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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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:

 

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 ??‍♂️
 

[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]

1 hour ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

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

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]

16 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

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 

1 minute ago, hitmanNo2 said:

Look at the socks...

These might blow @Super64away...

[MagpieTactical]

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

[Super64]

2 hours ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

Why a Friday?? ?

Friday sock ?

[Enid_Puceflange]

3 hours ago, Super64 said:

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

 

[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]

2 hours ago, The Lord Tea said:

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