How do I remove a Warren front sight w/ red loctite on a Glock?

[johnson]

I installed the Warren 2 dot sights on my G19 a few weeks ago it took it to the range today. It shot a little to the left at 15 yards and I need to turn the front sight just a little bit.

When I have the posts lined up, the rear bottom dot is just a tad to the right of the top one.

When I have the dots lined up, the front blade is a tad on the right side of the sight picture.

The rear sight is dead center to the slide so i'm thinking I need to turn the front sight a little bit counter clockwise.

[SecretNY]

Okay, a couple of things. First off, never use RED loctite on sights. They need to be removed or adjusted so use BLUE from now on. I recently had the same problem when a gunsmith used the red.

Before you go ahead and remove them, have the best shooter you know shoot the gun. It seems odd that at 15 yards it shoots left. Did you have accurate shots at 3 or 7 yards. It might be you and not the sights. That's why have a good shooter (who shoots glocks) try your gun.

Otherwise, you need to go to Home Depot or any hardware store and get a heat gun. Heat the sights to melt the red loctite. It's a big pain in the ass. You might also ruin the sights trying to get them off, soooo.....find the good shooter first.

Good luck.

[thopkins22]

Like was said, find a skilled shooter before you do anything.

What exactly do you think that turning the front sight is going to do? Unless it's physically wrong now there's no reason to change it. If the gun is truly shooting left you need to move the rear sight to the right, whether it's centered on the pistol or not.

[John_Wayne777]

I installed the Warren 2 dot sights on my G19 a few weeks ago it took it to the range today. It shot a little to the left at 15 yards and I need to turn the front sight just a little bit.

When I have the posts lined up, the rear bottom dot is just a tad to the right of the top one.

When I have the dots lined up, the front blade is a tad on the right side of the sight picture.

The rear sight is dead center to the slide so i'm thinking I need to turn the front sight a little bit counter clockwise.

Ok....hold the phone there, chief.

1. If you do need to remove red lock-tite, a heat gun will help. Just be sure not to set anything on fire.

2. You should not be "turning" the front sight on a Glock. Ever. It is not designed to move.

Now it is possible for someone who isn't paying attention to install the front sight at an angle. Sometimes when you try to torque the screw that fits into the front sight it can cant the sight ever so slightly to the side. A competent installer knows how to prevent this.

If your front sight is canted, then you should try to fix it.

If your front sight is NOT canted, then you shouldn't be fooling with it. If your weapon is shooting to the left or right, you adjust that through moving the rear sight. It's perfectly OK if the rear sight is a little to the left or right of center on the slide. That shouldn't dramatically impact your ability to get an accurate aiming reference using the night sights.

When sighting in, you shouldn't be using the dots on the sight. You should be using the outlines of the sights themselves. Once you get things lined up using the sights, the dots will take care of themselves in low light.

[johnson]

It does look a little canted to the left.

This is what it sort of looks like (without the cant).

Shoots to the left.


Shoots dead on when the dots are lined up and front post is a little to the right.

[John_Wayne777]

Can you post some closeup pics of the front sight? Preferably looking down on the top of the slide. That will help us see whether or not it is turned as a result of being torqued during install.

[johnson]

[johnson]

[John_Wayne777]

It looks like it's on straight to me. It's hard to tell without having the gun in front of me, however....

[sff70]

I have found that heating the part in question with a soldering iron works good to loosen loctite.

Be warned that the tritium "inserts" in sights are "glued" in and heating them up can cause the inserts to fall out.