressing in Larry's vise is that it locks in the recoil lug and it will never allow the barrel to slip for this very reason.

I have a big massive vise that uses Al inserts for various sizes of barrels, a Davidson, and another vise that works on two V blocks coming together.

Larry's vise is simply idiot proof in removing a Remington barrel that has never been taken off with no marks on the barrel at all.
No rosin, no tape, no nothing on the barrel.

The vise may also work on Win and Rugers as well as others, have not tried them yet.

C clamps are all that is needed, bench is 1 1/2" plywood, is more than adequate.

 

[shortgrass]

Try it on a Weatherby Vanguard/Howa 1500 or even a Yugoslav 24/47 and then get back to us on that..

 

[Cold Bore]

the point that I am stressing in Larry's vise is that it locks in the recoil lug and it will never allow the barrel to slip for this very reason.

I still don't understand this point (it has been brought up in other threads).

Exactly how does holding a recoil lug, that is not attached and free to rotate on the barrel, prevent a barrel from slipping?

I'm not doubting the vise is a good one, just not sure what capturing a rotating recoil lug has to do with anything.

 

[AckleymanII]

Point:

Once the recoil lug can rotate, you have no problem, getting it to where it can rotate is where this vise excels! This is of course related to a barrel that has NEVER been taken off the action.

 

[shortgrass]

I've owned one barrel vise. I made it 25yrs ago. It's not designed around one make of rifle, it works on about everything I've put in it. I have used it hold/break loose the occasional 1917/1914 and the Howa 1500/Weatherby Vanguard. Admittedly, some of those need a relief cut, but I've removed just as many without the cut. Never, i repeat, never have I had a problem removing a barrel, factory or after market, from a Rem. 700. Of course, my action wrench is a 'beast', just like my barrel vise. Why screw around with sub standard tools?

 

[Ggmac]

Some of us made / make the tools we need , others buy them and expect to have a pretty looking tool for each make / type of firearm .
Kinda like having a different gadget in your kitchen .
Don't get me started on case prep stations , I made mine 20-25 yrs ago based on a heavy duty blender , still works .

 

[hoz53]

Some of us made / make the tools we need , others buy them and expect to have a pretty looking tool for each make / type of firearm .
Kinda like having a different gadget in your kitchen .
Don't get me started on case prep stations , I made mine 20-25 yrs ago based on a heavy duty blender , still works .

I've got a motor from a blender now I'm planning on using for a case prep machine. Also may use a kitchen mixer-cheap and mutispeed

 

[AckleymanII]

While you guys that are very experienced have very good barrel vises, what is a newbie going to do to get the barrel off his new Remington? This vise was designed to take the barrel off a new Remington easily with no marring of any kind on the barrel or action.

Gundoktr, "And... how do you get the recoil lug to line up on a new barrel install when it is captured with the barrel in that vise."

Answer, relieve the sides and bottom in the stock where the recoil lug would not touch.

If that bugs you, then either pin the recoil lug or use a Kliendorst recoil lug locator when screwing the barrel back on.

Either way, for those that want to take a barrel off easily, when the barrel has never been taken off a Remington 700, this is the very best tool that I have found.

Larry's word is good, as many, many of us know.

 

[X-RingCustomGunsmithing]

If your not gripping the barrel you couldn't use a pinned lug it would cut the pin as you spun the action a pinned lug is for use especially with a rear entry action wrench so you don't need a lug alignment tool to keep the lug indexed correctly the lug stays with the action as its tightened till you achieve your desired torque if you used a pinned lug I'm this fixture you would need to tighten using the barrel side from what your describing.

 

[carlsbad]

AckleymanII,
Looks like a nicely done vise. What action wrench to you use? For 1st time Rem barrels I use the big wheeler action wrench which also grabs the recoil lug. I like this design using the recoil lug with the vice since the barrel is indeed the harder one to hold. But the surgeon and other action wrenches that engage the bolt lugs generally limit their rated torque to around 100 ft lbs which is not enough.

