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Clamp the upper. Keep the finish.

Vise blocks, soft jaws and armorer’s tools for AR builders and gunsmiths. Our blocks are CNC machined from solid NO-M.A.R® polymer, which protects the receiver’s finish.

Multi-Cal block clamped in a blue bench vise, holding a 223 upper with the barrel installed
Fig. 1. The Multi-Cal block, our best seller, holding a 223 upper. $34.99 each

Which upper block?

Find your flat top. Read across to the opening each block is listed for.

Flat top upperListed for a vise that opens
3 in.3.5 in.4 in.
AR-15 flat topsBasic$23.99 eachStandard$26.99 eachHeavyDuty$37.99 each
AR-10 type flat topsNone listedStandard$30.99 each.308 ARs, SR-25, LR308, AR-10HeavyDuty$36.99 eachMost .308 ARs
Both AR-10 and AR-15 type flat topsNone listedMulti-Cal$34.99 eachNone listed

Changing a stubborn barrel? The HeavyDuty design helps remove stubborn barrels, and it comes with 2 clear anti torque plates. Standard and Multi-Cal blocks come with steel pins and clips, for light duty holding.

“None listed” means we don’t list a block at that opening, not that one won’t fit. Not sure? Call the shop: (408) 226-6672

On the bench

AR-15 upper held between a black polymer block and rail cap in a bench vise
Fig. 2. AR-15 Standard block. Block below, rail cap above, receiver between. $26.99 each
Lower block standing in a blue bench vise with a stripped .308 lower receiver on top
Fig. 3. SR-25 lower block, up through the magazine well. $25.99 each
Black magnetic soft jaw pads on a blue bench vise, gripping a threaded barrel
Fig. 4. Magnetic soft jaws on a barrel. $20.99
Rail clamp soft jaw gripping the top rail of an upper, seen end-on above a blue bench vise
Fig. 5. Rail soft jaws, gripping a receiver by its rail. $26.99

The catalog

“The ability to clamp the entire upper receiver in the vise instead of just the lower half makes rebarreling a snap.”

Customer review

Close view of a black polymer vise block in a blue vise, with cutter lines visible on its corner, beside a barrel nut
Fig. 7. The cut edge of a block. CNC machined from solid NO-M.A.R polymer.

We run plastics all day, every day.

We’re a third-generation plastics shop with 45 years of plastics fabrication.

The founder of this line designed every tool in it, and the process to make it. In 2026 she chose this shop to carry it forward.

Every part is made in our plastics shop in San Jose, California. Everything is made in house, no outsourcing.

  • The NO-M.A.R line has been sold since 2012.
  • 4,000+ gunsmithing tools and tool sets sold through our own online stores since January 2023.

Buying for a shop?

Same catalog, same site. See why shops stock the line, how to order, and how to send us a drawing for custom work.

For shops and bulk buyers