New Enfield Tools

[Cantom]

Yesterday I received 3 brand new shop built tools from Nova Scotia.

Enfield firing pin tool
Enfield Long Branch front sight screw tool
Military Field Headspace gauge .074" for .303

The firing pin tool is by far the best I've ever seen...I actually just disassembled a No 4 Mk 2 bolt I have here very easily, it's the first time I've ever done so in all my years of owning Enfields. The cheapo tool I got with one of my rifles wouldn't even touch the job...

The front sight tool just tightened the loose screw on my 42 LB front sight with ease.

Haven't tried the Field gauge but no reason to think it's not perfect.

His prices are:

.074" Military spec field headspace gauge for .303 $12,
Front Sight tool $15
Firing pin tool $25
plus $5 shipping

Source of the tools was CGNTZ member GAIRLOCHIAN - PLEASE DIRECT ANY RESPONSES TO HIM!

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[Brewster]

Did you get these of EBay?

I would not mind getting a set myself...

[Cantom]

Did you get these of EBay?

I would not mind getting a set myself...

I found this deal on the CGNTZ EE. To contact the seller go there and send a private message to GAIRLOCHIAN - PLEASE DIRECT ANY RESPONSES TO HIM.

I am not involved except to mention my experience. I know that finding these tools is far from easy or cheap and would probably interest many on here. A bunch of people on CGNTZ were trying to find a source for the .074 field gauge recently. I'm very happy to have gotten them, they expand my capabilities considerably.

[woodchopper]

I made a bolt disasembly tool that looks fairly similar

it didn't last very long as I twisted off the 2 lugs after taking apart half a dozen bolts.

The second one I made I used a better grade of steel and left a ittle more meat there on the lugs.

The canadian enfield manual goes into detail how to weld on pins to a chunk of pipe and then machine them down to fit.

I'll look and see If I can find that again

[Cantom]

I made a bolt disasembly tool that looks fairly similar

it didn't last very long as I twisted off the 2 lugs after taking apart half a dozen bolts.

The second one I made I used a better grade of steel and left a ittle more meat there on the lugs.

The canadian enfield manual goes into detail how to weld on pins to a chunk of pipe and then machine them down to fit.

I'll look and see If I can find that again

The first bolt I tried it on came apart easily. The second one...whoaaa...that sucker is together...I don't want to break the tool, I sprayed some Break Free into the bolt and let it soak for a couple of days, but still the maximum force I could generate with my hands didn't move it. I can do the vice thing but decided the bolt didn't need to be taken apart that bad. It was mainly some rusty looking oil that kept appearing after wiping it off and pushing it in and out, not enough reason to risk breaking anything.

Someone mentioned applying heat? Maybe a soldering iron applied to the back of the firing pin getting it nice and toasty? Maybe there's some varnish buildup or similar.

[jjwelin]

tried kroil???

[cannonball]

Don´t apply heat. heat lets it go bigger. Put it into the freezer. 20° C minus will let every bolt shrink ( muharharhar). The firingpin will shrink and the surrounding threads will shrink too.
Wolf

[Cantom]

Don´t apply heat. heat lets it go bigger. Put it into the freezer. 20° C minus will let every bolt shrink ( muharharhar). The firingpin will shrink and the surrounding threads will shrink too.
Wolf

Okay, I'll spray it with Kroil, heat the pin with an iron(to loosen the bond of hardened goo/varnish), and then dump it in the freezer...that'll get it's attention...