How tough to install night sights on shield?
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Rudy40
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I would go to a gunsmith.
I went to a store to get trijicon hd's , gave the guy the gun and walked around the store for 10 mins when he calls me over and says "I can't get them off ..." (stocks) lol ..
Went to another store and got the TFO's I originally wanted installed in 10 minutes.
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g_conway
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I was told that the slide on the shield is Aluminum.
IF that is true, you need to be very careful with any steel sight.
You will need to make sure the steel sight is the exact correct size as galling can occour with steel to aluminum interface.
I would suggest a sight pusher only, as the drift and hammer approach will most likely result in galling.
Again, this is only true if the slide is Aluminum.
IF that is true, you need to be very careful with any steel sight.
You will need to make sure the steel sight is the exact correct size as galling can occour with steel to aluminum interface.
I would suggest a sight pusher only, as the drift and hammer approach will most likely result in galling.
Again, this is only true if the slide is Aluminum.
tgmorris99
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The only M&P with an aluminum slide is the M&P22. All the rest are stainless.
My local shop has a universal sight pusher which I just used to drift my front sight to the left since my Shield was shooting to the left. With night sights always use a pusher and not risk damaging the tritium viles with a punch and hammer. A sight pusher gently pushes the sight.
