I bought my first glock and had a gunsmith replace the factory sights with Trijicon HDs for $20. He did a nice job and told me I over lubed the gun and explained some things that a newb glock owner might not know. However when i asked for the old sights back he told me that factory glock sights, when removed once, are useless but i wasnt sure if that was true so i didnt want to start something since he was nice. Are factory glock sights garbage after removal? Did i get jewed?
>>31076298
yes, he's correct.
Why would he bother keeping them anyways, they're a few bucks tops
The front sight is Un useable, not sure about the rear, but why would you want them?
I think you can do it correctly and they're reusable, but thats a fuckin' pain. I hammered my old shit out with a bolt or battery or some shit as a punch, and absolutely destroyed that weakass plastic.
>your gunsmith is probably a ghetto fuck like me
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>>31076324
i dont want them i was just wondering if it was true as i know nothing about glocks and wasnt sure if i trusted him as he looked italian
>>31076336
i watched him use a sight pusher
>>31076366
If he used a sight pusher and didn't fuck them up then it's bullshit. Those can totally be reinstalled. Hell, I even put the fucked up ass ones I ruined in a project gun temporarily.
Pictured: Old G19 sights on a LW slide.
>>31076366
>wasnt sure if i trusted him as he looked italian
>>31076298
He did you a solid for not giving you your old sights back. They're literal junk and cost $10 in total.
You should have bought your own vise and punch set to install the sights yourself so you could actually zero them to your needs afterwards.
A vise for pushing sights in and out only costs $20-$30 and it's inexcusable for a gun owner not to have a good quality set of punches along with a mallet to go along with it.
>>31076493
fag shit for fags who like to waste money on dumbshit. BUT that would have been better than OP paying some wop jackass 20 duckets for 2 mins of "work".
I've changed sights on 2 of my Glocks. I have no idea why they would be useless. I have a sight press.
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>>31076493
i priced the ghetto pusher and front sight remover and locktite on amazon and it came to like 60. he wanted 20 and im not sure ill buy a glock again so i think its worth it. havnt shot it yet but the glock looks pretty cool and functional. i think it might be better with a metal frame but wtf do i know
>>31076586
>amazon and it came to like 60.
You can also adjust them if needed. When people ask if I have a sight press, the brass thing removes the front sight, I yes and it will cost them beer.
>>31076657
thats beautiful and made by glock? what it run you? im in fag noguns central so its hard to find gun people
>>31076713
It's made by Glock, or licenced by them, it cost $54.97.
>>31076545
This. If you do it correctly, you won't damage them.
If you own more than one Glock, just get the sight pusher. It pays for itself many times over.
Yes the factory plastic sights are shit, but they work fine in a pinch, or if you sell your current Glock... Instead of giving them away to some faggot that is trying to lowball you anyway, put the shit sights back on for him and put the good ones on your next Glock. : )
>>31077078
>if you sell your current Glock
This is why you should have gotten them back. Maybe he tossed em.
>>31076366
>and wasnt sure if i trusted him as he looked italian
Made my night
>>31076366
>as he looked italian
I kek'd audibly
>>31076298
>he told me I over lubed the gun
>he told me that factory glock sights, when removed once, are useless
Typical fudd tier bullshit, but it doesn't really matter in the big picture.
>>31076933
Where are you finding them for $54? I'm only seeing them on midway and brownells for ~$160.