Help needed, thinking through options

[LAGS]

I have a couple of rifles and pistols that had 1/16" brass pins.
I redrilled the holes to 3/32" and put in 3/32" brass pins.
That way ,
If I need to pull out the barrel.
I use a 1/16" steel pin driven by a wood mallet.
5/64" brass pins also work very well also with the 1/16" steel pin as a driver.
I just use a 1/16" piano wire about 3" long for my drive pin.

[Wayne Smith]

I called TVM. They say they have never soldered a sight - but also did say that it could come out either way - no guarantee right to left or left to right. Pounded on it left to right and it still hasn't moved.

[LAGS]

Have you tried warming up the sight or barrel with something like a heat gun.
That could help.
I have had to use a propane torch on a few rifles because the sight for some reason was rusted in place.
Are you clamping the barrel in a vise to make it stable and help direct the force as you use the hammer and punch.

[Wayne Smith]

right now I have the rifle vertical and stabtilized in a light vice. I'll have to take it out to the garage to actually put it securely in a vice.