brant
.30 Stingray
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Post by brant on Jan 14, 2022 10:53:57 GMT -5
What type of vise are you using when you need a firm grip on a revolver? Such as when you are filing grip frames to fit and such.
Thank you in advance
Brant
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Post by Lee Martin on Jan 14, 2022 10:59:20 GMT -5
I just use a large table vise with soft jaw inserts. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 14, 2022 11:06:30 GMT -5
My retired Tool & Die buddy also had a normal table vice, with 1/4" steel jaw inserts he made that had 3/8" thick hard rubber on them, to hold the guns
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Post by tdbarton on Jan 14, 2022 16:21:18 GMT -5
Same as Lee. Bench vice with rubber jaw inserts.
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 14, 2022 17:49:24 GMT -5
100 year old Columbia and some rawhide. Gotta watch the sights though  |
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Post by junebug on Jan 14, 2022 18:55:47 GMT -5
Brownells sold and may still sell the Versa Vice for gunsmith work. Parallel jaws and the vice could be turned onto its side for better access when needed. Its a very good vise.
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Post by kings6 on Jan 14, 2022 21:47:52 GMT -5
I recently bought a gunsmith vice by Real Avid. Works ten times better than my bench vice with soft inserts.
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Post by randominator on Jan 15, 2022 16:23:17 GMT -5
The Real Avid Master Gun Vise www.realavid.com/product/master-gun-vise/I thought I was crazy for spending $300 on a vise, but this thing is awesome. It’s falls under the category of “I wish I would have had this years ago” |
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 15, 2022 17:13:05 GMT -5
I love tools. I love vices of all sizes. Tools are a write off for me. But as with a Japanese Winchester, I cannot bring my self to buy a Chinese made vise. I'm dumb like that.
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Post by kings6 on Jan 15, 2022 17:50:22 GMT -5
I understand but I still like my Wustef (sp) knives in the kitchen and my Leica binos😄
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 15, 2022 19:45:54 GMT -5
It isn't the foreign part. Love my Leicas and Daiwas as well. Communism kills. I understand sometimes there's no choice. ALL light bulbs are made in China. No to China, no to chinese vises.
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 15, 2022 20:30:08 GMT -5
Brownell's no longer sells the Versa Vise. It was a nice multiple position gun vise. I never put anything in I need to whack hard. They still sell a like product but no longer call it the Versa Vise. It is a different color. Betting the new one is made somewhere other than here. Here is the original.  |
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Post by Squatch on Jan 16, 2022 2:25:59 GMT -5
I have a Wilton C2 bench vice. Definitely way more than overkill but it's the tool I have.
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nicholst55
.375 Atomic
Retired, twice.
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Post by nicholst55 on Jan 16, 2022 10:07:47 GMT -5
I agree completely with Squawberryman about Chinese vises. I resurrected a 100 year-old Prentiss vise for my shop in Korea before I retired, and ordered several new Wilton vises. Be careful though, because I noticed that some "American-made" vises from either Yost or Wilton are now made in China!
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ryan
.30 Stingray
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Post by ryan on Jan 17, 2022 17:42:50 GMT -5
The Real Avid Master Gun Vise www.realavid.com/product/master-gun-vise/I thought I was crazy for spending $300 on a vise, but this thing is awesome. It’s falls under the category of “I wish I would have had this years ago” I agree with randominator 100%, the Real Avid Master Gun Vise is awesome! I was hesitant too at first but now it gets used for everything. Handguns, long guns, any angle, all the time. |
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