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A good friend of mine who works for Real Avid had this on display at his booth at the Shot Show today. Very well thought out and quite versatile. There are interchangeable jaws with different materials and ways of hooking flex cable with lights and magnifiers to the base. My first thought was I can forget about building a checkering cradle as this does it all. The ball head locks up real tight but there is a drag on it that allows centering, levelling and rotation. It has many other options that I won't go into here. This is not meant to be a plug for the product just thought it might interest many of the forum members.

I've been guilty of "new gun vice" many many times...
JR

I fail to see how this contraption could replace a Checkering cradle? This set up is very well thought out for marketing and sales, “ Does it all” but really is nothing new. Take your 300 bucks and buy a Wilton, or at least a good start on one. If you really want one of these, wait a few months an they will be clogging the E-bay pages for a buy now of $15 OBO.

It's not the be all end all vice. It is aluminum and is a middle ground vice. If you're looking for a heavy duty tool this isn't it. However it does lock up very tight, doesn't seem springy with a double shotgun in its teeth so it will serve the every day uses like cleaning, putting on a scope, and other small to medium jobs. I do agree however that some of the plastic will most likely break at some time and then I'll be cursing trying to find a replacement.

A vice brings bad visions to my mind for what this might be used for; a vise, well a different story. Looks a little light weight for most gun work. Bigger is better.

Suggested MRSP $300. Yes its not made for real heavy gun work but it is very sturdy. The demo had an AR mounted on it and it seemed very sturdy although I didn't crank it around to see just how sturdy. I'm not sure of construction metal. Seems to be steel but I need a magnet to check and don't have one with me.

You guy's first response it to sh#t on everything. No wonder this site is hardly what is once was. If that's the everyday first response you guys give, glad I don't live close to you.

Just my opinion based on the pictures, but I have serious doubts it is strong enough and solid enough to fill my requirements for gun work. Looks to be made of cast aluminum, with a steel ball and socket pedestal. But, maybe it is heavier and more massive than it appears to be in the pics. Its advertised that it will handle 100 ft./lbs. of torque. That's not much. Might be fine for checkering but it's not enough for holding a fine action or set of barrels safely, IMO.

I have a small cast aluminum vise with a similar steel ball socket base for swiveling, and it is just not solid enough for most gun work. I have it mounted on a block of a 2 X 6, and when I do use it for tiny things I clamp the block into my big woodworking vise on the front of the workbench. But, when it comes to working on an action or set of barrels the big post vise always get the nod.