Procrastinated long enough, need to change out glock sights

[SCVlongstroke]

And a vice with soft jaws.

I will add, there are a lot of folks who can successfully just use a hammer, punch and vice to remove their rear sights, but I've also seen a LOT of mangled and marked up rear sights from individuals that use this technique.

Some people slip or add a bit too much oomf for a tappa tappa job.

[ChampCarStar]

Settled on these. They look pretty easy to install. May require a little filing. If I didn't want to do it myself, where in the LA, Long Beach, Cerritos area could I go?

Shoot SoCal in Fullerton

[hermosabeach]

Sight pusher

Settled on these. They look pretty easy to install. May require a little filing. If I didn't want to do it myself, where in the LA, Long Beach, Cerritos area could I go?

Lastly, is a glock sight pusher tool worth it?I only have 1 glock

I have a bias and enjoy tools. So yes - a solid sight pusher is a good thing.


If you take classes and or do one handed drills, you sometimes move your rear sight. Sometimes you need to make fine adjustments and shoot a group - unload- move sight - reload - shoot another group is the right way to go.


Now that I have the tool, I have helped a few friends with sights.

Remember that one can destroy a Trijicon vial with the wrong sight installed / technique.

[ar15barrels]

Any gunsmith should be able to change sights.
It should cost no more than $10.

Please post up 5 websites with service prices from gunsmiths that charge $10 to change a set of sights.
Since that's what you declare it should not cost more than, certainly there will be dozens of gunsmiths doing at that price seeing as how the market adjusts to what people are willing to pay and what people are willing to do the work for...

I'll kick it off:

https://www.riflegear.com/p-4171-gunsmith-service-pistol-sight-install.aspx

https://www.xssights.com/Content.aspx?PAGE=Installation%20Service

https://www.brownells.com/userdocs/miscellaneous/shoppricesurvey.pdf

https://cpwsa.com/glock-specific-parts/181-glock-sight-installation-service.html

[Vinnie Boombatz]

I’m speaking from personal experience. Jones Fort in Redding, CA $10 Bastiani Arms in Redding, CA $10. So I think the real question is, where are you living that you’re paying $50 for sight install?

The key is to get to know your local gunsmiths. Have them know you. $1 a minute is also not a waste of their time. I’m sure if you’re waiting in line for BIG BOX FFL ABC for an install change, you could be paying more money. But I try to get to know the owners of all the FFL’s around. I spend a lot of money with my local stores. In fact on most occasions they have done simple work for me for free. All because I have given them a reason to.

Who said I was paying $50? Where did I say anything about using a "big box" store to install sights? Where did I mention having to wait in long lines to have any firearms worked on? I've never had any "big box" store work on a firearm. You made a LOT of (albeit false) assumptions in your reply.

EDIT: I called Bastiani Ams and they told me $25 per handgun to swap the sights. I consider that a great price, but again quite a stretch from your claim that "it shouldn't cost anymore than $10." Having a buddy in the business or having a relationship with a shop is a completely different situation, but again that is much different that your claim that it should never cost more than $10.

[9Cal_OC]

$25 is about right.
That’s what Applied Kinetics charged me but for some S&W and Kahr dovetail sights.

[Rich1911]

+1 for shoot SoCal in Fullerton. I think he charged me 30 bucks? And I believe the install is free if you buy sights from them.

[Mr. Blue]

Please post up 5 websites with service prices from gunsmiths that charge $10 to change a set of sights.
Since that's what you declare it should not cost more than, certainly there will be dozens of gunsmiths doing at that price seeing as how the market adjusts to what people are willing to pay and what people are willing to do the work for...

I'll kick it off:

https://www.riflegear.com/p-4171-gunsmith-service-pistol-sight-install.aspx

https://www.xssights.com/Content.aspx?PAGE=Installation%20Service

https://www.brownells.com/userdocs/miscellaneous/shoppricesurvey.pdf

https://cpwsa.com/glock-specific-par...n-service.html

Hey Randy, did you teach high school in northern CA? Honest question.

[ar15barrels]

Hey Randy, did you teach high school in northern CA? Honest question.

No.