Help on No5 Mk1 flash hider...

[Peter Laidler]

Can someone resurrect the bit that tells him how to remove the flash eliminator with a press. It'll save me writing it all again........... Peter

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[stevyn]

Yes a repost would be a tremendous help.

[Surpmil]

Can someone resurrect the bit that tells him how to remove the flash eliminator with a press. It'll save me writing it all again...........Peter

IIRC you said after removing the pins to hang the barreled action on the rear faces of the flash hider on and between suitable blocks of steel in a hydraulic press. Then insert a rod .375" or slightly smaller than the throat of the flash hider until it rested on the muzzle of the barrel, then apply pressure to the other end of the rod as needed.

From misguided (ie: using a hammer) experience I can say that sometimes the pins are soft enough that they will shear off at the junction between the barrel and the inside of the flash hider, which may interest someone with a pin or pins that just won't come out.

Of course it's almost as hard to get the sheared off remains of the pins out of the flash hider as it is the whole pin.