Tutorial: Installing Wedgits in Sheridan/PMI Brass Markers

[Socalpumpballer]

Small enough for defy professional paint which is .680-683. I don’t have any smaller paint to test other than reballs. But it doesn’t reliably stop reballs and that’s with a wedgit on each side.

[Psycho91]

Do they hold today's small ass paint

[Socalpumpballer]

Followed the guide and it turned out great.

[Psycho91]

The great equalizer just get some reballs

[The Great Equalizer]

I actually feel much more confident about trying this after learning some of you folks will de-solder Sheridans for other mods, so if I screw this up too bad I just have to send it in for a replacement middle tube.

[The Great Equalizer]

Does anyone make, or is it possible to make a .675 3D printed sphere to test for roll-out?

[Anonym]

Anyone attempt to do this with Stainless Steel?

[Drunkscriblerian]

@Toestr: Aha, thanks that was the part I wasn't grasping for some reason. Reading back through the instructions it makes perfect sense now.

[Toestr]

You use the edge of the head to make the wedgit.

[XEMON]

And if you over do it you can drive a socket down the tube to push them back towards the outside

[Drunkscriblerian]

@JonM: Okay thanks, that's very helpful!

Second question; since the dents I'm seeing in the pics are oblong, are multiple hits required? As in, do you 'set-and-whack' a couple of times in a line to make a Wedgit, or is it just one or two whacks on the same spot?

Just trying to understand the process here; the two markers I want to mod this way are an absolutely beautiful P68-SC that I got for a song and a PGP that I first bought back in 1995 and have lots of fond memories of. Also, I'm new at this whole "modding guns" thing...back in the day I just used them lol. I'm sure you can understand why I don't want to fuck this up, as this really does seem like a mod where fatal errors can happen.

[JonM]

Considering how soft brass is, you don’t want to drive it home. Take it slow like if you were setting a nail. A few love taps is often all it takes. Most importantly, check your work often to make sure you don’t overdo it. The wedgits just need to hold a ball in place. You’ll get a feel for it after a few whacks. As for the angle, try to keep the head as perpendicular to the barrel as possible.

[Drunkscriblerian]

Speaking as someone who wants to attempt this mod who is also a carpenter...care to put the actual "hammer swing" into terms I can relate to? As in, when doing a Wedgit am I setting a nail or actually driving it?

Also, from the pictures it looks like the end result is oblong; at what angle do you hold the nail when striking it? From what I see that looks important too.

[Spider!]

I admit I'm a chicken about putting dents in barrels.

I used Jon's marking and backup method. For the dents, I welded washers on to pieces of rod, then printed a jig to hold them. I put the jig in a bench vise and squish gently. The jig ends up broken, but I print another.

It's been good for our recent 0.675 paint.

For a mandrel, I turned down a gas thru grip, then filed flats on the sides for the depth I wanted. I couldn't see lining up a full groove on the mandrel without printing a more fancy jig, and I'm not sure I would want the sharper edges from that [?].

This process will also show you whether or not your breech end is still round. One of mine was not, but the mandrel fixed that.

[Jordan]

Did this to my KP recently... I used a purpose-ground punch instead of a nail but otherwise followed the directions.

Mine's a side tube, so I went diagonally opposite instead of side to side.