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Need help with removal of front sight assembly on FR-8 Spanish Mauser
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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 1904595" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>OK I got the front sight off -- it was indeed soldered on. I had to torch the FSB for a while with MAP gas to melt the solder. I rotated a table vise so the jaws overhung the bench, and set pieces of wood on top of the jaws so I could rest the ears of the front sight base on either side with the barrel hanging down in between the jaws with the muzzle pointing up. Once I got the FSB good and hot, where the solder was boiling and sputtering, I put a wood block over the muzzle and gave it a good whack with a shop hammer and it popped the front sight base loose. No problemo. Also, with the help of the vise, the flash hider spun off with no problems. Coming up next: installation of the XS-Clifton mount. Also I noticed that YHM makes their phantom QD flash hider in HK/FR-8 thread pattern... I think I will replace the factory FH with one. This is going to be one sweet little scout rifle when I am done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 1904595, member: 4235"] OK I got the front sight off -- it was indeed soldered on. I had to torch the FSB for a while with MAP gas to melt the solder. I rotated a table vise so the jaws overhung the bench, and set pieces of wood on top of the jaws so I could rest the ears of the front sight base on either side with the barrel hanging down in between the jaws with the muzzle pointing up. Once I got the FSB good and hot, where the solder was boiling and sputtering, I put a wood block over the muzzle and gave it a good whack with a shop hammer and it popped the front sight base loose. No problemo. Also, with the help of the vise, the flash hider spun off with no problems. Coming up next: installation of the XS-Clifton mount. Also I noticed that YHM makes their phantom QD flash hider in HK/FR-8 thread pattern... I think I will replace the factory FH with one. This is going to be one sweet little scout rifle when I am done. [/QUOTE]
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