Glock Rear Sight Install

[P7M13]

I use the Lyman. It's the bomb.

 

[nammac]

Thats the same sight pusher I have. Crude but functional... and finicky to align. Yes, you will learn patience mastering this one...

Im amazed the card shims held on the pusher anvil, I will give that a try next time.

Agreed, it can be tedious, but I didn't invest a lot in it either. So I'm willing to be patient. Go at least double thick on the card scrap to protect the sights. Good luck.

 

[DirectDrive]

The business cards held up to pressure and stayed in place? Thats a really small driving area to align up even without aligning protecting strips.

Yes, card stock (business card) works well. Cut to fit push pad.
I tried a piece of credit card once. The push pad can cut through that if trying to push s sight that didn't get enough prep.

 

[DirectDrive]

Im glad I started with the cheapest Glock sight to learn on, they are plastic and distort easy. I do have an old school Fisher brand universal sight pusher.

Centered, functional but ugly... will be replaced so I want to do it right.

What is the proper way to install the rear sight on a Glock?
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A plastic Glock sight will typically fit a Glock dovetail perfectly.
If you have a slide that causes your Glock sight to distort, your dovetail cut is probably out of spec.

 

[gmerkt]

Heres a pic of my sight pusher for reference, its an old school design that was once popular.

I've got an inexpensive one along this line. It may be used on many different gun designs if set up right. So far, I've only used it to nudge my Glock rear sight so as to get centered on the target.

My cheapie NEF R73 wanted to shoot to the left, you could see the front sight was bent to the right. So I put the revolver frame in a padded vice, and using a Crescent wrench, I carefully bent the front blade over to the left. I say carefully because one time years ago, I broke the front sight loose in a Ruger Vaquero trying to do the same thing. I sent it back to the factory with a letter of confession - they fixed it for free. All I had to pay was outbound shipping.

 

[Yarome]

Oh then that part your doing wrong, there is a way to measure exactly if a rear sight is centered if you have calipers. I got mine centered under .010" even while marring them up. Test fired today and they shoot very accurate.

I'm not talking about dead centering it on the slide. I'm talking about a windage POA/POI adjustment.

 

[Koda]

I'm not talking about dead centering it on the slide. I'm talking about a windage POA/POI adjustment.

Ah, got it now yeah thats another subject...

 

[DLS]

Way late to this party, but ...

Check out Wyoming Sight Pusher

This is far better at tiny POI adjustment than any of the threaded rod driven sight pushers.

Use the big tool to get close then switch tonthe Wyoming tool for exact tweaking.

 

[Jade Falcon]

They sure did. The key is to get as low as possible on the sight, leverage and patience are the keys.

Here's the sight pusher used:
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And the new rear sight on a G19, Gen2, sights were pushed from Left to Right:
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This would explain why the sight channel on my CZ P10F looks wider on one side. I thought it was just poor QC. Mine is wider on the left side, and narrower on the right.

I've got this CZ P10F and my gen-5 Glock 26 that both need to have the sights replaced, but the rear sight and getting a drift tool is scaring me away. I don't want to screw up a $170 pair of Trijicon sights.

 

[Koda]

This would explain why the sight channel on my CZ P10F looks wider on one side. I thought it was just poor QC. Mine is wider on the left side, and narrower on the right.

I've got this CZ P10F and my gen-5 Glock 26 that both need to have the sights replaced, but the rear sight and getting a drift tool is scaring me away. I don't want to screw up a $170 pair of Trijicon sights.

My understanding is the dovetail grooves in the slides are not tapered (directional) but many of the sights are, or rather have a slight bevel on one side making them directional. Ive never heard which direction is correct, but if you have calipers you can measure the width of each side of the sight and if one side is slightly narrower thats the only direction it should be installed and removed from.



Thread resurrection.

 

[titsonritz]

MGW sight tool. Under 100 on amazon.
Just add lube to threads once in awhile and itll last for years. Had mine since 2014. Oh and always install right to left.
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This is what I use