HOPPE'S Gun Vise, Rifle and Shotgun Vise with Front and Rear Locking Supports Grey

This vise is really light, made for the most part out of a strong but lightweight plastic. So when it arrived and I got it out of the box, I wondered how well it would hold my shotgun. The one I was working on is a Remington 870 Express that I've had for years. It has a long barrel, an aftermarket extended extra-capacity magazine tube that's almost as long as the gun barrel, a taclight and mount, and a side saddle installed that holds 6 extra 12-gauge shells. Total length from butt to muzzle is about 49" so it's a fairly heavy gun considering the size from the factory and the aftermarket mods it's carrying. Recently I decided that I wanted to run a sling on it too, so needed to install a sling stud on the buttstock. I ordered this vise to help with doing that job properly. Well, despite my apprehension that the light plastic vise might not hold the gun securely, those fears were unfounded. Last night I set things up on the microwave table I use for meal prep in the kitchen and it worked like a champ. Completely satisfied and favorably impressed; I got the hole for the sling stud drilled, and the stud installed, without any issues whatsoever. No tipping of the gun while working on it; plenty of stability. The easy-to-secure gripping points did no damage to the shotgun's wood furniture. We'll see how the vise does on future jobs with this gun and others.

Good rifle holder for cleaning or working on your rifle

This isn’t made for ar 15. I had difficulty not rocking it back and forth no matter how I set it up on the vice. Seems to be more sturdy, tho, when i place my old World War II Mauser 10mm sniper rifle. Solid wood stock. Seemed a bit more stable with the longer guns heavier stock (and overall stabilized weight) held lower in the vice. The ar 15 .223 seems like it sits higher and the weight is different, front heavy w the metal rails. Maybe just me but it seemed like it didn’t work as well as I’d have liked. Or as good as my other brand. Might still keep it for sighting in sights and cleaning my Mauser.

Works great, light weight easy to use and set up. Holds rifle without movement great for maintenance and bore sighting a rifle.

Does what it is supposed to do, but is flimsy. The vise barely holding the rifle, and tightening the knob results in thread skipping.

works great

This is not for shooting with, Use for scope mounting and cleaning rifle- works nicely. It does have 4 small adjustable feet (many said it didn't) if needed when doing scope level. No need to snug the clamps crazy tight, a little tension will hold fine and allows for little left /right level adjustments. Nice helping hands when working on firearm. scouting out the price not very expensive.

I would have thought this would have been a bit beefier but it works well. Used it for mounting a scope and for cleaning. It's nice and light and while I don't think it will break.... it does feel a bit cheap. Price was right so we'll see how it does.

Plastic construction. Hard to fully secure rifles with chin pieces.