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I'll add that I did try drilling first. No drill bit I tried would get a hole started. That damn screw is hard. One really has to wonder why a screw is used at all. The tolerances on the sights are pretty tight.

The sight is off with zero damage to slide. Used a cutting wheel very patiently until I could tap out the metal at the bottom. Replacement sight is on and now just waiting for a new screw to arrive. On to the next screw up, I mean project. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I read and research **** to death before doing things so I knew it could be an issue so I also heated mine prior to trying to loosen it. Still ended up in this mess. Probably more of an issue with a poor tolerance wrench. I've done 2 other shields where the screw came right out. This one...

I should add that my hex socket it total gone at this point.

Yeah, the fact that it's so small does add a challenge. Maybe I could use my dremel to notch a slot in it.

I have a shield that i could not get the rear sight screw to budge. DAMN RED LOCKTITE!! It is now rounded so bad no allen or standard tool is going to get it removed. I do not care about the sight at all. I just want it off without damaging the slide. I've thought about slowing drilling...

What did you do to mess up your trigger bar loop? I'm wondering if I will need to do any additional work when I swap triggers.

I've done it. I got the kit with trigger combo. The only problem I had with seer and trigger parts was I could not get the dang pin that is partially preset in the trigger to budge at all using a hammer as it shown in the full kit install. If you find Apex's video on the trigger install only...

Yea, I heated it. maybe not enough, but the bigger problem was a cheap hex bit that snapped of in there like butter. Is what is. I'll get it worked out.

Would love to resuse it. Had to be drill out though.

Still waiting for Trijicon to answer my email, but guess it doesn't matter. I call S&W and the gal dropped one in an envelope while we spoke. No questioned asked about why. I even asked,don't I owe anything and she said no. The 2 or 3 encounters with there customer support over the years...

Picked up a set of these and noticed it doesn't come with a new set screw. Is that normal?

What MP do you all recommend as an upgrade to the sport? Considering this model. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product4_750001_750051_765651_-1_787653_757785_757784_ProductDisplayErrorView_Y

XS Sights has them for the Shield. XS Sight Systems - Sights

I agree every make out there has an issue here and there. I was just curious because the only shields in my circle of family and friends, including my own are 2012 build and not heard anyone complain about them. Sucks some are having issues. This is by far my favorite sub compact. Hope it...