Help with colt woodsman grip !

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Hey! Please let me know if I'm posting this to the wrong area...I'm new here!

I have a lovely little .22 colt woodsman matchtarget with a grip that's go askew!

I'm not quite sure where it is supposed to be attached and isn't or if the issue is the grip itself rather than its fastening.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks :)

Julia
 
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Looks like the small indexing tabs have been broken. Examine the inside of the grip carefully.

A quick fix is to apply a bit of epoxy at these locations, apply epoxy release to the corresponding areas of the frame and reassemble.
 
those are not the factory grips for that gun, but there should be a pin at lower rear on the frame, looks like that pin is gone.
It has been a few years since I worked on one of these.
IF you had picture with the grip off and showed the back side and frame, I could remember.
 
In the last picture with the grip slide around you can see through the frame to the grip on the other side. It looks to me like it has a metal tab near the bottom of the opening in the frame. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this tab on the side that swings free has broken off. Remove both grips, compare and see if this is the case.

As for how to fix it I get the feeling that you have not even unscrewed the grips to see what the issue was. Because if you had you'd likely have seen what the issue is right away. That suggests that you're not all that mechanically inclined. That's fine, we all have our strong and weak areas. But if you're not a DIY whiz then I'd suggest you take it to someone that can do a nice job of fixing this issue. It's too nice a gun to Bubba a solution into it.
 
Hey there,

I have unscrewed the grips but I have no clue how they're supposed o be affixed so I didn't really know what to look for (since I'm not mechanically inclined).
I will add a pic of the inside of the grip if that's helpful but I'm hesitant to go the epoxy route since I really just want to get this fix ed up for sale.

Thanks for your help!
It's nice to be able to reach out to ppl who know what to look for

BCRider said:
In the last picture with the grip slide around you can see through the frame to the grip on the other side. It looks to me like it has a metal tab near the bottom of the opening in the frame. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this tab on the side that swings free has broken off. Remove both grips, compare and see if this is the case.

As for how to fix it I get the feeling that you have not even unscrewed the grips to see what the issue was. Because if you had you'd likely have seen what the issue is right away. That suggests that you're not all that mechanically inclined. That's fine, we all have our strong and weak areas. But if you're not a DIY whiz then I'd suggest you take it to someone that can do a nice job of fixing this issue. It's too nice a gun to Bubba a solution into it.
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Julia said:
Hey there,

I have unscrewed the grips but I have no clue how they're supposed o be affixed so I didn't really know what to look for (since I'm not mechanically inclined).
I will add a pic of the inside of the grip if that's helpful but I'm hesitant to go the epoxy route since I really just want to get this fix ed up for sale.

Thanks for your help!
It's nice to be able to reach out to ppl who know what to look for
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With this new info I'm going to suggest that you simply sell it as is with the pictures as shown.

It's not a big deal to analyze and fix for someone with reasonable DIY skills and knowledge. But for you and your self admitted limits it will mean someone else will need to fix it. And if that someone isn't a friend that can do it for free then fixing the grips will cost more than you would gain by selling the gun as is vs repaired. So you may as well mark the cost down a little from what a good similar example would bring and let the new owner do the DIY to fix the grip issue. That way you save yourself a lot of headache and end up with the same money in your pocket regardless and the new owner gets a bit of a bargain in return for an hour or so of tinkering around in their shop to fix the issue. That way you'll both be happy.

How much to mark it down? I'd say mark it down by $50 over what it would sell for if the grip was not broken. A gunsmith would charge $40 to $80 depending on the nature of the fix and what was needed. So $50 would be a good round number for an "as is" discount to make up for the loose grip.
 
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