TC wedge pin loose on GM drop-in

[eka]

I recently bought a Green Mountain .32 drop-in for my TC Renegade. After putting the barrel on, the stock TC wedge pin will literally just fall out of the rifle. Anybody encountered this, and if so what did you do to remedy it? I thought of bending the original pin, but it fits great with my original .50 Cal. barrel like it is. So, I figure I would be fixing one problem and creating another. Thanks for any input.

Keith

 

[Robert Egler]

I had the same problem with a GM barrel for my Traditions. I made another pin (or you could just buy one) and bent it slightly so it was tight. If I change barrels I change back to the original pin.

 

[SCATTERSHOT]

Take a small piece of sheet lead or maybe brass, and bend it around the staple in the barrel. That will tighten the fit without altering the original wedge.

 

[Deadeye]

Just bend the staple inward until the wedge pin fits tight. Lay a rod across the middle of the staple and tap it with a hammer.

 

[smo]

Eka, Sounds like trouble, just pack up that barrel & ship it to me I will take care of that problem for you. However I do have about a 10 year backlog so I will need to keep it for a spell :haha:

 

[doulos]

eka I had thee same problem on my GM drop in. I fixed it with the method that Deadeye describes. This is actually the method that Lyman states in their Great plains Rifles owners manual to remedy the same problem.
On a different rifle I bent the pin. Both work

 

[roundball]

I prefer to always bend the wedge pin and leave the factory tenon alone so it doesn't create a potential problem if dropped into a different stock

 

[Dillohide]

Yep, on my Renegade whacked the wedge a couple of times with a hammer. Just enough for a slight bend. It was getting a little loose with the original barrel (30 years old) much less the Green Mountain barrel. Also ordered an extra wedge just in case. They are about $7.50.

 

[Tater John]

I laid a business card in the stock channel for a GM barrel that wasn't as tight as I wanted. That worked fine. The pin wasn't falling out lose in the first place though, so you may want to smack yours with a hammer, I guess...

Rusty

 

[xxgrampa]

sometimes, just turning the wedge over works..

.ttfn..grampa..

 

[Little Wattsy]

Just bend the staple inward until the wedge pin fits tight. Lay a rod across the middle of the staple and tap it with a hammer.

Worked for me. Tap lightly and try to fit often...It didnt take much to get it perfectly firm.

 

[eka]

Success!! I tapped the barrel staple with a hammer firmly, but gently a couple of times and now the pin is good and tight. Now, if it'll shoot one inch groups at two hundred yards, I'll be happy. :wink:

I gotta get a .311 mould and a Lyman peep and this baby oughta be a small game harvesting machine.

Thanks guys for the quick and sound advice.

Keith

 

[buttonbuck]

I have the same barrel mine fit fine man what a tack driver head shots of limb chickens are great, it has virtually no recoil with 25 grain of 3f about like shooting an air gun but more oomph I put my barrel on a tc hawken it seemed to balance better than on a renegade.

 

[Grey Hawk]

Check the Lyman GP Rifle hand book on-line. it has a pics of an easy fix, since this is a drop in barrel, you adjust the staple on the barrel only. the pin stays the same and will fit your other barrel.

Grey Hawk