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James Phillips,
Verified Owner
from TN, United States
Written on October 12, 2025
This lower vise block is sturdy works well and has a variety of uses when building your AR
Would recommend: Yes
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Bigtime,
Verified Owner
from CA, United States
Written on August 17, 2025
For the price, this is hands-down the best vise block I’ve used. I own a few others, but this one really stands out. It doesn’t just hold your lower receiver through the mag well — it goes the extra mile. There’s a cutout perfectly designed for driving in your trigger guard pin (a task that usually feels like juggling porcupines), and even a dedicated spot to secure your gas block while installing the gas tube pin.
It’s like Midwest Industries asked, “What little things drive builders crazy?” and then built a tool that fixes them all. Another smart, practical product from a company that clearly gets it.
Pros:
- not just a one trick pony
Would recommend: Yes
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Jack Eaken,
from PA, United States
Written on April 24, 2025
Awesome product and fast shipping, highly recommend,will definitely be ordering more from these guys,good job keep up the amazing work
Would recommend: Yes
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Whip,
Verified Owner
from NV, United States
Written on March 29, 2025
Well I debated do I really need another tool to aid my AR15 build. This and the reaction rod made life easy. This helped with the gas block more than I expected. Bottom line it’s worth it if you have a vise to put it in. Shipping was fast from OP.
Would recommend: Yes
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Whip,
Verified Owner
from NV, United States
Written on March 28, 2025
Well I debated do I really need another tool to aid my AR15 build. This and the reaction rod made life easy. This helped with the gas block more than I expected. Bottom line it’s worth it if you have a vise to put it in. Shipping was fast from OP.
Would recommend: Yes
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Scott,
Verified Owner
from AR, United States
Written on December 28, 2024
This reciver block makes working on your lower so much easier. Placing in a vise to hold vertically or on a table to hold horizontal is great!
Would recommend: Yes
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SoCalJoe,
Verified Owner
from CA, United States
Written on August 28, 2024
This Lower Receiver Block is seemingly made of very durable plastic and is a great tool to have for working on your lower. I bought it primarily to hold the lower so I can replace the Receiver Extension (Buffer Tube) from Commercial to Mil-Spec. This block did the job. I did put a bit of wood between the block and my vice jaws for two reasons 1) to protect the block, and 2) because the way it sat in my vice the jaws were not in a place where it would bite down evenly (meaning one of the jaws fell inside a contour of the block). Adding the pieces of thin plywood spread out the pressure and it worked perfectly. Not a fault of the tool, but a fault of my vice.
Pros:
- Affordable
- sturdy plastic
- plenty of features for common tasks
Cons:
- May not fill well in all vices
Best Used for:
- working on AR platform rifles
Would recommend: Yes
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Huffdaddy,
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from VA, United States
Written on August 27, 2024
Nice quality product. Good tool to use for an AR build
Would recommend: Yes
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Ernie,
Verified Owner
from ME, United States
Written on July 2, 2024
I purchased this lower receiver block during my first AR build, and have continued using it for other builds and general maintenance. I have used it multiple times for setting roll pins in the gas block/tube, and while installing the bolt catch in the lower. It also comes in handy for disassembling the bolt extractor/ejector for cleaning and when properly checking headspace. I'm sure there are many other uses I'll find for it along the way. It's designed and built well. A must have tool for assembling AR's well. Only gripe I have is it fits loose in my lower's magazine well, causing it to slide off the magazine catch without even depressing it. Had to be extra cautious with hammering in roll pin for bolt catch.
Best Used for:
- Building AR 15s
- general maintenance
Would recommend: Yes
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Brandi Vann,
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from AR, United States
Written on May 17, 2024
Works great!! Absolute must have when working on an AR-15. Holds the gun well so there is no damage while making repairs or adding accessories
Would recommend: Yes
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