Looking to borrow / rent : SKS front sight removal tool

[Expendable Nate]

Picking up a new sks and I'm thinking about ditching the front sight. I'm hoping someone in this great community might have the tool to make it easier. I would gladly cover shipping and a rental fee if wanted. Thanks all for taking the time to read.

Happy shooting

 

[Bubba Yugga]

Go to Princess auto and get a tapered point air hammer bit.
After driving out the pins, stuff it in the back of the cleaning rod hole and hammer the sight right off the barrel.
Too easy.
(I'm assuming you have access to a compressor and air hammer BTW)

 

[Meroh]

I ordered the proper tool from Amazon, $13.00; good investment and works great!
https://www.amazon.ca/UTG-Ergonomic...21737874&sr=8-1&keywords=SKS+Front+Sight+Tool

 

[bscout]

pm sent

 

[Butcherbill]

I ordered the proper tool from Amazon, $13.00; good investment and works great!
https://www.amazon.ca/UTG-Ergonomic...21737874&sr=8-1&keywords=SKS+Front+Sight+Tool

That works well but I think the op wants to remove the whole front sight/bayonet assembly, which is a different beast in itself.

 

[bscout]

That works well but I think the op wants to remove the whole front sight/bayonet assembly, which is a different beast in itself.

If that's the case then I just have that amazon type sight tool.

 

[mchouvaev]

I think that’s the tool OP is looking for: https://www.amazon.com/Front-Sight-Removal-Tool-Made/dp/B00R7CVRDS

Looks easy enoght but I used torch method, works too

 

[Suther]

Go to Princess auto and get a tapered point air hammer bit.
After driving out the pins, stuff it in the back of the cleaning rod hole and hammer the sight right off the barrel.
Too easy.
(I'm assuming you have access to a compressor and air hammer BTW)

Not a bad idea at all! Did you use this method yourself?

 

[Bubba Yugga]

Not a bad idea at all! Did you use this method yourself?

Yup. BRRRAAAPPP!! Skitter across the garage floor!

 

[Meroh]

That works well but I think the op wants to remove the whole front sight/bayonet assembly, which is a different beast in itself.

Sorry, I misunderstood.

 

[Butcherbill]

Sorry, I misunderstood.

Don’t be, you weren’t the only one to think it and the op wasn’t really clear which one he was trying to remove.

 

[Tyler]

Go to Princess auto and get a tapered point air hammer bit.
After driving out the pins, stuff it in the back of the cleaning rod hole and hammer the sight right off the barrel.
Too easy.
(I'm assuming you have access to a compressor and air hammer BTW)

For those of us without access to a compressor and an air hammer, what's the best way to go about this?

 

[Bubba Yugga]

For those of us without access to a compressor and an air hammer, what's the best way to go about this?

Lots of heat and sweat.
If it is a BBQ painted refurb, make sure you meticulously clean all the finish off the barrel forward of the sight assembly.
Any of that crap getting underneath as you're trying to beat the sight off will easily triple the energy required to move it.
Torch the sight, then beat the living daylight out of it to get it off.
Honestly, find someone with air tools.

 

[leebuilder]

Lol. It can be done easily with a puller and a pipe flaring kit and a deep hole socket of the proper diameter. There will be cussing and frustration, but once it is off you will say "that was not that hard".
You see the guys on the net use the fancy tool, that's fake news at its finest.
Good luck

 

[Bubba Yugga]

Puller is a great idea. Unless you are cutting / crowning the muzzle, I'd be real careful at the end there.

 

[leebuilder]

Puller is a great idea. Unless you are cutting / crowning the muzzle, I'd be real careful at the end there.

Hence the deep hole socket. If you don't want to damage the crown don't engage it.