Some things to try to make the barrel wedge work better. On some of the Great Plains Rifle you have to be very careful of which wedge pin was removed from where and in what position. They need to go back the exact same way they came out. So the first thing I would do is play with the wedge pins trying them in every combination of ways you can thing of. See if they do not get tight.

Other things you can try... Some people bend the wedge pin just veryslightly. This is not as big a deal as it sounds because if it does goof something up, wedge pins are easy to replace from the company. Another thing you can try is..take some packing tape or duct tape. Cut a strip the width of the barrel wedge lock. Feed it through the wedge lock and then basically wrap the bottom of the barrel wedge lock.Two layers are normally all it will take. The reason you can not wrap the wedge pin is they will not fit through the escutcheon plate opening.

Try those as a temp fix and see if it does not help. I actually have a rifle thatI wrap. I just don't have the heart to bend the wedge pin...