Sight Unseen

There's a company in Carol Stream, Illinois, who claims to make stocks for the Colt Challenger.

I made a couple of inquiries about them and got to a point where they needed information about my specific gun to decide if they actually stocked the stocks.

The Challenger is a variation of the Woodsman 2nd Series.

In theory, any grip stock that fits a 2nd Series Woodsman fits a Challenger.  That's the theory, but nobody who makes the damn things seems to know for sure.

One of the main differences between the grips stocks appears to be if there's a cut for the magazine release and if there's a thumb rest.  The Challenger had neither.

It's been months since I sent the requested information to the company in Illinois.  No response.

I've even fired off a couple of emails asking if they got the information they requested.  No response.

I guess they don't want my business.

Gunbroker to the rescue!

They're not going to be correct.  They're walnut.

The correct stocks for the gun are these hideous dark brown plastic monstrosities.  They genuinely look like something that the cheap Chinese knock-off company would sell when they farmed out the job to someone who doesn't care as much as they do about QC.

After all, you bought the Challenger instead of the Woodsman, you cheap bastard, what did you want, burled maple?

So, soon the Challenger will be sporting better grips than it ever had and the black plastic things what make the OEM stocks look good will be tossed into a hole which will be limed and salted and sealed for a 1,000 generations with eldritch enchantments to prevent them from being used again.