OK, all you SKS gurus, here's my problem. I wanted to remove the un-needed parts off of the barrel on my modified SKS. I drifted out the 2 pins holding it on, and it won't budge at all. I tried heating the piece and tapping with a block of hard nylon - no joy! I'd asked on a much earlier thread if it was removable, and was told that it is, but I was warned that it may be tight. My plan is to remove the whole unit, cut off all the stuff just back of the foresight, grind off the cleaning rod retention ears, and re-install the foresight and pin. Has anyone got some good ideas, short of removing the barrel, and having it turned off on a lathe. Help me Oh Wise and Wonderful fellow gunnutz!
SKS - Removal of barrel hardware!
- Thread starter LawrenceN
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princerobin
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- Kingston, ON
You can cut a notch in an appropriately sized heavy washer so the barrel can fit in. Put both in a big solid vise and put a block of hard wood or maybe your nylon and give it some tough love. A bigger (4lbs at least) hammer is best, a smaller hammer means more beating the hell out of it.
Robin
Robin
Dj_Squelch
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- Whitecourt Alberta
Pics when your done please 
My bad!
I should have been more specific. After I heated the sleeve holding the sight and bayonet lugs, I put it muzzle down on a block of hardwood, laid the hard nylon on the sight and smacked it pretty good with a hammer (16oz. if that matters).
I should have been more specific. After I heated the sleeve holding the sight and bayonet lugs, I put it muzzle down on a block of hardwood, laid the hard nylon on the sight and smacked it pretty good with a hammer (16oz. if that matters).
princerobin
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- Kingston, ON
You'll not get it off that way! These things are pressed on with a hydraulic press. A 16 oz hammer is WAY too small, a 48 oz or more is what you need. I set it up in a vise, muzzle up and put the block on the muzzle and give it a few solid hits.
It sounds pretty brutal but fewer, heavier hits will have less chance of mucking things up. This method is used by some AK builders that don't have a press.
It sounds pretty brutal but fewer, heavier hits will have less chance of mucking things up. This method is used by some AK builders that don't have a press.
lejarretnoir
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I removed and replaced a complete front sight bayonet assembly on a Chinese SKS. I had no press or gear puller at the time. I used heat and short sledge 10lbs. hammer. There was no being gentle or babying it. Hard repeated blows got it off metal to metal. Putting one on is a lot easier once you get it straight then with a wood block, hammer it or better yet press it back on if you can. Lining it up can be tricky without canting via the hammer method.
