Lost front blade sight on my model 69

[tylerlayne]

I went to the range today and after putting about 25 rounds through my model 69 the front sight blade flew off. We search for it but could not find it. Where can I get another one?

 

[F224]

S&W should provide you with one free of charge. They will even send you a FedEx Box/label to ship it back to them.

 

[tylerlayne]

S&W should provide you with one free of charge. They will even send you a FedEx Box/label to ship it back to them.

Awesome!! Will send them a email!

 

[Beju]

They might offer to send you one if you're willing to drill it yourself. They sent me a replacement XS sight for my 642UC.

 

[tylerlayne]

They might offer to send you one if you're willing to drill it yourself. They sent me a replacement XS sight for my 642UC.

There is a place I use as a FFL when I buy guns from gunbroker. They do things like that. I will pay them to install it.

 

[Tom S.]

They sent me one for one of my guns, no charge.

 

[SLT223]

Don’t forget to ask for the pin, too.

 

[PatriotX]

Don’t forget to ask for the pin, too.

It’s interesting how the pin stubs appear to remain, as if sheared off cleanly.

 

[SLT223]

It’s interesting how the pin stubs appear to remain, as if sheared off cleanly.

Agreed. That appears to be exactly what happened. I’ve never seen that before.

 

[blackdeuce]

It will be interesting to see if S&W will send a front sight. I bought a new Smith that has a trigger with the chrome flash chipping. They won't send a trigger. They want me to send the gun to them. They suggested I look at aftermarket sources if I didn't want to ship my gun to them.

 

[PHS327]

Sound like the perfect opportunity to upgrade the front sight. I would suggest a Patridge sight either brass or gold bead.