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Budget but good Glock sight tool recommendations.

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Would like to find the happy spot on price vs quality. Wouldn’t use it much. But like to have one. Thanks Wardawg
 
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I was going to buy that unit but the adapter for the G43 size is out of stock just about everywhere as of early last week.
 
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As far as front sight tool, I got some stainless steel tool off Amazon. Hasn't failed yet. It came with a mag baseplate wrench that is useless, since I pinky extension almost every Glock except my 19. Came with a punch, also useless and bent. Front sight tool works.

Rear sight tool, I use nylon, aluminum and a steel punch, depending on how tough the dove tail is. Glock dovetails are always pretty easy, for me.

That comes with experience, so if this is your first or second time doing a dovetail sight install, just drop the money on a decent sight pusher. Or pay a trusted gunsmith to so it. It'll be probably $50.

I haven't destroyed any sights hammering them on, but I also did a lot of reading. Covering the steel punch tip with layers of masking tape, etc. I also custom crafted that steel punch from a 5/16" roll pin punch. I cut off the roll pin t i t and dremeled a dovetail relief into it so I can push the dovetail from the bottom, not the sight itself.
 
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PilatusTurbo said:
As far as front sight tool, I got some stainless steel tool off Amazon. Hasn't failed yet. It came with a mag baseplate wrench that is useless, since I pinky extension almost every Glock except my 19. Came with a punch, also useless and bent. Front sight tool works.

Rear sight tool, I use nylon, aluminum and a steel punch, depending on how tough the dove tail is. Glock dovetails are always pretty easy, for me.

That comes with experience, so if this is your first or second time doing a dovetail sight install, just drop the money on a decent sight pusher. Or pay a trusted gunsmith to so it. It'll be probably $50.

I haven't destroyed any sights hammering them on, but I also did a lot of reading. Covering the steel punch tip with layers of masking tape, etc. I also custom crafted that steel punch from a 5/16" roll pin punch. I cut off the roll pin t i t and dremeled a dovetail relief into it so I can push the dovetail from the bottom, not the sight itself.
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Basically the same...

My punches are brass gunsmithing punches from Grace. The hammer I use is a 2 ounce brass hammer that also has nylon head on one side. Remember the universal rule on dovetails, drift left to right to remove the sight, drift right to left to install it. The factory sight is plastic and you can pretty much just lay it on a bench and tap it once to start it moving.

For Glock front sights, I got a Wilson Combat Glock front sight tool off eBay for something like $8.
 
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I bought a Chinese knock off of the Wheeler Engineering sight pusher. There was a promotion going on and I got it for $60 delivered.

Glock sights are easy to swap with a hammer and brass punch( if you have a vise) but the pusher makes it easy to make small adjustments.

Regards,
Happyguy :)
 
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Were you able to find the $32 or so adapter set for the smaller Glock slides?
 
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For Glock rear sights, all that’s really needed is a drift and a vise to hold the slide. Use wood or leather to sandwich the slide between the jaws. Tap the rear sight with a synthetic or brass drift. Front sight requires a hex driver small enough to get inside. Think mine came from Brownells or Glock Store. Glock dovetails and standard or commercially available rear sights are not so stiff as to require anything more than firm taps to drift or remove.
 
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The same tiny hammer and brass or nylon punch works fine. Very gentle taps when sighting in. And no need to clamp in a vise at that point. The first one takes the longest because you're learning the procedure and especially learning how to be gentle and precise with that little hammer, after that any you do with this method are fast and easy.
 
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Buy once, cry once. MGW sight pusher, and Glock OEM front sight tool. It is just about IMPOSSIBLE to screw up a sight job with these tools. The MGW won’t damage your slide or sights, and the magnetized tip of the Glock front sight tool will save you headaches with tiny sight screws. You will also need electrical tape (to mask your rear sights while pushing), polymer-safe cleaner/degreaser (to prep the front sight, screw, and slide surface for threadlocker), and Blue Permatex or Loctite Threadlocker. Remember to shake the Threadlocker tube well prior to use.

Cheapie tools can damage expensive guns, and a quality sight pusher is much more convenient that a vise, hammer, and punch. Particularly at the shooting range. Ameriglo, Trijicon, and Glock steel OEM sights are easily installed/adjusted with the tools I have specified. YYMV. Glock’s OEM rear sight tool is especially suitable for polymer sights, but weak on steel sights.


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