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Cat Whisperer |
I didn't know that was possible. Have you guys ever seen a front sight just fall off? We were doing a drill where there's numbers on a board and the other one would call them out at random. I noticed it facing sideways halfway through the drill  This gun probably has... 6000 rounds through it under my ownership. I ran the drill again with no front sight and did surprisingly well (one miss) the smaller holes were on the backer when we hung it up  upload your photos  upload your photos The cluster of holes on the right was where we were putting playing cards to cut in half  ------------------------------------ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246R | ||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Who installed the sights? Use locktight on the little screw? While I like Glocks, I dislike all screw in front sights and prefer dovetail front and rears. | |||
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| Cat Whisperer |
Previous owner I'd imagine. I agree, I wish you could dovetail them on these guns. ------------------------------------ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246R | |||
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Glock plastic sights are not known for their durability or longevity. If it's an aftermarket sight, the screw probably wasn't locktited. Not hard to remedy. | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
Pretty common. | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Ya those sites are not the sturdiest. Easy to fix though. I saw someone at a match shooting through one of those plywood things with different shapes cut into it. Guy jammed his gun part way through one of the holes, shifted to get another target putting the top of the slide against the top of the cutout. Yep, he lost his sight. It was funny watching him try and transition to the next target. There was no site but it took him a second to realize there was no site. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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They used to be even worse with the split "stem" and toothpick wedge. | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
My first exp with screw in front was with the Walther PPS, I snapped the first screw off and had to buy a new front Mepro for it since part of the screw was stuck in ti - no surprise why Meprolight sold them separately as a front only. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Installation problem, not a Glock problem. Red Loctite will prevent that. If you ever want to remove it, just heat the screw from the bottom (inside the slide) with a soldering gun. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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huh? I think I read this post clearly and don't see any indication of what sight fell off. fell free if I missed it. The glock plastic ones are junk, ditch asap. An aftermarket one you need locktite and then all ia GTG. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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^^^This . Seen it a few times at our club . The screw was not Loctited . | |||
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^^^This . Seen it a few times at our club . The screw was not Loctited . Thread title is misleading. Nothing broke . | |||
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E tan e epi tas |
Fairly common. As has been said loctite it and just make a habit of checking on it when cleaning. I had a G19 front loosen a bit on me recently. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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| Throwin sparks makin knives  |
It took THAT long? Mine come off as soon as the new pistola comes home with me! I really dislike the stock sights. | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
I have seen this happen at an USPSA match. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Happened to my G21 a number of years ago. I picked up a HiViz overmolded front sight @ Sportsman's Warehouse and some red locktite and never had an issue again. "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan | |||
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| JOIN, or DIE |
Was it a factory plastic front sight? | |||
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| Cat Whisperer |
These weren't stock, they were trudot. I've o be probably 20 glocks and never had an issue. I'm surprised it's so common. ------------------------------------ 135 ├┼┼╕ 246R | |||
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Get on the fifty! |
It's only common from no loctite I imagine. "Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails." "We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled." | |||
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Learn it, know it, live it |
My Gen 3 G22 factory night sight was 'stamped' in..     | |||
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