M1 carbine front site tool

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Hi guys,
would anyone have an M1 carbine front site removal tool that they would rent or sell? I'm thinking that anyone who buys one of these will likely only ever use it once (that's all I need it for too); buying one from Numrich is pushing $200 with shipping (if they'll even send it, they tend to call M1 carbine parts M2 parts and therefore itar controlled machine gun parts). I'm willing to buy or rent for whatever you think fair and return it after use...
Let me know,
Thanks
 
FRONT sight removal tool? You mean a pin punch, a wooden dowel and a hammer? I have a REAR sight armorer's tool, sadly I don't rent or lend my gunsmithing tools.

A couple front sight removal tools are made, they are largely a waste of money.
 
Claven2 said:
FRONT sight removal tool? You mean a pin punch, a wooden dowel and a hammer? I have a REAR sight armorer's tool, sadly I don't rent or lend my gunsmithing tools.

A couple front sight removal tools are made, they are largely a waste of money.
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Just held on with a key and a pin as I recall. :confused:

Grizz
 
I was thinking that you knock out the pins then I assumed that the tool was some kind of a screw operated device to pull the sight off as opposed to hammering the sight off the end of the barrel, no?
The rifle I have is an all matching 1942 Inland, someone has cut the protector wings off the front sight; I have an unmarked (I think recent manufacture) replacement sight, I'm a little worried because, just trying to fit the sight over the muzzle end, it's tight....seems like it's going to take some hammering...I don't like it and may try to get a hold of an Inland sight before trying a change.
 
There is a cross pin you knock out and then the sight slides forward. There is a key in the barrel that will keep the sight straight until it comes off the front of the muzzle, but they are not on especially tight. Tap the back of the sight using a hardwood dowel as a punch and a light weight hammer to do the tapping. No tool required (apart from a hammer, dowel and pin punch).
 
Just make sure you do not hit the key way. Once I got the pin out which was a Pain. It came off easy with a block of wood and hammer. Then installed reverse.
 
I have removed a number of these, and have never found them to be particularly tight. Clamp the barrel in a padded vise right behind the sight, use the hardwood drift, and tap it off.
 
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