M&P Shield Front Sight Install Today

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Bill G77

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As I get older regular type small round night sights are harder to focus in with my vision in lighter daylight conditions. I do like the way I can see the factory white 3 dot sights. I decided to add the Ameriglo Cap Night Sight front sight only and kept the factory white dot rear sight on the pistol. This is working pretty good for me and I like that I can see the front sight at night and both sights really well in day conditions.

Notes on install.....

* I used the MGW 319 M&P Shield specific sight pusher installer. This is a must for a clean fast sight removal and install. (NOTE) clean up and smooth remove a little metal on sight tool or polish surface with Emory cloth on areas in pic. This tool has tight tolorences you do not want it to take a chance on putting any light scrape mark on your gun slides finish as the pusher crosses over the top of the slides surface. ( Again tolorences are very tight)

* Use a good penetrating oil like Aero Kroil and soak front sight for a little while.
* Install MGW sight tool correctly oil all surfaces of sight and top of slide with an oil like CLP Break Free. This will allow all surfaces to be slick and assist in not scratching anything as pusher crosses over top of slide, slowly push sight out to right side.
* Fit new sight in slot from right to left if sight goes in level and straight about 1/4 the way lube with oil and push in place slowly with sight pusher and center sight. ( If sight does not fit in slot you will need to take a very small amount off the bottom of sight evenly with 600 to 1000 grit fine sandpaper on a flat level surface a little at a time working the sight evenly (NOTE .. Do not take to much material off the sight as you can not put in back.

On that note, I lucked out and did not have to remove any material from the Ameriglo Cap front sight. It fit perfect in the sight dove tail on the M&P Shield and pushed in nicely.

This job took me about 5 minutes to do after I made sure the sight would fit correctly and after making sure the sight tool would not scratch or mar my slide.

I am very pleased with the outcome. Yes the sight tool is costly but in the big picture is worth it to get the job done right. I also will have it for future use on my weapon as well as other friends that have a M&P Shield.

Shoot Safe Everyone,
Bill G77
 

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Area to be smoothed cleaned up on MGW Sight Tool

Add on to my original posting above showing sight tool area to check for tolorences (again there very tight/close tolerances on this tool) Area to be smoothed and check tolorences on MGW Shield Sight tool, See Pic below..

You do not want to put a ultra fine scuff or scratch on your pistols slide installing the front sight a little caution here goes a long way.

The MGW 319 Shield sight tool is really the way to go for a clean sight install, just my 2 cents for hat it is worth.

Shoot Safe Everyone,
Bill G77
 

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I have the MGW sight tool for the Shield and it is a wonderful piece! However, I found no reason to be concerned about it scratching the surface of my slide when used correctly and removing the shim under the slide support prior to pushing. I have used it on 4 Shields so far.

NC
 
NCavi8tor said:
I have the MGW sight tool for the Shield and it is a wonderful piece! However, I found no reason to be concerned about it scratching the surface of my slide when used correctly and removing the shim under the slide support prior to pushing. I have used it on 4 Shields so far.

NC
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Thanks for your point of view, I did use my tool correctly.. As matter of fact I have several of these tools for other pistols. Also your concern may just be a little different than mine as I am rather picky when I do things.

I get what your saying, but my tool had a very small bur on it and was a little close for my taste. So I lightly buffed the bur or tooling line and made sure all was smooth just to be safe. No excessive material was removed from the very fine quality MGW sight tool.

Shoot Safe,
Bill G77
 
Oh no I wasn't insinuating that you used it incorrectly. I was just saying both of my MGWs cleared the slide and needed no modification.

I'm a perfectionist too.

Good shooting!
NC
 
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No offence taken friend, I did not mean to make it sound like that in my reply back to you..

Also A little more information on my way of thinking here.

The MGW sight tool does say to remove the shim if needed for the front site depending on clearance. Note.. With the shim removed you are pushing on the mid upper part of the front sight blade when removing it. If the shim is left in after smoothing the sight block pushers surfaces as I did there is a few thousands of an inch clearance when everything is tightened in place. Now you can push from the base of the front sight blade giving a more stable stronger push on the sight without scuffing the slides finish. The shield sights are in very tight and I did not want to take a chance on bending or breaking off the front sight when pushing it out from the mid part of the sight blade. ( I have seen this happen in the past with other pistols when guys have pushed a super tight front sight on the mid upper part of the front sight bending it or breaking it off)

As seen in the pic above all went well with no scuffs or scratches to the slides finish.

Thank you again,

Shoot Safe,
Bill G77
 
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Thanks for the helpful writeup of your experience with the MGW tool. Bought a Shield in .40 a couple of months ago and it is my primary daily carry gun. I ponied up and bought a set of Trijicon HD night sights. I don't mind the factory sights on the M&P's but I prefer night sights on a carry gun.

I was planning on letting my gunsmith install the sights due to the sketchy 10lb hammer and brass punch method I saw on YouTube. I decided to spend the extra money on the MGW tool because my Shield shoots about 4 inches to the left at 10 yards and I wanted to be able to adjust the front sight to my liking.

I know I will never get rid of my Shield and I even see myself buying another one in 9mm so the expensive tool is not a bad investment. More importantly, I think it is better to work on your own guns whenever possible and feasible.

Anyway, the MGW tool is in the mail so I hope to get my sights changed this weekend.
 
I did two installs of Ameriglo pro I dots on shields. Used brass punch and hammer. No issues at all. I guess the gun gods were with me.
 
shotguntom said:
I did two installs of Ameriglo pro I dots on shields. Used brass punch and hammer. No issues at all. I guess the gun gods were with me.
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I have drifted in quite a few sights with a brass punch my self over the years with no issues.

On the M&P pistols things can be hit and miss on how tight the sights are. Banging to hard directly on night sights you take a chance on damaging the Tritium inserts. For me the MGW sight tool is just good insurance that all will go well with the M&P pistols when installing new sights.

The MGW sight tool at the end of the day just gives me a better chance that the Gun Gods will be with me too.

Shoot Safe,
Bill G77
 
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Ole Joe Clark said:
Would you please post a photo of the tool you are referring too?

Thanks,
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My second posting above has a pic of the sight tool in it as well. But here is another pic from a different angle of the MGW 319 M&P Shield sight adjustment tool.

Shoot Safe,
Bill G77
 

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