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When you have too much time on your hands you think too much. I am wondering if anyone had ever built a stand to hold your contender barrels while you clean them? I know you can hold them with your hands but remember, I've been thinking.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
Mike, About 15-20 years ago one of the guys at Specialty Pistols made us really nice barrels stands. They were made out of oak, adjustable for pistol or rifle, level on the base, adjustable legs if you are mounting optics, and mine has red felt anyplace the barrel touches. I hope one of the old guys will post a pic.
Iowa I remember those. Another feller on there made me one that holds the complete gun. Love it. Absolutely awesome. Ive used it for guns other than contender/encore also.
Wow
That is a pretty cool set up Kyode, never seen one
Dan
I could use one those myself. Sweet setup.Quote:
Originally Posted by KYODE
Kyode,Quote:
Originally Posted by KYODE
Sweet rest other than they miss spelled Mjshell. Send it my way and I will fix it for you. No charge��
I would think that would be a really handy addition to the gun room. I don't remember the barrel stands from SP but it sounds like something that would be really handy, especially for us old guys that tend to drop things more than we used to!
It's a balmy 24 degrees here this morning, I think I'll go shooting for a while :eagerness:
I have a pair of soft jaw inserts for my bench vice. I clamp my barrel in those and can angle the whole thing down so the patch or cleaning fluids can drop right down into my shop trash can.
Not as elegant as that cleaning stand, but it is rather impervious to cleaning fluids.
I have been using a Lohman sight vise for over 25 years. Works great for cleaning barrels or sighting in at the range. It has a removable bottom and I added some lead weight to steady it.
https://i.postimg.cc/hjX5MRRc/sight-vice.jpg
Sweet looking carbine Julesk !Quote:
Originally Posted by Julesk
I have 1 and I'm willing to let it go for the cost of shipping, about $10. Email me at accurateArms and Ammo at Hotmail .com (invisible remove all the spaces) and we can work out the details. I have a pic of can send.
Sent ya an email, Mike.
It is yours. There was a time that I used it constantly but then I got a bench vise, made soft jaws for it and heaven used it since. Glad it's going to someone that'll use it again. It was made by Lonehunter (on SP).Quote:
Originally Posted by BT
Kile I have one of those also, got it the same time you got yours Jeff (longhunter) done a good job in making those back then. He also made another one that just holds the barrel and it was adjustable for length, I got that one also and use them a lot, especially the one that holds the complete gun at the range.
Thanks, Mike!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnum Mike
AL…….”bob” made my vise. I forget his handle back then. Had a son in law or something whos name was “perry”. I forget what his handle was also, if it wasn’t perry lol.
they must have rode off into the sunset….. Disappeared.
Yes Bob did make mine like your but jeff made my other one.
Right! Was bob called “vmt_hunter” maybe?
I do. I designed and built it myself out of aluminum angle iron. Had a friend mill a "U" for a barrel channel and use a stud and nut for pin hole. Works great for cleaning and scope / sight mounting. Wish I could post pictures. I can barely do this.
I made these out of wood clamps. Great for cleaning everything!
https://i.postimg.cc/xCyZx3n3/IMG-7262.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/7P9cS9Bx/IMG-7264.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/RFz8LD50/IMG-7265.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/HnYhf8LD/IMG-7266.jpg
Yes, I made the barrel cleaning/ scope mounting stand back in the day! I have thought about making them again but not sure people would pay what they would cost to make and ship.
I would be interested for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by lonehunter
I would say figure out what you'd need to charge and then make a forum thread here in the SP forums to see if you get enough interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by lonehunter
You may be surprised?
Can you post photos of what you use now? It would be interesting to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnum Mike
Here's a pic with a barrel in it. I use it to clean all my guns. I also use a vice with soft jaws in the garage when weather is nice.
https://i.postimg.cc/YqNHzKx2/IMG-20230616-133915.jpg
Some very good cleaning vise ideas.
Bob R
Julesk your stand looks very nice. What are you using for padding in the jaws?
Bob Cat made a Spotting Scope stand using 3/4" Pipe, with a Pipe Clamp to attach it to the Bench Top. He then mounted a Camera Tripod Head to the top end of the Pipe to mount the Spotting Scope to. I made a copy of Bob Cat's Spotting Scope Stand, which works GREAT.
I next made a second version only with a 6" Carpenters Vise welded to the top of the pipe instead of the Camera Tripod Head. I added Nylon Blocks to the vise jaws. This cleaning vise works pretty well for Range Cleaning of my handguns. It could stand better Vise Jaw Pads however.
Bob R
Good to see you back Bob! My original spotting scope stand disappeared along with my Bower style rest and my Rock bench rest when somebody helped themselves to my range box out of the back of my truck. I'm really glad my SEB Mini-X wasn't in there too! So at some point I'll have to make a new scope stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Roach
It took me a year but I finally finished my version of a Contender Barrel Stand to use for cleaning.Attachment 10272Attachment 10273
It was a fun project. If you get bored it was fairly easy once I got all the measurements figured out.
Very nice!!!
Nice job bigdaddy!