September 11, 2018, 09:24 AM | #26 |
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Glock for the night sights
I will get around to doing night sights on my Gen 3 G19. So far my shopping has indicated that Glock is the best to purchase from, price wise.
Now that I have a sight pusher I won't need to send them my slide. Thanks to the good folks at Defcad. While the files from these folks are fun the most useful item for me so far is the sight pusher. I printed mine out of PLA, and it seems to be plenty strong. Now that I have a better handle on printing ABS I'll print another one should this one not prove durable.
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A vice, small hammer, and brass punch will work just fine for the rear sight. You will need the proper nut driver to install the front sight (there are cheap options on Amazon and Ebay). Mrgunsandgear has a good Glock sight installation video on Youtube. |
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September 11, 2018, 09:58 AM | #28 |
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The sight tool makes the job much easier, limits the risk to the vial in night sights, and lets you make fine adjustments when zeroing (you can zero without removing the slide from the gun too). Well worth the money, especially if you have more than one gun.
I have a MGW tool for my Glock's, and had one for my SIG's, and with both, pretty much paid for them with the money I got selling the old night sights I removed on EBay. So they can basically pay for themselves too. |
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I had a gen 3 G17 and it was a fine full sized auto loader. I do like the Ameriglo pro I dot sights.
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September 11, 2018, 02:51 PM | #30 |
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G17 G4 - too big for EDC, IMHO but I love to shoot it. My go to IDPA gun. I do shoot the smaller Glocks that I carry also.
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September 12, 2018, 06:11 PM | #31 |
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I have a Gen III Glock 17. One of my favorites.
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September 22, 2018, 07:39 PM | #32 |
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a must have for any gun collector. I try to practice with the 17 as much as possible.
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September 22, 2018, 08:30 PM | #33 |
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Mine is an older Gen 2 (although 9mm, it was when 40S&W was just coming to market to give you an idea) and it has never failed to fire anything I fed it from factory to reloads. Is it the most accurate Bullseye pistol ever made? Absolutely not. Is it totally reliable and boring in that regard? Absolutely yes.
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I have a Gen2 that I purchased new w/trijicon night sites. It's a great HD gun and I shot a lot of steel matches with it initially so that I would become very confident with it. It's been as close to 100 % reliable as you could get, even with my light hand loads for competition.
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September 23, 2018, 04:41 PM | #37 |
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Like I said I’d be sticking with Glock steelies. No tritium required, I’ve had my fun with nighters and find them an expensive, fragile, and largely useless gimmick. I’ll take the rugged simplicity and durability of the steel Glock sights thank you, and a weapons light on the gun.
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September 23, 2018, 05:09 PM | #38 |
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Ive been using night sights on most of my pistols for about 25 years now. In all that time and about 35 some odd sets, I think Ive had one vial fail, and that was on a gun that was used hard.
I havent found them to be fragile, especaily compared to other things. At least those of mine that get used regularly, have all stood up to constant use, and with a couple of guns, heavy use, and they have certainly been more robust than the fiber optic type Ive tried. Price wise, They really arent all that much more expensive than a good set of steel sights, especially if you shop around. So far, I usually get about half of what a new set go for selling the old sets on EBay. Paid for my sight tools that way, and recouped some of the money spent on new sets. Gimmick they arent, or at least I havent found them to be. The give you a 24 hour sight, in any light and against any background. They arent just for "night". |
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Mine is a police trade-in. I don't even know what generation it is. It goes bang every time and I shoot it maybe a little above average for a full-sized service pistol. It's just a range toy. It looks like it was holstered and unholstered a whole lot of times, and the sights are still okay, so I'm not going to worry about them.
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September 23, 2018, 08:03 PM | #41 |
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I have a Glock 17 LAV .. Im a happy 17 owner
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September 24, 2018, 02:29 PM | #42 |
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Be sure it fits your hand well before you write the check. Some combination of the back strap hump and the spacing of the finger grooves makes the 17 a bit awkward feeling to me. The 19 sits in my hand better, and the 26 best, curled pinky and all.
Nothing wrong with changing the front sight and leaving the rear as is, either, in my opinion. The front sight on my 26 got dinged in short order and was replaced, but the rear sight is still original and doing fine. |
September 24, 2018, 04:46 PM | #43 |
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There are waves of new Glock variants coming up to confuse and delight you.
Scroll through https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/ for info and videos. I don't know the guy, just FYI.
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I once asked an officer carrying a Glock if it was a 22 as that dept. got new guns. He was incensed and said it was a 40.
Oh, well. Glock is heading for the Golden Days of SW with variants galore.
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I've never had a set break. Even if a tritium vial were to break, you'd still have the functionality of non-illuminated sights. |
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