New Member from Virginia

It was fairly tight.  I basically just put the butt stock on the table and then stacked a few books under the end of the barrel tip so that the barrel was parallel to the table and the gun was upright.  Then I pushed the stock that surrounds where the trigger guard is with both thumbs and eased it down.  It didn't require any tapping/hammering and gradually slid free of the barrel with downward pressure from my thumbs on either side of the receiver.  It is pretty snug though.

Best,

More or less how I do it, except I put a block of 2 x 2 under the action body lugs for the rear trigger guard screw and hang the end of the butt stock off the edge of the table, that way, the rifle won't tip over.  If thumb pressure doesn't release the fore-end, I've got a short piece of 1 x 2 to place along the upper/aft edges of the fore-end.  To avoid applying any crushing force to the draws, you want to apply the pressure at the very back of the fore-end, behind the position of the sear lugs.  

I've probably removed the fore-end on my No. 4 T at least 25 times this way, and it's still very snug, must be tapped off with the 1 x 2 wood block. 

The point with the screwdrivers is a good one.

We had a newbie to the Enfield world a while back who must have bought 3 sets of "El Cheaponar" ones before biting the bullet & getting REAL gunsmith's screwdrivers. Luckily he did no harm with the ones he bought.