Installing night sights.

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Drebin

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I got some new Heinie night sights for my Glock and want to install them myself. I hear if I use a hammer and punch I'll break the tritium so I should use a sight pusher is this true?

Also I was looking at the pusher on sightpusher.com of all places for $60, it seems very versatile for that cheap. Most pushers are for one brand of gun and cost well over $100 so i'm wondering if the one on sightpusher.com is really as good as it seems.
 

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They can be installed with a hammer and punch. You just have to understand what you are doing. I believe Dave Dawson has a video on YouTube where he demonstrates installing sights on a GLOCK.
 

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I've seen tritium vials that were damaged using the punch method, but heinie uses a Trijicon element, which is pretty robust. I have the Glock 9/40 tool. If you can make it to TUL sometime, I can install them in about 2-3 minutes while you wait. If yours is a 9 or .40 that is. :)
 

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Use a hammer and punch. Delrin punches can be purchased, or you can just cover the end of a steel or brass punch with vinyl tape (electrical tape). Watch the Dawson video twice.
 

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Thanks for the offer Glocktogo I almost took you up on that but I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4maCQhEIjoA as referenced by "HiredHand" above and I was inspired to try it myself using the punch method. It took me about 1.5 hours though mostly filing the sight down to fit. I only had a steel punch but I put Gorilla tape over the end and ended up not messing up the finish whatsoever on the gun or the sights. I didn't have a socket to fit the screw in the front sight but with a little finesse and some tweezers I made it work without much trouble. I'll still have to take the screws back out to put red Loctite on them tomorrow because I couldn't find the red Loctite I thought I already had. I couldn't recommend everybody install their own night sights with these basic tools but it worked out ok for me. These Heinie Straight Eight Ledge sights look fantastic, I can't wait to get it to the range!
 

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Go to the range first and test fire. If the sights are on then loctite and tighten. If not adjust them. You don't want to fight the loctite just to make a little adjustment. Take your tools to the range with you.
 

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I used a flat piece of delrin I had laying around. I'm also so cheap and couldn't wait for a front sight tool to come in the mail I just took a socket and ground it down thin enough to fit in the recess. I used a roll of duct tape to lay the slide on.quick&easy!
 

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I installed new 'Glock factory' night sights on my Glocks...I used two hardwood blocks...a NAPA 3/16" 1/4" drive deep socket I modified by grinding the socket end thin...and a poly finger out of a John Deere 30 ft header(for a soft punch)...pliers(to rip-off the old Glock front sights)...a 1/4" driver handle for the napa socket...a hammer and a vise...oh! and loctite...

Took about 20 minutes or less to remove and replace sights on two pistols...killed no tritium either
 
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