xds front sight ????

[agent88]

Anyone know how tall the xds front sight is?

If I'm measuring right I'm getting .170"

[agent88]

Springfield said the sight is .220" tall. Apparently they measure from the bottom of the dove tail. Dawson says .170" tall measure from top of slide to tallest point of the sight.

As for the rear sight I just want to drift it to the left a tiny bit.

I have a Dawson aluminum punch and I've tried heat and cold but I can't get the sight to budge. Damn you Springfield!

I think the sights are welded on. Lol

[$nake-Eye$]

Thinking of getting night sights for my XDS when it gets here, welded would be bad...

[agent88]

Thinking of getting night sights for my XDS when it gets here, welded would be bad...

Yeah... Find someone to do them or buy a really good pusher

[Click Boom]

The stock rear with a tritium front would be good.

[static808]

Yeah... Find someone to do them or buy a really good pusher

hahaha, when i was oc firearms picking up my xds, one of the clerks mentioned that they were going thru sight pushers like there was no tomorrow when working with the xds. seems you are not alone!

[lorax3]

I sent my slide to this guy. He rocks. Recommended by folks over at XDTalk

http://www.shop.xd-hs2000.com/main.sc

Had green/yellow TFOs installed. It was back before I knew it.

[voodoomedman]

I think all XD sights are a tough install. I'm going to put Trijicon SP01's on my XDs so that it is the same sights as my full size XD45 and my carry guns have the same system. I'm not a fan of the fiber optic front. The red on there really grabs my eyes attention and makes it hard to get equal height equal light.


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[FiveSeven]

I got this tool

http://www.sightpusher.com/Handgun-Sight-Tool.html

(Standard sight tool)
replaced factory sights with Trijicon HD's and it was only a few minutes job. Can't think of any easier work I've done on firearms recently.

[agent88]

I got this tool

http://www.sightpusher.com/Handgun-Sight-Tool.html

(Standard sight tool)
replaced factory sights with Trijicon HD's and it was only a few minutes job. Can't think of any easier work I've done on firearms recently.

I was reading about that tool last night.

http://heelsandhandguns.com/2013/03/sight-pusher-tool-gun-owners-use/

Still seemed kind of hard for them freezing the slide and using a long wrench.

So it was pretty simple and straight forward for you?

[FiveSeven]

Yes, it was easy. If you line up everything right before applying torque there should not be any issues.

[CK_32]

Why in gods name would you weld a front site.

Sometimes I think companies just try to mess with us...

[FiveSeven]

No such thing as welded XDS sights.

[agent88]

^^^^

They aren't really welded I think they heat the slide to expand the dovetail and they end up with a really tight fit. I don't think it's loktite that makes them so stubborn.

[himurax13]

Springfield said the sight is .220" tall. Apparently they measure from the bottom of the dove tail. Dawson says .170" tall measure from top of slide to tallest point of the sight.

As for the rear sight I just want to drift it to the left a tiny bit.

I have a Dawson aluminum punch and I've tried heat and cold but I can't get the sight to budge. Damn you Springfield!

I think the sights are welded on. Lol

The regular XD sights ware also difficult to remove even with a vice, punches, and a baby sledge. My buddy ended up sending it to Springfield to get them removed.