[Doc Hoy]

For stuck wedges I like to use the plastic handle of a relatively large screwdriver. Support the pistol on the left side, perhaps using 2 blocks of wood leaving a space between the blocks that the wedge can be driven into. You want to support the barrel so that all of the force you use to loosen the wedge is resisted by the barrel only resting on the blocks. So you are placing the wood blocks on a table or bench and then laying the pistol, left side down with the barrel on the blocks.

Tap the wedge with the handle of the screwdriver. It should come out with not too much profanity. I have never had a wedge that was stuck so bad that this technique did not work sooner or later.