A few months ago, I shot my 1858 Uberti and thought I would be a smarty pants by not taking off the grips when I cleaned it. I'll just be "really careful" not get the grips wet because I'd be holding onto the grips when i clean. Makes perfect sense, see?
So it didn't work that way and they must have gotten a little wet. Now there's a slight gap that has appeared between the corners of the butt of the grips and the frame, and also higher up at the curve of the grip. The exposed corners of the grip rub when I shift my grip to cock the hammer. It's not a terribly huge gap, maybe the thickness of a fingernail.
I tried wrapping a rubber band around the grip and leaving it be for a week. Didn't do anything. Probably not enough rubber bands or it just wasn't going to work anyways.
Has this happened to you and how did you fix it? Should I put polyurethane on the grips to prevent it from happening again? Clamp it?
So it didn't work that way and they must have gotten a little wet. Now there's a slight gap that has appeared between the corners of the butt of the grips and the frame, and also higher up at the curve of the grip. The exposed corners of the grip rub when I shift my grip to cock the hammer. It's not a terribly huge gap, maybe the thickness of a fingernail.
I tried wrapping a rubber band around the grip and leaving it be for a week. Didn't do anything. Probably not enough rubber bands or it just wasn't going to work anyways.
Has this happened to you and how did you fix it? Should I put polyurethane on the grips to prevent it from happening again? Clamp it?