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Bawana · 03-16-2004, 06:35 PM

I set up the 1209 and a 1089 with it be I still like the front grip a little bigger so used eva grip.Stuff looks better then cork tape.Tried shrinking it with butane torch but this was going slow so switched to propane.AS long as you keep torch moving it doesnt seem to burn grip.Weight wise its unbelievably light.I know I will have to pick some more up in the different sizes to have on hand as I deffinately like it.I was going to look for something to put under it for another 1089 just to make that end of blank a little bigger.might try cork tape first then the shrink wrap.I have a couple of hundred foot rolls of cork tape so might as well use it for something . On the 1209 its real nice size on butt with nothing under it.The size Mike gave me was tight going on for last 10 inches or so but I wet the blank and inside the shrink wrap with tap water and worked it down slow.let it dry and then heated it right on with the burnsomatic torch.

03-16-2004, 06:35 PM	#5
Bawana Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Norwell--E.Wareham Posts: 217	I set up the 1209 and a 1089 with it be I still like the front grip a little bigger so used eva grip.Stuff looks better then cork tape.Tried shrinking it with butane torch but this was going slow so switched to propane.AS long as you keep torch moving it doesnt seem to burn grip.Weight wise its unbelievably light.I know I will have to pick some more up in the different sizes to have on hand as I deffinately like it.I was going to look for something to put under it for another 1089 just to make that end of blank a little bigger.might try cork tape first then the shrink wrap.I have a couple of hundred foot rolls of cork tape so might as well use it for something . On the 1209 its real nice size on butt with nothing under it.The size Mike gave me was tight going on for last 10 inches or so but I wet the blank and inside the shrink wrap with tap water and worked it down slow.let it dry and then heated it right on with the burnsomatic torch.