M&P 9 Lost front dot

dmv9 · Jun 14, 2013

I noticed my shots were going all over the place and then I noticed my front white dot was gone

I ended up using white nail polish with a broken toothpick.

It looks better than the original

Now if I can just have some tritium sights installed!!!

stmcelroy · Jun 14, 2013

Pretty normal for S&W sights.

Definitely get some night sights and don't worry about it.

rick benjamin · Jun 14, 2013

Rob Pincus teaching site alignment, mentions he's moved away from glow sites.
Understanding Sight Alignment & Sight Picture in the context of Defensive Shooting. - YouTube

Will · Jun 15, 2013

A friend had the same thing happen with his S&W Shield. He fixed it the same way you did.

As for night sights, I like them, I get what Pincus is saying, there is a small margin when the night sights might be an advantage but I'll take any advantage I can get. They don't add weight/size to my pistol nor do they diminish my ability to use the sights in bright light so I'm not giving up anything by having the night sights.

ConcealedCarrie · Jun 16, 2013

Same thing happened on my Shield after about 100 rounds, I think! It's a S&W trend, I guess.

.45's and .38's · Jun 17, 2013

nail polish & a credit card, just painted the front sight on my XD bright, bright orange. looks fantastic

rawen2 · Jun 17, 2013

Same thing happened to the front sight on my M&P after not too many rounds. You'd think S&W could correct that (apparently) common defect. I put some fluorescent yellow paint in the dot depression of the sight and so far it's stayed there.

cookie · Jun 17, 2013

Have you called S@W to see if they will repair or send you a new sight? I own a bunch of S@W pistols just because of how they have taken care of the problem I had on one of my revolvers.

skerky · Jun 18, 2013

cookie said:
Have you called S@W to see if they will repair or send you a new sight? I own a bunch of S@W pistols just because of how they have taken care of the problem I had on one of my revolvers.

This happened to me and S&W sent out a new front sight, but I ended up deciding it was easier to paint mine with fingernail polish than to swap it out (and not risk it happening again).