I had a barrel vise with oak blocks a straight 1 hole.
How to build a rifle barrel vise. Good barrel vises ain t cheap. There are many vises available from gunsmith supply houses and all of them work. But the barrel vise is only half the equation as has been mentioned. He then clamps the barrel in the vise.
However you can easily build your own. He starts by bolting the barrel vise to a heavy bench and coating some oak block with baker brand resin. Then pre plan for non marring inserts or material. How to make a barrel vise.
Stencil the circumference of the barrel minus 1 16th inch onto the center of a 6x6x2 inch block of wood. To do this you coat the barrel with wax or another good release agent and cast one block at a time. You can remove barrels for refinishing cleaning lapping or sight work. I bolt my vise to my milling machine and have yet to have an issue with any barrel even removes mosins without a problem.
Add a long cheater. So i built some blocks bored a hole and tapered it to match the profile 1 down to 13 16. Ok time to buy another one. This is where the barrel will fit into when you clamp it into the vise.
The last step is to line the wood channel with friction tape so the wood does not mar the gun finish and also to provide a bite to the metal to prevent slipping. Check to ensure that your firearm is unloaded completely. Start out with two blocks of wood clamped in a vise or one block of wood. It still didn t hold.
The other half is an action wrench that is dedicated to the action. I built my own barrel vise and action wrench many years ago. Measure the circumference of the barrel at its thickest point on the outside of. I bolt my vise to my milling machine and have yet to have an issue with any barrel even removes mosins without a problem.
After the block has been drilled bored out it will look like this. You can also make good barrel blocks by using epoxy glue to make a perfect fit on the barrel. Build or set up that way from the beginning thus no need to look back. John taylor s set up is the bee s knees.