installing night sites myself

[furbis]

has anyone tried to install their night sites themselves? I was looking at lonewolfs site and see they sell a 3/16 nut driver to install the front sites will this work with the big dot sites? can I just drift out the rear site and press the new one back in?

thanks

[T. Harless]

Yep. Lonewolf also sells a cool tool for removing/installing/adjusting the rear sight too. Works great. Everybody will want to borrow it.

http://www.lonewolfdist.com/stockdetail.asp?item=MGW-ST1


Todd

[kschilling]

It's easy. I've done several. Just make sure you use some Locktite with the front site.

[alien-Glocker]

Installing night sights is not hard. I've done it on my 2 Glocks and others. I've the MGW tool forthe Glocks and recommend using this tool or similar, it works good. I get a little squeemish using a drift punch and hammer on a good set of night sights. I used an existing ratchet driver (Sears) from my tool box for installing the Meps front sight. Ditto on the Locktit for the front sight--just don't use the one that is impossible to remove--green if I recall.

Good luck.

[jack76590]

Originally posted by furbis
has anyone tried to install their night sites themselves? I was looking at lonewolfs site and see they sell a 3/16 nut driver to install the front sites will this work with the big dot sites? can I just drift out the rear site and press the new one back in?

thanks

If you are thinking of buying ashley big dot sights, the "kit" comes with nut driver, loc tite, allen wrench, and plastic tapper. Again is you are talking about ashley- the front sight is threaded and you put loc tite on threads. I use non chlorinated brake cleaner to pre clean. For rear sight you just put in by hand and use set screws to get proper location and then you apply loc tite. If you get it wrong they provide a little plastic tapper. But I suggest you take your time and get rear sight where you want it prior to applying loc tite.

[Fast Shadow]

Installing the big dots was very easy. The rear sight required almost no adjustment since the front dot is fairly large. When you install the front sight be sure not to overtighten the screw as it can cause the sight to turn slightly to the left.

[furbis]

thaks for the help. I am looking at the ashleys, I am color blind and cannot tell the difference in the color of the front to the rear with meps or tijicons.

does the rear post on the ashleys glow also?

can I just use a punch to tap out the front site from underneith and then drift the rear site out?

[jack76590]

Originally posted by furbis
thaks for the help. I am looking at the ashleys, I am color blind and cannot tell the difference in the color of the front to the rear with meps or tijicons.

does the rear post on the ashleys glow also?

can I just use a punch to tap out the front site from underneith and then drift the rear site out?

Ashley has all sort of options. You can get various size front sight dot. And you can get rear with or without tritium. The front sight can turn when you tighten. I had this happen and used needle nose plier with patch to protect sight and turn back straight. But be very careful as you can break the screw. Basically I tightened without much force and front sight turned a little and I straighten as described. But again not much force -depend on loctite to hold in place. Also clean threads first. I used non chlorinated brake cleaner and just put screw part in bottle cap. For female threads pipe cleaner with brake cleaner is good-get all the fuzz from pipe cleaner out. Lastly not too much loctite as you can force it up into tritium cylinder and I have heard of breaking cylinder. Check out their website. Link below.

The original equipment glock sights come out easy. Just punch out front sight and tap out rear sight.

http://www.expresssights.com/