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Coltwood stocks

celsecelse Member Posts: 344 ✭✭✭
edited October 2010 in Ask the Experts
Hello does any one have any experence adjusting(shrinking problem) Coltwood 1911a1 grips. I have three pairs needing stretching. I have herd of using boiling water to soften them but would like something with detail, step by step. HELP
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  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had good luck heating them on a pizza stone until they are soft enough to become pliable. (Add heat slowly until the stocks become slightly soft.) With a template available that shows the correct hole spacing, and using gloves to avoid discomfort from the heat, I gently pull on the length of the stock panel until the hole spacing is correct. I then put the stocks on a waiting gun and the metal immediately pulls the heat out of the plastic to harden them in the proper length. If the holes are egg-shaped, be sure and push the holes back into a round shape while stretching the stock panels.

    If you end up with a molten puddle of plastic, you got them too hot!
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  • celsecelse Member Posts: 344 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you very much!!! Sounds good.
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