I recently made a trade on a used Pedersoli .54 Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle... beautiful rifle, but I noticed that it takes a great deal of effort to loosen and reinstall the barrel tennons when removing the barrel.... the tennons have keepers and aren't completely removed, but it takes a definite whack from a mallet with a wedge pin tool to loosen them and when reinstalling them it again takes a whack from a plastic, wood or leather mallet to replace them... thumb pressure is not enough... is this normal? Sent a question to Pedersoli, but not sure how that will work since their contact is in Italia..
Kindest regards,
TheMoose