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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: pickardjw on July 16, 2022, 07:41:48 PM

Title: Gun Vise
Post by: pickardjw on July 16, 2022, 07:41:48 PM: Anyone in the Seattle area have a vise I could borrow for a night? Trying to put a Zeiss v4 4-16x44 on a new tikka t3x and don't want to screw it up. Got all the other tools but a vise is just not in my budget right now. Hoping to have it mounted before next Sunday 7/23
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: jasnt on July 16, 2022, 09:09:01 PM: Nice stiff bipod and a plumb bob of some sort is all ya need
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: Encore 280 on July 16, 2022, 09:15:58 PM: I have one of those Tipton ones you can borrow. I'm in Kingston. You could walk on a Seattle Winslow or Kingston Edmonds boat and we could meet up.
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: huntandjeep on July 17, 2022, 10:37:48 AM: I just use my leadsled. Have also ised a Bipod like above in a pinch . Or if you have a vise in the shop throw a towel in it then your rifle . Doesn't take much clamping force
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: HighlandLofts on July 17, 2022, 09:19:06 PM: I have a vise you could use. I am in Arlington and could meet you at the Sportsmans Warehouse in Everett after work around 5;30 if that works for you.
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: thinkingman on July 18, 2022, 08:31:35 AM: Quote from: pickardjw on July 16, 2022, 07:41:48 PM
Anyone in the Seattle area have a vise I could borrow for a night? Trying to put a Zeiss v4 4-16x44 on a new tikka t3x and don't want to screw it up. Got all the other tools but a vise is just not in my budget right now. Hoping to have it mounted before next Sunday 7/23
I have a Tipton you can use if you want to come to Sammamish.
PM me with your cell.
Dan
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: pickardjw on July 18, 2022, 09:29:33 AM: Thanks all.

I found my clamp-on bench vise after some searching and will pad it up and give it a try. I watched a few different mounting instructional videos and some of them, like Randy Newberg's, seemed to have a lot more "while the gun is level" steps. If I'm not confident with it I'll reach out to you Dan, I'm just over in Bellevue.
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 19, 2022, 12:37:15 PM: Couple Notches in a cardboard box works pretty well but the tipton cleaning rifle holder is handy. I have an adjustable clamp on barrel level so can use about anything.
Title: Re: Gun Vise
Post by: pickardjw on July 19, 2022, 12:48:50 PM: Got the scope mounted last night and I think it's good and level. Left the barrel clamp level on to check it against a plumb bob tonight. Had to hit the hay before I could set that up to confirm it.

Padded the vise with some bubble envelop packaging and it held firm enough without crushing or scratching the stock.