P3 Ultimate Gun Vise - Real Guns

P3 Ultimate Gun Vise
by Real Guns

Occasionally, we will have a company from the firearms industry run an ad, then quit abruptly when we explain we do not write editorial in support of advertising and we don't post thinly disguised press releases as articles. You'd be surprised by what is normal practice in this industry when it comes to the relationship between publications and advertisers. Curt Knitt of CTK Precision knew the Real Guns guidelines, ran an ad and still submitted his product for review; now there's a guy with a lot of confidence in a product and, as it turns out, that confidence was well founded.

We indicated we would review the product on two conditions; 1) We would receive a sample of the product that could be returned after evaluated, 2) The review would be accurate and reflect our direct experience. We're glad we had the opportunity. This is a tough industry and new products, particularly those originating with new companies, sometimes get lost in the shuffle. We are always looking for good products and services to recommend to site visitors as well as bad ones to report.

If you can get past my less than stellar photography, you'll notice the P3 Gun Vise is quite different from other products that are designed primarily as a cleaning cradle. Rather than a honking piece of plastic that looks like a multi drawer tackle box gone awry, the P3 is compact. It still provided wide base steady support and open access to virtually every part of a firearm, just more efficiently. I have a Tipton molded plastic cleaning station I rarely use because it's bulky and has little capability of adjusting to a variety of firearms. In preparation for this review, I used the P3 during inverted disassembly of a 48" Mossberg shotgun and as a steady rest while I repaired a rear sight on my 40" long Model 38 Mosin-Nagant. Finally, I readjusted the vise and used it for support while fitting a Weaver mount base to a Ruger Bisley revolver. The vertically adjustable front "V" support, and the horizontally and vertical adjustments of the rear clamping vise, provided an optimal configuration for each gun.

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