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Thread: Eliminating "wiggle"

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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanS View Post
    So let me ask you this....

    How much wiggle is too much wiggle? I realize that wiggle is acceptable, however, is there a point where it becomes unacceptable? Further, if a particular firearm has what would be deemed unacceptable slop, how does one remedy it short of replacing the upper or lower?
    IMHO..."Too much wiggle" would interfere with the functioning and/ or increase wear on the rifle.

    "Too much " for me is "ANY". I like things nice and tight, and the accu wedge does that on my rifle. In reality, most wouldn't even bother with it on my rifle because it's pretty solid "AS IS".

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    Living with wiggle

    Anybody use an accuwedge on an LMT Lower (high-shelf lower). Looks like there is no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower. Any suggestions?

    For now Im learning to live with the wiggle, but its hard Man!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SigFanWA View Post
    Anybody use an accuwedge on an LMT Lower (high-shelf lower). Looks like there is no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower. Any suggestions?

    For now Im learning to live with the wiggle, but its hard Man!
    SigFan,

    The accu Wedge is very pliable and alterable. I don't have an LMT lower but am wondering that with a little "trimming" you might have some success.

    The thing you don't want to do is alter the Accu Wedge in a way that it might unseat from it's position and end up somewhere in your trigger group! I wish I could be of more help, but I have never seen an LMT lower.

    Hopefully someone else has tried this and will reply.?

    My combo is a Bushy Lower (7 years old when the quality was much higher), and LMT MRP Upper.

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    Tack,

    Funny you mentioned BM was better quailty 7 years ago. My first AR, I bought in 2/2000 was a bushmaster. I recently was at a gun shop looking over a new BM and I too noticed the quailty is not the same.... not by a long shot .

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    Quote Originally Posted by SigFanWA View Post
    Anybody use an accuwedge on an LMT Lower (high-shelf lower). Looks like there is no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower. Any suggestions?

    For now Im learning to live with the wiggle, but its hard Man!
    I had to trim an Accu-Wedge for use on a Stag lower. The instruction sheet I got said you could trim it, and I trimmed from the bottom because it was easier that way. Be careful to trim a little and then test before you trim again. You can always trim more if need be, but once you trim too much, you can't make it thicker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whytep38 View Post
    I had to trim an Accu-Wedge for use on a Stag lower. The instruction sheet I got said you could trim it, and I trimmed from the bottom because it was easier that way. Be careful to trim a little and then test before you trim again. You can always trim more if need be, but once you trim too much, you can't make it thicker.

    Excellent point! The tightness comes from the main/ round portion of the wedge. Too thin and you have lost your resistance to the upper.

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    Thanks.

    One more thing. When I trimmed my AW, I looked through the takedown pin hole and made note of how far the post hole was from lining up with the takedown pin hole. Mine was off by about 1/8-inch, and I knew I could trim that much without making the AW too thin.

    If you put in the AW, close the upper, and cannot see any of the post hole, you might want to reconsider trimming the AW to fit. If there really is "no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower," trimming an Accu-Wedge may not be a good idea. If the AW becomes too thin, the edges of the rear post might cut through it, and you could end up with pieces of AW in the wrong places.

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    Anyone ever had one come lose? I kinda get alittle scared putting something inside the reciever that could cause major havoc. Fulton's site says that Colts come/came standard with a weddgie installed, any truth to that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shihan View Post
    Anyone ever had one come lose? I kinda get alittle scared putting something inside the reciever that could cause major havoc. Fulton's site says that Colts come/came standard with a weddgie installed, any truth to that?
    Nope! If it is fitted properly it can't come lose. Been using the same one fo years and 8000 rounds in my lower. Still tight.

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