Loose sight

[sa champion]

Recently got a shield and went for a test drive. Gun was shooting a bit left and noticed sight sits a bit off to right which I know it was centered before purchase. That is a TFO previous owner had smith installed and was his carry piece. Within 50 rounds, it totally came loose.

Luckily I also had my cw9, otherwise my range session would have been 10 mins

It was indoor and the green TFO wasn't bright at all. The red FO on the cw9 was much better.

Will center punching bottom of sight and applying green retaining compound fix this?

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[_TomT_]

I wonder if the smith took off a bit more material than necessary...

[Win231]

After experiencing gunsmith's "work" like that, I bought a sight tool & installed sights on six pistols - flawlessly & I have NO mechanical ability at all.

Any tinkerer can call himself a gunsmith these days; it's not like dentistry where you need a credential.

[Creampuff]

Aren't Shield's dovetails tapered? If I recall they install from right to left? No sure on that. If that is true, then maybe someone installed it like they would a Sig (left to right). In doing so they would have destroyed the tapering on the sight.

Someone please correct me if my directions are wrong, I'm going based on memory and too lazy to google

['ol shooter]

Most dovetails are shaped to remove left to right and install right to left, but what fits, fits. If it were me, I would put the sight in and get it where it will shoot to point of aim, mark it, remove it, and set it back in with a Locktite retaining compound.

[JTROKS]

Loctite will degrade if cleaning solvents get to it. JB weld may be better, but it will take more heat when it's time to remove it. I suggest taking measurement and see if a thin sheet of aluminum can be used to shim it and add some tension. If you do it right the shim won't be noticeable.