matchgradeindustries
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In the process of removing a flash hider from and Enfield, I've encountered a few problems. By all appearances, the hider is affixed to the barrel by means of two pins. After driving one out, I noticed that the pin was of a markedly softer steel, if indeed steel at all, than the first. As such, I miked the diameter of the first pin, set the barrel up in the mill, and drilled out the 'pin'. The material I cut through was incredibly soft, almost solder-like, and came out quite easily, exposing the same shoulder cut into the barrel for the pin as in the first hole. Then, after applying some careful heat, I attempted to knock the hider off with a brass punch, but to no avail.
My press isn't quite tall enough to accomodate the barreled action, nor am I particularly keen on pressing on the crown with something in order to push the hider off the barrel, even though the old hider is expendable. I'm especially not keen on trying to pull the barrel off and turning the hider off.
Am I egregiously wrong in my thoughts on how these are affixed, or am I just not putting enough elbow grease into driving this thing off?
My press isn't quite tall enough to accomodate the barreled action, nor am I particularly keen on pressing on the crown with something in order to push the hider off the barrel, even though the old hider is expendable. I'm especially not keen on trying to pull the barrel off and turning the hider off.
Am I egregiously wrong in my thoughts on how these are affixed, or am I just not putting enough elbow grease into driving this thing off?