Colt Woodsman
Maintenance made Easy
Many thanks to Tom Platt, otherwise known as "prewoodsman" on various gun discussion boards. Tom stated on the Colt semi-autos forum that he had some "unprinted tricks of the trade". He has since written and photographed several of them as excellent "Howto" guides and has allowed me to post them here for the benefit of all Colt Woodsman fans. He has also allowed me to reveal his name as the real identity of "preWoodsman."
In my 30-35 years of collecting and shooting the Colt Woodsman I have learned various small repairs by trial and error: mostly error! Some of the most vexing and common problems I have encountered have been the replacement of the recoil spring, the slide stop spring, and the trigger spring. Tom's "tricks of the trade" make those chores much easier.
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Recoil Spring
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Slide Stop
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Trigger Removal and Replacement: 2nd and 3rd series.
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Trigger installation: 1st series Woodsman and pre-Woodsman.
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Assembly Lock Tools: All Woodsman, Challenger, Huntsman & Targetsman series of pistol
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Recoil Spring Compression Tool
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Dry Fire Hammer Stop
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Last updated on June 14, 2016.