M1A1 folding stock repair

[bar28]

I have tecnical/repair question for M1A1 carbine wire stock. My M1A1
is quite good shape for such an age, but wire stock would need small adjustment.
Somehow these 60years upper and lower wire stock parts are receded from eachothers
and buttstock spring can't keep them on position. See pics what i mean.

What is forum members opinions, if i warm little bit stock wire and press it. Then buttstock
spring might stay on own place. Second pic shows, how it should be on the right place.
You can see from that pic, that both upper and lower parts are nicely together
but on my case, wire endings are receded little bit and butt stock spring force can't
keep wire endings together.

All advices are more than a welcome

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[frankderrico]

bar28, I'm not to keen on the heat and bend solution.
Have you tried just putting some muscle on it to get it back to were it should be?
That's were I would start.....Frank

P.S. nice lookig carbine, how about some more pics?
Seems to me I've seen some ads somewere for leather, maybe others will remember.

[Hollywood]

Your top wire looks ok. Just try to bend the bottom wire up a little bit.

[Garandrew]

Im not a metallurgist, but would 2 blocks of pine, and a vise help?

[bar28]

Here is more pics from my Inland m1A1. Yes, leather part is missing, but i can live without it. Such an old rifle small error is fine. I'm still happy that i found early model of M1A1. What are your opinions from it? Barrel is dated 6-1943

[ulflyer]

I would think that lower part could be bent back up. But I'd suggest removing the metal from the stock so as not to do any damage to the wood or portions of metal that connect to the stock. Frankly, I'd take it to a gunsmith who has the tools, vice, etc , that is necessary to do the re-bending. If that gunsmith doesnt sound competent/capable, take it somewhere else. Thats way too nice a gun to let it get buggered up.
Make sure they don't heat it as it will discolor the metal. After you get that done, go to the CMP forum and ask who replaces leather....theres a guy on there that supposedly refinishes them and does a good job on leather. I just don't remember his name or email addee. Thinking about this guy, I suggest you find him, contact him and I'd bet you he would be the just right person to do the bending since he's worked on a lot of M1A1's.

[frankderrico]

bar28, nice early M1A1. It deserves to be fixed right.
Any history on it?
Would love to see the insides.....Frank