Scott Hearn
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Okay guys how would you go about straightening these? I'm thinking heat gun but maybe epoxy and clamps? I'm trying to not destroy them. I have three of them and they are all like this. 
Choate Shotgun Caddies. How to Straighten?
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Spiff
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Eh...how do they load like they are?
Spiff
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Plastic will eventually creep according to whatever force is applied to it...if you can clamp it up square for a while it'll help, probably won't get it completely straight.
Scott Hearn
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As designed? They load just fine. But..... I'm going to join them together and make my own load two setup. In order for it to work I need to get the center part as thin as possible. I've even considered taking the side completely out of one of them, but to do that I need them straight. These came out of the box like this too. I think they either pulled them from the mold too hot or they sat in a hot ass trailer in shipping somewhere along the way.
brandt9913
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I think if you epoxy them together and use a clamp setup to apply even pressure the entire length, they will straighten themselves up. Maybe a couple paint stir sticks ripped to the correct width and clamped in 3 places with small c clamps? Just an idea.
Something more rigid than paint stir sticks would work better.
Something more rigid than paint stir sticks would work better.
Scott Hearn
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Actually I was about half thinking of making a block out of wood to fill both of them, clamp them outside to outside, and trying the oven set low.
jtischauser
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Mine all have that shape too. That why I bought the good ones.
Scott Hearn
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The aluminum ones? I may end up doing that, but I just want to see if it will work for me. These would not be an issue if I could weak hand load worth a crap.
Spiff
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Nobody can load weak hand worth a crap until they practice.
Scott Hearn
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Dude! Come to Pro-Am tomorrow and I will blow your mind with how bad I am! LOL! Six months of 100 rounds a day, everyday and I might can get under 8 seconds. Maybe. Don't hold your breath on it either.....
jtischauser
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You ever tried the load two method? You are welcome to use one of my two belts to try it.
Scott Hearn
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If you go tomorrow bring it, I'll try it. That's exactly what I'm trying to bolt these together for. The belt rig/bomber vest thing looks to be great until one has to go prone in 3 gun with ammo in it. I guarantee I can lose shells out of it. But for proam it's probably the shite. I know I can load much faster right now with the load two setup. With a little practice one can be at least somewhat competitive. Just a faster learning curve.
mike cyrwus
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I left some out in the sun and they did that. A heat gun fixed them and they were worse than that.
jtischauser
I'm addicted to kicking ass
I'll bring both vests to HH Sunday night.
shootingbuff
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A few days ago I tried the load two with the caddies just besdie each other. Worked well enough. I don't think you need to necessarily have to take a side out or even join them though joining would keep them together during heavy movement. I would take out the spacers and rivet in two places and put the spacers back in.
I would go with low heat and then tense the plastic back closer to shape. or a pop sickle stick maybe shoved sideways in 2-3 places. Then cool
