Yugo m24/47 rear band is stuck!

[Mattj4867]

Hi all. I have a Yugo m24/47. I am in the process of disassembling it so I can remove all of the cosmoline. The front barrel band came off with a little bit of “persuasion” but the rear one is stuck about 1/4 of the way through. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Here’s a pic
https://imgur.com/a/AQuSuqU
https://imgur.com/a/OOvTIa5

 

[Clemson]

Use a brass punch and tap around the band to move it forward.

 

[5whiskey]

Hmmm... the wood has swelled. If you had a large enough dryer or dehumidifier to put the whole rifle in I suspect you could tap it off easy enough after a few hours in that. Is it REALLY humid with tons of rain where you are for the past few days? If so, maybe try to wait until the humidity drops a good bit, then put the rifle out in the sunshine all day. That may do the trick.

Or use a brass punch. If the wood is really swollen, really bad, you may mar up the wood pretty bad doing this.

 

[Mattj4867]

Thank you for the replies. Both of you helped me tremendously. I applied heat using a hair dryer and used a brass punched to knock it out. It was stubborn but it came out.

 

[F. Guffey]

I believe the wood is warped, you could try to remove the gap with a clamp. And as we all should know the clamp could become another problem.

F. Guffey