imovable mosin front sight

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The front sight on my Mosin Nagant does'nt want to move. Any ideas? I have tried a brass drift to no avail.
I'm ready to take it to the range with a portable vise, a drift/punch and a hammer. Anyone tried the front sight tool available on ebay? The bolts on the tool don't look strong enough. Heat it? is that safe? ideas?
 
I don't think the tool will work if you can't move it with a punch. I've heard of people soaking it in different solvents. Have you tried shooting shooting it with the bayonet on?

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drifting will only help the horizontal adjustment. The bayonet affects the vertical adjustment. Simplest thing to do is put a bit of electrical insulation on top of the post and trim to required height.

For left and right adjustment, soak it overnight in a your clp you use. It will start to eat away at all the crud underneath it keeping it tight.
 
On my M44 all I accomplished with a brass punch was to wreck the punch. The front sight was so stuck in place after years in storage, it may as well have been welded.

My solution? Steel punch and a bigger hammer.

Once I "cracked" it and got it to drift a little, I was able to fine tune it with a brass punch.

It's a Mosin. If it ain't working, hit it harder with a bigger hammer. That's how they were designed to be treated.
 
Buying anything on E-Bay gives money to the people who want to take your firearms away from you.
Like BMcK says, if whacking it with the drift does nothing the sight tool won't either. Try soaking the thing in penetrating oil for a few days.
These guys make sight tool. Kind of pricey(and slow), but they don't finance the anti-firearm gangs either. Mind you, (FRAUD ALERT) certainly does. Add the W's.
.tsmcenery.ca/emw/mosinsight.html
 
Mosin Front sights are staked in place, and once the stake is broken they usually need to be restaked once they're in the position you need them in.

Soak the sight base in Kroil overnight - in case there is crud/rust adding to the problem - secure the rifle and bash away....
 
Just set it on the concrete basement floor and got it all propped up just right on a 2x6. Hit it pretty hard with a heavy brass punch and a hammer and got it to move. Range trip with the hammer now needed.
 
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