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Sight pusher for M.L.E.? |
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Sapper740 
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 Topic: Sight pusher for M.L.E.?Posted: April 25 2023 at 1:44pm |
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I need to remove and replace the front sight and have been looking for a sight pusher that works with M.L.E.'s. I've tried a brass drift punch to no avail and all the commercial sight pushers I've found on the interweb are either for pistols or for No.4 rifles. Anyone got any ideas?
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Shamu
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Posted: April 25 2023 at 2:07pm |
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Would one for an SMLE (No1 MkIII) work?
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Goosic
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Posted: April 25 2023 at 2:21pm |
Use some good penetrating oil and let it sit for a few hours then tap it with the brass drift, "left to right". Next take some heat and apply it to the sight block just enough to turn the metal a lighter shade of its existing color and then tap that sight with the brass drift again. Should start moving...
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PARegiment96
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Posted: May 15 2023 at 7:53am |
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Greetings
I need to remove the front sight on my Enfield no. 1 Mk. 3 Isaphor. Were you able to get the sight off on your rifle?
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Shamu
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Posted: May 15 2023 at 10:37am |
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Based on my experiences with an Aussie one   I firmly believe they are "sided", they only come out one way.Try bashing it in the opposite direction or get a cheap pusher! "I can't speak for British made SMLE's, but the Orange arsenal (Lithgow) ones front sights definitely are "handed"!
they come out Left> Right!" |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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