P14 enfield front sight removal

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Dyspnea

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I've been trying too remove the front sight so I can slide the front barrel band on, but it just won't give. I've tried soaking it in WD40, heating the front sight slightly. I've smacked the rear of the sight with the hammer with series of hard whacks but it just won't budge. I'm at the point of just cutting it off, as I ordered a replacement anyways.

Any suggestions? And yes the pin has been removed.
 
It is just pressed on, so nothing special is required except force.

The best method I have seen (and used), is a bearing puller. You would have to make up a fitting that slips around the barrel and locks together in order to protect the barrel, then use the bearing puller. Same method is used for the Ross. Search for removing a Ross rifle front sight and you will likely find pics of what you are looking for.
 
place the musel of the gun in a small container of oil for a couple of days, then find a couple peices of hard wood place one piece on a good hard surface, concrete floor for example then have someone hole the rifle in a vertical position with the muzel on the block of hardwood,take the other peice of hardwood and place it on the backside of the sight ears and if you have a two lb hammer give it a good wack this should take it of sometimes they are a little stuborn but with a heavy hammer and a good firm blow it should come of.If this dosent work then you need a sight puller.The little cross pin as to come out first but i guess you know that,hope this helps
 
Did a CGN search, and no pics :(

Here are some pics of my setup. Just put some masking tape around the barrel to prevent marring. This setup was just to show you the concept.

The puller I use is actually a Pittman Arm Puller I bought at Princess Auto for $12. The jig I made of scrap steel, some nuts I welded on, and a couple bolts - this one I made up for the 1905 Ross, so the diameter is smaller. Best to make the hole in the jig slightly larger than the barrel, so the 2 steel parts are tight against themselves. You get the picture so you can come up with something similar.

Also, don't forget there is a sight key in the barrel. you will have to be careful to relieve the jig so it doesn't catch it.

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this is what im in the process of building, using a 2 jaw puller from mac tools which i might add is quite expensive but im a mechanic and already have one its got 2 bolts on mypuller to allow me to tighten the grip on my block, block is a simple piece of 5/8 steel, 1 hole drilled in the center later to be cut in half, 2 bolts running perpendicular to the cross cut and there it is, hope it helps,
 
It's a perfect season for shrinking with Propane too.Take the regulator out of a tiger torch's line so it'll move raw propane.
Get the front site and bbl as hot as you feel comfortable with and try to get that propane going through the bbl if at all possible with pressure applied to the hot sight at the same time.
The rapid shrinking of the bbl while the sight is still hot and expanded might pop it off.
It's pretty cool when you get it done right.
A frozen (as in out of the freezer)piece which is tight will often slip right into a hot receptical.
We do that sort of thing at work on a regular basis. Hammer on it or give it the hot & cold?
Work smarter not harder
 
I did something simular to "stoggie" using a pitman arm puller. The only difference was using a part of another puller to slide behind the sight. Worked smooth. Stoggie did a good job with his set up.
 
The press thing works pretty decent...most of the time.
I acquired a free Minneapolis Moline 'U' tractor that was used to tow targets on CFB Suffield after a part off of it had a session with a 10 ton press.
Sometimes too much power is a bad thing...
 
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I had to remove the front sight band from my Ross Mk111 as it had about 10 degrees left bank. It wouldn't come off no matter how hard I tried, and yes the cross pin was removed.
So, I shoved the muzzle into a snow bank for ten minutes. Went back into the garage and steadied the barrel and action vertically via wood bench vise, with the muzzle on the floor (protected of course with a piece of hardwood). I then gave the band a bit of heat from a propane torch (fifteen seconds or so). Tapped the back of the sight band with a brass drift and hammer and off she came. Surprised me really. I thought it would take more work. But no. It popped right off.

Cleaned it up, oiled the barrel and band and put it back on while the barrel was still cold and the band was warm. I put it on straight, which is more than I can say for the last guy.
 
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