Heck, I was actually thinking of making another front school barrel band the way I used a mandrel approach to make the one for mine since it worked well. I was going to see if anyone here wanted me to do it but I see that now I have started a trend! I looked for one for sale a long time and never found one.

I used an old barrel tightened well in my vise and marked the exact place where the barrel band fits on the school rifle. Then I used a brass hammer to pound away on the band fit over the barrel at that marked place. I carefully pounded and made the fit, as you see in the pictures, quite exact to the barrel. I did not have to heat the band at all to get this done. It was a cold fitment.

Good luck. I saw this band on ebay and passed it up because I have a few extra. But, the price was good!