The 6 Best range Tools (2023 reviews)

We are personally inclined towards tipton best vise, it is not so pricy, but it overachieves its purpose and outstanding in important aspects. This thing has the perfect design and can hold all your different rifles. It is designed to adjust/remove pistol sights. It allows dry firing of the weapon without damage. The vise jaws provide plenty of holding ability and have a nice range of adjustments in width and height. The grip holds are adjustable for hand hun or rifle. The trays are a nice feature to hold your patches, cleaning solution and tools.

The frame is metal and the rest is some sort of plastic/resin looking type of material. It makes cleaning your firearms a breeze.

Why We Like This:

Makes cleaning and scope mounting a breeze
Perfect setup for all weapon systems
Works on long, short, bows, and everything in between
Very well-built multi-function tool for precision work,and an exceptional value

Best For zeroing: Real Avid range Tool

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This is a great all around tool for gun cleaning, repairing, break downs! From rifles to shotguns to handguns, this tool is perfect for any adjustments that need to be made to your firearms. It also comes equipped with 4 different allen wrenches and a removable magnetic storage compartment which can be replaced with an LED light. The size of this tool is very convenient when you don't have a lot of space in your range bag. The magnetic storage compartment is one of the greatest features on the entire tool.

This is a very sturdy and well built tool and would be a great addition to anyone's gun cleaning and maintenance arsenal and compact enough to throw in your range bag. It is great versatility in a tool the size of a small flashlight.

Why We Like This:

Very useful for weapon cleaning, adjusting, and maintenance
Excellent design, well made, versatile and easy to use
Perfect tool for attaching mounts and scopes to rifles
Light weight and fits well in backpack for that overnight camping/hunting trip

Best gunsmith Tool: Wheeler range Tool

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The BCG tools are well thought out and better than most tools that only address the bcg. This maintenance multi-tool has come in really handy and it's small so you can throw it in your range bag and go. It has everything you need for your ar or other guns. The tool design can be used to perform many different functions in the field or at the range. There's no locking mechanism, not even a "wall" for tools to open against.

This definitely beats carrying a tool box to the range. It has a castle nut wrench. It comes with 3 hex bit sizes. It is not a lightweight, it feels quality and sturdy.

Why We Like This:

Excellent tool for taking care of routine ar
Solid build, and made a great castle nut wrench
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For Any Real Work: Tipton range Tool

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The tipton range tool should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. This gun vise is very secure once you lock the gun. It can adjust to fit bolt action rifles, shotguns, break-open rifles and pistols. It holds your rifle great for service or cleaning. It has a lot of nice helpful features for cleaning a weapon including pistols.

The vise itself is made of very beefy plastic. It provides a stable platform for working and cleaning. It holds your rifle in the perfect position for cleaning and disassembly/reassembly. It holds the guns securely and makes those little cleaning jobs and adjustments a lot easier.

Why We Like This:

Lightweight but sturdy and works perfectly for all types of long guns
Great for cleaning, mounting scopes, almost anything
Makes scope mounting a breeze, several adjustments

Best For Really stubborn sights: Wheeler Universal sight Tool

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Next on the list, we've got yet another tool that manages to win our hearts. It's the wheeler universal sight tool and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient tool you can buy. If you're doing any kind of gunsmithing, sight adjusting, or building this is a must. This is a fine example of a well thought out and made tool, and it will do the job. It works with many different guns. It comes with a thinner front pusher block that's able to actually push the base through the sight cuts. There are also guide lines where your slide is held in place to make sure when you tighten your slide down, that its straight in the tool and pressure is being applied on the sights. This is heavy and heavy duty.

The machining on this tool is excellent. This is a great tool, heavy, and heavy duty.

Why We Like This:

Works on front and rear sights equally as well
Very well built all metal part, easy to use
Very well made, capable of fairly small adjustments, good leverage to overcome friction
Works really well, with a lot of adjustability to fit multiple slide types

Best For average owner: Birchwood Casey range Tool

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Compared with other tool in this category, the birchwood casey range tool has a convenient design. Featuring 27 professional gunsmith selected tools, the weekender has everything the at-home gunsmith needs to perform a multitude of tasks and projects on their beloved firearms. It includes nylon and brass faced hammer. Depending on your skill level, this kit has tools for most of what you may need, for an AR, or any other field repairs on firearms. It is great for the average owner. From the basics of mounting a scope to the complexities of model specific firearm maintenance, the weekender is invaluable for completing your gunsmith tasks.

Why We Like This:

A perfect set for maintaining your guns
Specialty bits for specific firearm models
Reusable hard case to keep tools well organized