Keeping wedges in the GPR
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Put a small bend in them to tighten them up. Place on an open vice and hit with a hammer. Don't need much.
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Not sure if you have more than one, but if you do, mark each for stock position and up or down side. They don't always interchange. The little buggers should be snug enough to need a good thumb pressure to insert. When you take them out use a wood dowel with an end shapped like a slotted screwdriver.
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Consider installing capture pins. The ‘capture’ pin is placed under or behind the slotted inlay, and goes through a slot in the wedge key. You can just make out the pin in the wedge slot in this photograph.
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I just tap them with a hammer to get a tiny bend in them, enough to need a tap in place and to get out. I made a few out of some metal stock....cut to size, file, hammer one end to a flat. Took about fifteen minutes.
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I had the same problem? I just leave one in now with no problem. I tried bending them, changing places, and finally gave up. If you figure it out let me know what to do? LOL!
Modified existing wedges. Easy enough to do with a drill and jeweler’s saw.
kelvinator
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Capturing the wedges with a slot and pin as stated above is a good idea and will certainly keep them from being lost but won't make them fit snug as they should.
If you bend or put a slight arc in the wedges they will then become specific to their slot and which side is up, capturing them in the stock will help keep them located correctly.
I had to bend both wedges on my Santa Fe hawken to get them to fit like I want, but have yet to do the capture to the stock part, so I have them labeled as to front-rear and top-bottom.
If you bend or put a slight arc in the wedges they will then become specific to their slot and which side is up, capturing them in the stock will help keep them located correctly.
I had to bend both wedges on my Santa Fe hawken to get them to fit like I want, but have yet to do the capture to the stock part, so I have them labeled as to front-rear and top-bottom.
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Sounds like a good idea?
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Sounds like a good idea?
kelvinator
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Capturing the wedges? Yes... Can't believe I haven't done it yet, might have to be my next little project.
These wedge pins from Track look like a good way to go. Especially when the escuteons aren't attached with screws. Has anyone here used them? I usually bend the wedges to tighten them and put the bend down to pull the barrel down into the wood.
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/964/1/key-36-csx
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/964/1/key-36-csx
they still need to be snug not real tight. very simple to do . as said fit them and mark them. or you may have changes in p.o.i.
kelvinator
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Hmm, haven' t seen those before or used them.
Can't see why they wouldn't work too. Pretty nifty.
Tried similar and quickly figured out they were going to be challenge to install in a thin stock.
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Over 20 years ago, after talking a shooter with only one wedge in his GPR (he said it was lost somewhere in Idaho), I captured the wedges of my GPR. Also slightly bent the wedges for a "snap" fit. Worked like a charm and every time I clean the rifle at Rendezvous it is a relief to no longer worry about the possibility of wedges getting lost in the tall grass. 
I also did this mod on a friend's GPR as well. Took about half an hour give or take, as I recall.
I also did this mod on a friend's GPR as well. Took about half an hour give or take, as I recall.
