Any ever take the Front Sight Block off of a Century Arms AKM 60?

[ManOnTheHIll 13]

After removing and pushing back the front sight block off of a Saiga .308, I figured I was smart enough to fix the canted sight on my Century Arms milled receiver Polish AKM 60. Apparently not that easy. I took out the pins and bashed away at it with a soft mallet but the sucker won't move. Any chance these are threaded on?

 

 

 

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

[mancat 2,368]

The FSB is pressed on, not threaded. If you can't get it off with some serious effort from a plastic mallot/dead blow, then it needs to be pressed off.

 

If you have some unique clamp vises around, you may be able to rig something up to avoid having to use a press. I've pressed out gas and sight blocks from barrel stubs with a stadard bench vise, but that's pretty easy to do since you don't have to deal with a rifle being attached to the other end of the barrel.

Edited October 1, 2012 by mancat

[red308 54]

I used two pipe clamps and a u shaped piece of 1/2 steel plate shaped to the od of my barrel just behind the sight and a 12" long piece of round stock with with another piece of 1/2 steel plate to clamp to on the other end of the round stock.I put a brass washer between the barrel crown and bar stock so not to mess it up under pressure.this was on my s308.Hope this helps

[ManOnTheHIll 13]

Thanks fellas. Something like that was my next move, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to ruin anything.

[BpS12 512]

I used a pully puller with a wood block over the end of the barrel.

[ManOnTheHIll 13]

I ended up making a home made press out of some big c clamps and a 2x4. I bent the crap out of a bunch of bar stock doing it, and whacked the hell out of the FSB but it finally came off. I just hope my barrel is still straight hahahaha.

[mancat 2,368]

You're not strong enough to bend it by hand.