I just picked up a Yugoicon M48 recently and I'm trying to strip it down to clean all the cosmolineicon/grease out of it and I'm having difficulty removing the front barrel band. I even tried clamping the retention spring and knocking the band with a rubber mallet. Its on there pretty good. Maybe dried grease or something?

Suggestions?

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