Where can I find an Enfield front sight tool?

[50caliber123]

I have an Enfield NO.5 mk1, which has the front sight drifted to the right. I really don't know how to adjust the sights, and I don't want to use a screwdriver and mallet like people have referred to on other message boards for fear of beating the gun up badly. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, the flashhider on this rifle, which contains the frontsight assembly, needs to be replaced. The front sight "wings" or whatever they're called, are both badly bent. I ordered a replacement unit with a new front sight post, so this leads into another question: The flashhider that is pinned-in, I think, how do I remove it? Anybody ever remove that piece before?

 

[Steve in PA]

LT-2 sight adjustment tool

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews/lt2/index.asp

 

[50caliber123]

would an sks front sight tool work as well?

 

[Detritus]

be aware that with regard to No4 enfields, the pics adn instructions in that link are missing a step...

there IS a set-screw at the front of the sight block, that needs to be loosened before adjusting the sight and that requires a special tool (kinda fork-tipped screwdriver like thing). in fact i opened this thread expecting it to be about where to find that tool, it being the one that's hardest to find it seems.

 

[Mk VII]

this tool almost certainly wouldn't work on a No.5, where the contours of the assembly are rather different to the No.4

 

[50caliber123]

If these sight tools don't work, how do you safely adjust the #5 mk1?

 

[Mk VII]

there is a tool, but I've never seen it for sale. You are probably going to be back to hammer and drift

 

[Firehand]

Get a piece of 3/16" or 1/4" music wire at a hobby shop. Use a Dremel with cutoff wheel to cut a slot in the end that'll fit over the screw, then grind or sand the end to fit into the hole around the sight screw. Cut it off about 4" long, and epoxy the other end into a piece of wood or plastic for a handle.

You'll probably also want to put a few drops of penetrating oil on the screw and let it sit a while before you try it; it may or may not be stuck.

I'm told the sight/flash hider assembly is held by the two pins only, in which case you'd just drift them out, I'm told use the punch on the left side.