What do you use?
thanks,
jerry

 

[X Ring Accuracy]

Why keep the factory barrel when removing except to use for great tomato stakes : ). Use a pipe wrench

 

[LarryDScott]

AckleymanII,
Looks like a nicely done vise. What action wrench to you use? For 1st time Rem barrels I use the big wheeler action wrench which also grabs the recoil lug. I like this design using the recoil lug with the vice since the barrel is indeed the harder one to hold. But the surgeon and other action wrenches that engage the bolt lugs generally limit their rated torque to around 100 ft lbs which is not enough.

What do you use?
thanks,
jerry

Holland action wrench. LDS

 

[Preacher]

When I made my action wrench years ago I made it so it would hold onto the recoil lug to just get it started off the action.
Once that is done, it's no problem to spin the barrel off....
Putting it back together with a custom lug, I use one of Kliendorst's (SP) jigs to align it back onto the action unless I pinned the lug...
I made a jig to align the action and the lug so it can be drilled... for pinning...

 

[LarryDScott]

Larry, Just try to explain to us non-believers how it helps to capture the recoil lug when removing the barrel! ANd then tell us how how you get the recoil lug oriented when it is also captured by the vise. Just a couple simple questions for us nay-sayers.

 

[LarryDScott]

Basically what Preacher said. As far as installing a lug or barrel,
I cannot answer that question, I am not a gunsmith. The vise has a witness mark for that purpose.

My only use for this product was removal of 700 Remington factory barrels, and it does it without fail. Thats the way its marketed. I make no other implications for other brands, although its highly possible it will fit other makes.

When enough clamping force is exerted on the lug and barrel,
to keep it from moving, the receiver has no choice but to spin off, if you have the proper tools to get the job done.

Those tools are a Holland rear entry wrench, a 3/4" ratchet, and a 4 ft cheater bar, with the vise mounted on a bench that can take force that you can exert w/these tools.

I have not yet encountered a 700 barreled action that I cant separate w/o any damage to any parts.

Gundoktr you have been a NAY SAYR from day one. This is my deal to you. Pay the price for the vise, then and only then, if you can get on this board and honestly say it doesn't work, I will refund your money and you keep the vise.

When you find out how well it works, I will be expecting a glowing review. LDS

 

[Eddie Harren]

Basically what Preacher said. As far as installing a lug or barrel,
I cannot answer that question, I am not a gunsmith. The vise has a witness mark for that purpose.

My only use for this product was removal of 700 Remington factory barrels, and it does it without fail. Thats the way its marketed. I make no other implications for other brands, although its highly possible it will fit other makes.

When enough clamping force is exerted on the lug and barrel,
to keep it from moving, the receiver has no choice but to spin off, if you have the proper tools to get the job done.

Those tools are a Holland rear entry wrench, a 3/4" ratchet, and a 4 ft cheater bar, with the vise mounted on a bench that can take force that you can exert w/these tools.

I have not yet encountered a 700 barreled action that I cant separate w/o any damage to any parts.

Gundoktr you have been a NAY SAYR from day one. This is my deal to you. Pay the price for the vise, then and only then, if you can get on this board and honestly say it doesn't work, I will refund your money and you keep the vise.

When you find out how well it works, I will be expecting a glowing review. LDS

I think a few, including Jim Kobe, missed the point that the vise is the best for REMOVING Remington barrels. No claim was implied for installation of a barrel.

The gauntlet has been thrown down.

 

[LarryDScott]

Eddie, you are 100% spot on.
The tool can be used for a reinstall,because I have watched my GS do so, but as I said, I am no GS, so I cannot explain the process.
If the recoil lug cutout doesnt fit your needs for a reinstall, turn the vise around, it's
flat on the back. LDS

 

[shortgrass]

Gunsmiths have many 'single purpose' tools. Chisels, gouges, #49 pattern makers, scrapers, lug alinement jigs they made with their own machine tools, and many more but a barrel vise shouldn't be on that list.