Fellas, I have a Browning Mountain Rifle (50cal) with a loose rear barrel wedge pin...how do I tight it up. Every time I fire it, the pin pops half out. Thanks
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Firstly - terminology:1911tex said:
It is either a wedge or a pin.
Secondly:
Take the wedge out and place it over the partially-opened jaws of a vice and using a hammer, give it a slight bend. Re-insert (bend downwards) and it should snug everything up and hold the wedge in place.
I like to determine where the wedge is the most loose, either in the wedgeplates (escutcheons), or in the tennon, and go from there. If there is more play in the wedgeplates, then bending it down like Blackhand described is best. If the tennon seems to be where the majority of the slop occurs, then peen the tennon to tighten the fit of the wedge. Might need a combination of the two methods. Good luck. Bill
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Excellent! I'd forgotten about the tenon factor.
I have found on a few occasions that the holes are not quite centered in the wedge escutcheons. Removing and turning them around (side to side or even rotated 180 in place, has once or twice changed the geometry of the hole and they snugged up.
To me it's easier than filing the escutcheon holes or peening the tenon, and the first option I check! :grin:
To me it's easier than filing the escutcheon holes or peening the tenon, and the first option I check! :grin:
Truth be told, I figured it out by happenstance. Ya see, I put a Mt. Pistol back together after some woodwork, and the wedge would not fit right! But I didnt take any wood from that area. 
Took about 20 minutes of looking at the holes and tenon thru the stock, when I saw one was a little high on the lip.
So I spun it upside down. And it worked!
Took about 20 minutes of looking at the holes and tenon thru the stock, when I saw one was a little high on the lip.So I spun it upside down. And it worked!
Like this, Gently, until it stays put;
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I use a piece of pine, a railroad spike and a mallet.
The wedge is the easily adjustable and replaceable component, therefore I tune it.
The wedge is the easily adjustable and replaceable component, therefore I tune it.
The wedge, or pin, must have some slop around room. I'm not a fan of hammering the tennon to tighten things up.
IMHO, the more better way to tighten a loose wedge is to simply lay a couple small strips of thin leather in the bottom channel. I have two, match winning TCs I have done this with. Same strips in there for 40+ years.
I'm a fan of the KISS principal. :thumbsup:
IMHO, the more better way to tighten a loose wedge is to simply lay a couple small strips of thin leather in the bottom channel. I have two, match winning TCs I have done this with. Same strips in there for 40+ years.
I'm a fan of the KISS principal. :thumbsup:
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great idea ... thanks ... I would never have thought of that!
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Man you fellas know your stuff....thanks, I will experiment with each suggestion and impliment the most secure way.......THANKS !
Why?Rifleman1776 said:
You mean to say the part that should fit properly with the wedge needs to be ignored and some kind of aftermarket modification that doesn't belong in a barrel channel should be added instead?
Why not fix the rifle?
Can you explain why the tennon and wedge should not fit together as they are meant too?
Many rifles are match winners, your rifles did not win these, and the rifles that did have the tennons and wedges fitting without anything added to the barrel channel, imagine that? A barrel and stock and wedges and tennons,,, all working together as they should. who'd a thunk it?
It's like an amazing thing, a factory rifle fixed to have it's parts working together almost like a custom build!!?
Pretty display.
You must have missed the "IMHO" part. :thumbsup:
You must have missed the "IMHO" part.
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