Dang...

If I don’t want to fire up my welder and weld my timing gear I hammer it on with a small 8 pound sledgehammer. I use it for putting my pistons in to so I don’t have to use a ring compressor. You wouldn’t believe how fast I can assemble a short block that way.
You should take a 4” grinder and bevel the rings on a 45 like I do. Then you don’t need a hammer or a ring compressor, just push em in. Works great!