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    Contender Barrel Cleaning Stand

    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    Wow
    That is a pretty cool set up Kyode, never seen one

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    Quote Originally Posted by KYODE View Post
    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.
    I could use one those myself. Sweet setup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KYODE View Post
    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.
    Kyode,
    Sweet rest other than they miss spelled Mjshell. Send it my way and I will fix it for you. No charge��

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    Cool

    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!


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    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.
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    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.

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    I made these out of wood clamps. Great for cleaning everything!








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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lonehunter View Post
    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!
    It's better to shoot for the moon and hit the fencepost than to shoot for the fencepost and hit the ground!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lonehunter View Post
    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 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.

    You may be surprised?
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