When I ordered this, I was not sure how much I'd use it, so I left it in its box for a very long time, unopened. Eventually, I decided to open it and go ahead and "mount" it (more on that later) to a new rolling 84" toolbox I kept in my finished/HVAC-controlled walk-out basement. I only used it to mount two muzzle devices (one on an AXSA barrel and one on a PredatOBR barrel). I only ever used the "V" inserts. I never used the "gold" ARCA or Picatinny jaws, and I never used the aluminum soft jaws. Again, the only thing I used were the V-inserts. I kept a microfiber towel between the two gold jaws to make sure they ever touched each other.
To double underscore how little it was used, I never actually mounted it to the toolbox. I have some fancy black MDF that I cut into three sections so that there would be modularity, but those there MDF sections never got mounted to the toolbox, so it was only ever mounted to pieces of black MDF that were not even attached to the top of the rolling tool box. . . . all of that is to say that If I were doing any "real" work with this, I would have had to actually mount it to something that wouldn't move.
Because of the very, very little use and my anticipated future needs for it (which are basically none) what I ended up doing was decided to put this up for sale and ordered a Short Action Customs Barrel Vise for when I need to do barrel work.
This vise is SMOOTH (and it should be for what they cost).
The vise will come with a second mounting base (which cost $150). As you can see in the second-to last picture, there is a corner of the first base that must have been dropped at the Orange factory - it does not affect the use at all, and if you orient it to the rear, you never even see it. When I asked Area 419 about it, they sent me a second base for the trouble. The second base was never used.
The Orange Vises are now $2,000 by themselves WITHOUT Area419 kit and the extra base.
So, my asking price is going to be $2050 shipped fully insured CONUS. I know that's steep, but Orange is located in California, so they're dealing with not just inflation, but also the cost of doing business under that regime.
To double underscore how little it was used, I never actually mounted it to the toolbox. I have some fancy black MDF that I cut into three sections so that there would be modularity, but those there MDF sections never got mounted to the toolbox, so it was only ever mounted to pieces of black MDF that were not even attached to the top of the rolling tool box. . . . all of that is to say that If I were doing any "real" work with this, I would have had to actually mount it to something that wouldn't move.
Because of the very, very little use and my anticipated future needs for it (which are basically none) what I ended up doing was decided to put this up for sale and ordered a Short Action Customs Barrel Vise for when I need to do barrel work.
This vise is SMOOTH (and it should be for what they cost).
The vise will come with a second mounting base (which cost $150). As you can see in the second-to last picture, there is a corner of the first base that must have been dropped at the Orange factory - it does not affect the use at all, and if you orient it to the rear, you never even see it. When I asked Area 419 about it, they sent me a second base for the trouble. The second base was never used.
The Orange Vises are now $2,000 by themselves WITHOUT Area419 kit and the extra base.
So, my asking price is going to be $2050 shipped fully insured CONUS. I know that's steep, but Orange is located in California, so they're dealing with not just inflation, but also the cost of doing business under that regime.
