Barrel vise

[DeepMauka]

Looking to get a barrel vise. I have a few projects I’ve been putting off and need to get a vise.

Is the Short Actions Custom Bravo really worth the money over a PMA gen 2 or a Viper vise?

Also, inside action wrenches, is there one preferred manufacturer over another?

 

[Kauaihunter]

I have the OMR internal Tikka wrench. Looks very well made.

 

[waspocrew]

I went with the SAC Bravo - no regrets with it. Worth the money to me, especially the bushing inserts. Made taking a Tikka barrel off a breeze.

 

[bhylton]

I got some factory seconds vise off a eBay seller (Wally cooper maybe?) and the cheapest wheeler knock off external action wrench on Amazon. Think I was sub $130 total. Just successfully removed a factory tikka barrel (old t3) and installed a prefit. Not fancy, the exact opposite actually. But it worked for me.

 

[Ryan-9_111]

Look at PR Precision products up in Canada, you won't be disappointed

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[Raiderfry]

I got some factory seconds vise off a eBay seller (Wally cooper maybe?) and the cheapest wheeler knock off external action wrench on Amazon. Think I was sub $130 total. Just successfully removed a factory tikka barrel (old t3) and installed a prefit. Not fancy, the exact opposite actually. But it worked for me.

I have this same setup off eBay and it works good

 

[skipper907]

I have the viper vise and it works well, I have used it a good bit
The OMR action wrench seems to work well also

 

[Judd]

In my experience the ones without a sleeve will have a greater opportunity to put marks in your cerakote. I have the Bravo and I have a bunch of one off action wrenches...if I was starting over I'd get the SAC wrench with the heads I needed. Just space saving and keeping track of easier...truth is there isn't much difference in most of the rear action wrenches.

 

[Leaf Litter]

I've used a SAC vise twice on Tikka builds, wasn't impressed. Nothing we did really stopped the barrel from spinning in the vise, even deformed some of the aluminum sleeves.

Having been said, Tikka is deep end of the pool with thread locker and huge torque from the factory along with barrels that are difficult to clamp due to the taper.