Hawken Rifle Barrel Wedge

[Shytheed Dumas]

I stopped by my favorite pawn shop today and walked out with a good condition Cabela's / Investarm SPA 25060 .50 cal Hawken rifle for $80 out the door. It seemed like a good deal, so I thought I would see how it shoots and if need be, I'll go ahead and buy a Green Mountain barrel for it.

The only problem now is that the barrel wedge pin is missing, and I am finding almost nothing on parts for Investarm rifles. The only thing I've found so far is $20 delivered from gun-parts.com and that seems pretty steep for a small brass pin, especially considering what I spent on the gun in the first place.

So my question is how universal are hawken rifle parts from different manufacturers and where should I go for the best buy on a replacement part?

 

[denster]

Are you saying that the barrel wedge is missing or that the pin that keeps the wedge from comming all the way out is missing?

 

[arcticap]

I believe that the wedge and the wedge pin are different names for the same part.
I would be very surprised if a TC wedge pin didn't fit the Lyman.
That would be available from many TC retailers for $5 or less.
Dixie Gun Works sells a generic brass one for $4.75 that fits TC guns:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/produc...=7430&osCsid=804350a7445c56eb81ba65a88fab57a4

And an iron TC wedge pin for $4.50:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/advanc...c56eb81ba65a88fab57a4&keywords=wedge+&x=9&y=7

 

[arcticap]

On page 21 of the Lyman manual, there's a section about how to properly fit a wedge pin with illustrations. Just ignore the warning about opening up the pdf file, I've opened it up many times without any problem.

http://stevespages.com/pdf/lyman_blackpowder.pdf

I've always had to considerably file down new wedge pins to get them to fit, but every gun is different. I wouldn't adjust the wedge plates unless there was no other way.

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

Thanks Arcticap - I just placed my order for half the delivered price I found, and the only reviewer said he purchased his for a Cabela's Hawken rifle. I really appreciate the tip!

 

[Jefferson Herb]

I did'nt like the ones on my 54 lyman,hacksaw,file and some forge work ,the new ones look the part.

 

[messerist]

My Lyman's GPR has two wedges that stay tight as a drum until I am walking through tall grass or snow. I have bought several extras just for that reason. I got them through Dixon Muzzleloading.