Gun Maintenance Mats

[Enid_Puceflange]

I’m looking to source a decent mag to rest my pewpews on when fiddling/cleaning etc. I have seen the generic neoprene ones on eBay & Amazon and was sure I had seen a more substantial rubber one somewhere that had recessed areas to sit bolts & pins etc to stop them rolling away and getting lost.

All I can see on Amazon is this thing below, but really after something similar for an AR or Scar sized rif.

Anyone seen these anywhere or what do you use?

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[Ad_]

Something like this maybe?

https://cpc.farnell.com/velleman-sa/as12/soldering-mat-530-x-350mm/dp/SD02260

There's also a larger version available but that lacks the compartments & magnetic areas

 

[Speedbird_666]

Not SCAR sized, but fairly big - I use one of these:

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It's ribbed for greater...umm...screw retention?

Can't find exact measurements but this youtube vid will give you a sense of scale. You could put a couple mats together side by side if you need more...umm...girth?

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Good suggestions lads, certainly better than what I had found & way neater than the old leather desk protector that I currently use ??‍
 

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[Druid799]

I use a bog standard rubberised A2 matt and a couple of small magnetic trays to hold all the bits’n’bobs in .

 

[Adolf Hamster]

i just use one of the amazon mats and a bunch of glass dishes for small parts, only downside is you need to eat a bunch of GU cheesecakes to get the dishes.

 

[Super64]

Good suggestions lads, certainly better than what I had found & way neater than the old leather desk protector that I currently use ??‍
 

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If you didn’t take this picture on a Friday then you’re messing with my OCD ?

I’m with Hamster and just use the roll up, mouse mat style mat. A nice AR-15 exploded view, just because it looks good. I’m also on board with the GU dishes and a willingness to scoff as many as necessary ?

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Why a Friday?? ?

 

[Tommikka]

Why a Friday?? ?

He has counted the cup rings (he said he has OCD)

But I’ll guess that extra mild OCD allows for a week of mess that’s cleaned up on Friday 

 

[hitmanNo2]

Look at the socks...

 

[Tommikka]

I don’t think this is recessed, but the Dye Dam is rifle sized with a tech mat to suit:

https://moderncombatsports.co.uk/products/dye-tech-mat-paintball-mat

Other gun styles are available in tech mats:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=TekMat&ref=bl_dp_s_mw_4230495031

I have an eclipse mat which I think is the one @Speedbird_666linked, It’s quite sizeable but I’m a paintballer and it’s smaller than rifle sizes.

However as I bought this one under lockdown it’s been used for a complete rebuild one 90s paintball pistol and for some arduino gadget construction.

I have a good sized roll of some decent rubber mat that I’ve used for gun works - but most often the surface I use is just the most convenient place with some allowance for minimising flying springs and laying out nuts and bolts near to where they came out 

Look at the socks...

These might blow @Super64away...

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[MagpieTactical]

I think Ballistic Designs do a mat with sections to trap small parts etc

 

[Super64]

Why a Friday?? ?

Friday sock ?

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Friday sock ?

My bad ??‍
And it was Thursday I took the photo ?

 

[shadowfacex]

I reckon an extra large, thick gaming mat that costs no more than £15 should do the trick. Might get one to test it out.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cimetech-Comfortable-Extended-Waterproof-800x300x5mm/dp/B08BFC8GVY/

 

[Tommikka]

It turns out my Eclipse mat is really an Exalt .... 

50cm x 32cm with recessed o-ring sizing guides, 3 parts areas a honeycomb work area

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[The Lord Tea]

Damn, that Exalt mat is nice. Where’d you get it?
I just use an old, thin towel to put the gun on and a takeaway tub for the bits - clearly need to up my game! 

 

[Tommikka]

Damn, that Exalt mat is nice. Where’d you get it?
I just use an old, thin towel to put the gun on and a takeaway tub for the bits - clearly need to up my game! 

I thought that I had got it recently under lockdowns, (bear in mind that I also thought it was the Eclipse so my memory might be flawed)  but it doesn’t seem to be on any of my shopping orders.

I did get a lot of gear directly from Exalt a while back when they used one of my photos 

Super5ives and BZ are listing them in various colours

https://shop.super5ives.com/shop/search?q=Exalt+tech+mat

https://www.bzpaintball.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=Exalt+mat