Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Rifle vise for cleaning and scoping.

I have used the Midway version of this Tipton vise for at least ten years, it works fine for me. The plastic is easy to clean too.

Now you fellows have gone and set off a storm of plans in my mind. I have a bunch of cherry and black ash that are crying out to me. Back skins from African trophies for padding, boy this is going to be a winter project. I will build prototype in spruce to get dimensions appropriate. I never thought of that use for the wood.

If you aren't looking to build something

For cleaning, Hoppe's cleaning & maintenance cradle. Costs 20 bucks, is easily transportable and works. You can use the legs as part of a self-built as well.

Yep, that's me too. I finally broke down and bought a $50.00 tipton and it works great.

Wow Huntsman22 really nice vise for sure. Roundoak, you've got a nice one as well. If I had any wood working skills at all, I would ask you guys for your plans. Sadly, I don't so, I'm probably just going to keep Tipton Best Gun Vise.

I picked up one of the plastic ones from Cabelas during one of their clearance sales. At about $25 it was worth it but not for the original price of $35-$40. The buttstock doesn't cam over quite far enough on some thinner stocks, I have to add a towel or something to make it a bit thicker.

Dale

A little bit of scope mounting and a blonde ale for RDW.

Wish my cobbled together stuff looked like that.

jagd, I posted a wood constructed vise previously, however you may be interested in the Plano Model 1816. This has been very usefull at the range, in the field and in the man cave. The only modification I did to it was "super glue" some rubber pads on the bottom of the main box to reduce slipage.

I also might add, the shooting case floats, at least for the time it took me to retreive it from an Ontario, CDA lake.

http://www.planomolding.com/hunting/hunting-products/

I like how the plano box layers. probably makes a great range box for barrel break in and other controversal cleanings.

I use a woodworker's vice from Harbor Freight.

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-inch-woodworking-vise-42494.html

Installed two higher wooden jaws with thin rubber sheets contact cemented to insides. It has held up for 8 yrs now. Very fast and solid clamping of any rifle.

More recently a friend was getting out of shooting and sold me his shooter's ridge gun grip shooting vice. It has two clamps and I use it for holding my rifles for cleaning. Very solid.

http://stores.nextag.com/store/4857533/product/976487574/Shooters-Ridge-40871-Gun

Well I don't have much access to tools saws or drills so I ordered a tipton since it was on sale and it gets decsent thumbs up.

I think once I use this thing for awhile i'll be able to figure out what i like and dont like and i'll put together my own once i collect the necessary tools.

tipton comes with a cleaning matt from cabelas now.

Also ordered the weaver torque driver kit so i can get my scopes squared away proper.