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UrbanWolf
10-26-2013, 14:13
My standard M4 stock has too much play with the buffer tube. I've read you can heat shrink it with boiling water. Has anyone done it?
ray1970
10-26-2013, 14:51
I haven't heard of trying that. Somehow, I doubt it is going to work. Why not just go with a different stock?
blacklabel
10-26-2013, 14:53
Might just be a matter of getting the correct buffer tube.
UrbanWolf
10-26-2013, 15:22
I haven't heard of trying that. Somehow, I doubt it is going to work. Why not just go with a different stock?

Because I'd rather not spend the money.
ray1970
10-26-2013, 15:29
Because I'd rather not spend the money.

Fair enough. Not trying to be a "negative nancy", but if the boiling thing doesn't turn out right you might be buying another one anyways.

Good luck. Let me know how it works out if you try it.

[Beer]
UrbanWolf
10-26-2013, 15:34
Fair enough. Not trying to be a "negative nancy", but if the boiling thing doesn't turn out right you might be buying another one anyways.

Good luck. Let me know how it works out if you try it.

[Beer]

If I got lucky I won't spend the extra bucks. Worth risking. [Abused]
ray1970
10-26-2013, 15:37
If I got lucky I won't spend the extra bucks. Worth risking. [Abused]

Yes, sir. I would definitely be interested in the outcome. Post up the results if you try.
blacklabel
10-26-2013, 15:52
Yeah, I've got a commercial stock on a mil-spec buffer that I've been too lazy to fix so I'm curious to see if this works.
UrbanWolf
10-26-2013, 16:14
Will get the result by Tuesday.
Great-Kazoo
10-26-2013, 16:34
Boil water, or use a heat gun. Heat the forward lower section of the stock (where it is already crimped) till it gets pliable. I prefer a heat gun as the stock should be on the tube. This way when heated you crimp to tube, resulting in a tighter fit.
UrbanWolf
10-26-2013, 17:34
Boil water, or use a heat gun. Heat the forward lower section of the stock (where it is already crimped) till it gets pliable. I prefer a heat gun as the stock should be on the tube. This way when heated you crimp to tube, resulting in a tighter fit.

I don't have a heat gun, maybe i can try borrow my roommate's hair blower.
Boil water might be my only option, just have to to it slowly can refit many times.
Great-Kazoo
10-26-2013, 17:50
I don't have a heat gun, maybe i can try borrow my roommate's hair blower.
Boil water might be my only option, just have to to it slowly can refit many times.

Hair dryers not hot enough. Boiling water method , starts to loose pliability once removed. Then you rush to fit stock - tube. IF you had a propane torch and knew how to use it [not melting the stock] it would work.
Tim K
10-29-2013, 09:08
Or you could buy the ones I have for sale.

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/118391-Two-mil-spec-adjustable-butt-stocks
MarkCO
10-29-2013, 09:42
I tightened up a loose M$ stock by putting a few wraps of hockey stick tape in strategic locations. Worked like a charm.

But you did get me to wondering if putting a piece of heat shrink PVC tubing on a buffer tube would work...
Great-Kazoo
10-29-2013, 12:29
I tightened up a loose M$ stock by putting a few wraps of hockey stick tape in strategic locations. Worked like a charm.

But you did get me to wondering if putting a piece of heat shrink PVC tubing on a buffer tube would work...

The other option is epoxy or hot glue the tube .
UrbanWolf
10-29-2013, 14:12
THe result is... it didnt work, these plastic's structure are much tougher than McDonald toys.
blacklabel
10-29-2013, 18:06
THe result is... it didnt work, these plastic's structure are much tougher than McDonald toys.

Color me surprised. [Sarcasm2]
ray1970
10-29-2013, 19:41
THe result is... it didnt work, these plastic's structure are much tougher than McDonald toys.


Somehow, I doubt it is going to work.

Woo hoo! I win. [WooHoo]
Great-Kazoo
10-29-2013, 23:08
THe result is... it didnt work, these plastic's structure are much tougher than McDonald toys.

Good heat gun would have remedied that, real quick. Boiling water is great, if you're making coffee, tea, or pasta. Hair dryer, well i figure the name says it all. Granted low heat temps are good for some gun related items, not a thicker molded plastic.
brutal
10-30-2013, 00:19
I tightened up a loose M$ stock by putting a few wraps of hockey stick tape in strategic locations. Worked like a charm.

But you did get me to wondering if putting a piece of heat shrink PVC tubing on a buffer tube would work...

Shrink tubing and a hair dryer in the same thread... Now where did I put that Joe's Garage album and my Telefunken U-47?
Great-Kazoo
10-30-2013, 06:30
Shrink tubing and a hair dryer in the same thread... Now where did I put that Joe's Garage album and my Telefunken U-47?

I suggest you stick closer to, Church Orientated Society
UrbanWolf
10-30-2013, 08:56
Good heat gun would have remedied that, real quick. Boiling water is great, if you're making coffee, tea, or pasta. Hair dryer, well i figure the name says it all. Granted low heat temps are good for some gun related items, not a thicker molded plastic.

Ok, when i said hair dryer it was mostly meant to be taken as a joke......
brutal
10-30-2013, 10:29
I suggest you stick closer to, Church Orientated Society

On the bus?
Great-Kazoo
10-30-2013, 10:47
On the bus?

with a wammy bar
ray1970
10-30-2013, 10:51
with a wammy bar

Is it a whammy bar or a wiggle stick?
brutal
10-30-2013, 11:06
with a wammy bar

The white zone...
Great-Kazoo
10-30-2013, 12:42
Is it a whammy bar or a wiggle stick?

And a second hand guitar
It was a stratocaster with a whammy bar