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Need some help...Enfield experts im looking at you.
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05-06-2015 12:11 PM
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Ya, you should remove the front sight to fit it onto the barrel to do it properly.
OR, a dodge that I use is (I should duck the incoming for suggesting this), cut the ring at the bottom, put it on and repair the cut with braise or silver solder.
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Remove the protector, that'll be enough.
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To do it properly, remove the protector AND the foresight blade and it'll wiggle over
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Has that bolt been jeweled?
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All that yellow paint is kinda scary!!
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That yellow paint just tells the dealer selling the rifle, through dampened eyes and a lump in his throat that it is a historic rifle from from the Dublin Police
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That **** ring! If they´d made it from a different type of steel, it´d most likely be a bit more squashable. Heating it to solder only makes it more brittle. Is there really no way of getting iut over a No. 5 front sight? I´m sure some clever Chinese could use a magical slight of hand to do the job.
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I was going to mention No5's Villiers. When we used to replace then, and it was a regular occurrence as they used to rust out at the bottom, we would yank the old one off of course and with a new one, just snip it at the bottom with a pair of wire cutters. If you use a hacksaw it will shorted it when you come to join the ends up.
Put snipped new ring onto barrel - making sure it's the right way around - walk down to welders shop and ask the welder to gas weld the two slightly tapered snipped ends together. Take an armfull of rifles so that you can spend an hour or so there. Have a cup of tea and a snack/runny crisps from the Char-wallah, and put the world to rights just in time for lunch or knock-off time!
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Could do that Peter. The welders´college is attached to the technical university not far from where I live and the prof in charge likes to create ear bleeding carnage in the cellar with my No. 5. (The tip about snipping instead of using a hacksaw (dremel) was of great value)