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Guns vises? #15654073 01/14/21
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,145 Ny I Irving_D OP Campfire Tracker
OP Irving_D Campfire Tracker I Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,145 Ny	Any recommendations on a decent one that isn't garbage, I tried the Tipton ultimate gun vise and it's all plastic and when you turn one of the knobs to clamp it place the one on the opposite side will back out making it almost impossible to secure the gun You've got to hand it to a blind prostitute

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Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15654305 01/14/21
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,907 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	build yer own.....

Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15654368 01/14/21
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,340 The West Mountain P Poconojack Campfire Tracker
Poconojack Campfire Tracker P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 7,340 The West Mountain	Bought a Decker 40 years ago, has served me well and still going strong. "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson

Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15654402 01/14/21
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 553 Ohio Lansend Campfire Regular
Lansend Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 553 Ohio	This has come up from time to time. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/12284536/1

Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15654534 01/14/21
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,075 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,075 Annapolis, Md.	Depends on your definition of "gun vise". For stock work I have an old Emmert Patternmaker's Vise. For metal working, a Wilton bench vise, and for gun cleaning, sights/scope mounting, etc., I use (and like) the Tipton. I haven't experienced any issues with the Tipton but then again I only view it as a light duty gun cradle. "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

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Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15654537 01/14/21
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,546 Laramie WY nathanial Campfire Tracker
nathanial Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,546 Laramie WY	Look for Gyro Vise.

Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15659536 01/15/21
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LeadHead76 New Member L Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 21	Get good padding for your regular vise or a magwell holder. Leather is my preference.

Re: Guns vises? Irving_D #15660737 01/15/21
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WTF Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,202 Way Out West	I have used one of these for 20 years. Jaws rotate to fit the piece being held. https://www.woodcraft.com/products/woodriver-patternmakers-or-gunstock-carving-vise#

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