capture keys

[cynthialee]

Where would I look for a capture key for my rifle? I don't have a shop, if I did I would just address the situation myself.

I can pop the key out of my T/C Hawken with just finger pressure and that doesn't sit well with me.

 

[necchi]

TOW, http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/964/2

They still need some cutting/filing and of course there's a couple ways to install the capture "pin".
You'll hafta call'm to find out which one is a best fit for the TC.
There's a few topics about installing down in the Builders bench or ask down there for tip's-n-tricks.

Ya might wanna try this first;
It don't take much, just little tap's.

 

[cynthialee]

lookin at that picture leaves me wondering why I didn't think of that fix on my own...
:redface:

 

[crockett]

That TOW catalog shows how to put the pin just under the wedge plate. can always reverse things if you so choose.

 

[Vaino]

I for one always install captured keys in my MLers which have keys. Of course I make my own keys and install the capture pin, but they can be purchased in different thicknesses. The "captured key" ensures that they don't fall out while I'm in the wilds of Colorado hunting elk....just another "peace of mind feature". Reducing the slot in the bbl lug works well, but still doesn't prevent losing a key in whatever situations that might come up .....only "capturing" does.....Fred

 

[Ft. Jefferson]

I've always just bent the wedge/key a bit. Then, always install with the bend/center down. Tap and fit, repeat, etc.

 

[Jumpshot]

TOW, http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/964/2

They still need some cutting/filing and of course there's a couple ways to install the capture "pin".
You'll hafta call'm to find out which one is a best fit for the TC.
There's a few topics about installing down in the Builders bench or ask down there for tip's-n-tricks.

Ya might wanna try this first;
It don't take much, just little tap's.

Another approach is to bend the key. I've done it with two or three of my rifles. I just grab the ends with two pairs of pliers (with cloth between the teeth to prevent damage) and bend it slightly. Just a little bit, it doesn't take much. Install it with the bow in the middle going down and it's now a tight fit. Works fine for me.

 

[Jumpshot]

You posted right before I did. Great minds think alike. :grin:

 

[cynthialee]

ya know...I almost posted this in the builders bench then I thought against it
should have went with my first instincts

 

[George T.]

Using a round steel object centered over the notch and then tap with the hammer as pictured.
It is in the Lyman book available on line not my idea by a long shot!

Good Luck! Geo. T.

 

[necchi]

It simply never made sense to me to bend the key, even way back before the internet and all the advice to get and when I was the only one I knew that had a Trade ML.
My thought was, If I bend the key,, I'll have a bent key. If the gun was ment to have a bent key they'd have made them that way.
So I always adjusted the tennon to fit the way it should. I never have to look at the key to make sure the "bend" is one certain way or the other,, it simply fit's properly in to the wedge like the design was ment to be, :idunno:
The trouble is only with factory made rifles.
How many custom made rifles have bent key's?

 

[longcruise]

It simply never made sense to me to bend the key, even way back before the internet and all the advice to get and when I was the only one I knew that had a Trade ML.
My thought was, If I bend the key,, I'll have a bent key. If the gun was ment to have a bent key they'd have made them that way.

I have done it both ways, but nowadays stick with the bent key approach. Reason being I was adjusting the key tension on a new GPR build for my son in law and with only a very small tap the lug popped loose on one end. On thos guns they seem to be welded. Solder did not works so off it came and installed a staple made from a finishing nail which held up nicely.

 

[Richard Kemp]

I too had a soldered lug come off with a light tap while adjusting. A bent key is a much easier solution.

 

[Richard Kemp]

.....and if you capture it after bending, orientation is never a problem.