First i would like to remove the stock fixed sights and then get some good night sights added. I guy i work with says he has the tool and it would take him 10 minutes to do it for me. My only concern is after changing the sights do they have to get adjusted and lined back up? Also i am unsure of his ability and might feel more comfortable just paying a smith to do it.

 

 

Second i was thinking about changing the trigger pull. After last nights visit to the range and the RO letting my fiance and myself shoot his gun with a 3.5lb trigger pull. I kinda liked the pull and thought it would be better for target shooting and eventually for some competition shooting. How much doed this cost to get done and how long does it take?

 

Also do you guys know if at Brick Armory or Shore Shot if their smiths are Glock Certified?

 

TIA

I am not sure you will find a smith certified for a particular firearm, they are usualy smiths for firarms in general but some may specify preffered firearms of choice to work on or specialty..

tbtrout can probly answer about the trigger pull after shooting his XD. =P

 

There are plenty of gunsmiths on this forum... will have to defer to them.

Up here a few will install the sights for free if you purchase them from the dealer. What you don't want to do is adjust them by banging them with a hammer and punch. the tritium inserts can easily be damaged. A sight pusher is pretty much dedicated to that firearm line and costs around a hundred. Unless you do a lot of sight changes and have several of one make, not really worth it. Fiber optic sights may be of more use unless you do a lot of night shooting scenarios.

 

Be careful about the 3.5 pound trigger. If strictly target shooting it should be fine. Any moving scenarios and you might find you let a round go accidental. You may want to get a lot of experience with what you have now and think about the changes later on down the line.

I recently bought a set of XS Big Dot sights for my G34. They changed my random pattern to a tack driving pattern. Shot 100 rounds at an 8x10 target at 20 yards this weekend, only three were outside the big ring, only 8 out of the 10 ring. This was completely different than previous times, when 100 rounds would pretty much form a random Monte Carlo pattern over the whole target.

 

In any case, the XS Sights came in an "Express Set" which included the nylon punch and nut driver to remove the factory sights and install them on my own.

 

It took me less than 20 minutes, being very careful, and watching the XS installation video on Youtube multiple times:

 

 

James Yeager also has one, but he doesn't do it the way the factory would have you do it.

 

In any case, 20 minutes later I was done, had the sights installed, shot better with that G34 than I ever have.

 

I got the GL-0001S-6, the 24/7 Std. Dot Tritium Express Set, which fits the G17, 19, 22-24, 27, 31-36 and 38 models. Bought it at Midway because XS themselves were out of stock.

 

-Melgamatic

Check out this site,http://www.ghostinc.com/category/1dealers/, I have not worked on a glock trigger, but I have heard good reports on Ghost connectors. It is probably what the RO had in his. If you are handy you should be able to do it yourself.

 

Good Luck

Thanks guys

 

I got the GL-0001S-6, the 24/7 Std. Dot Tritium Express Set, which fits the G17, 19, 22-24, 27, 31-36 and 38 models. Bought it at Midway because XS themselves were out of stock.

 

-Melgamatic

 

 

A picture for people like me who wanted to see the sight when lined up.

 

XS Sight

I have the Glock rear sight changing tool. If you're up my way, stop by and I can change out the sights for you.

 

I've had the XS Big Dot sights on a Beretta Centurian .40 that I used to have. For fast sight acquisition inside 7 yards, they are great!!! Shooting at anything past 7 yards, for me, they didn't produce an accurate enough sight picture and my groups opened up considerably when shooting at 15 yards.

 

I've replaced the stock sights on a 2nd gen G19 w/ Trijicon night sights. They provide a much sharper sight picture over the stock sights. Because of the better sight picture I'm able to shoot considerably tighter groups. Was shooting the G19 two weekends ago. Best 5 round group at 15 yards was 1", averaging about 2". Prior to the sight change, was averaging over 3", with a best of around 2". No trigger mods on the G19. Also have a 2nd gen G17 that I bought used. It came w/ a trigger job (no idea what parts were replaced) and Trijicon night sights. I can shoot the G17 & G19 to the same level of accuracy. It's a lot easier on the G17 though.

Check out this site,http://www.ghostinc.com/category/1dealers/, I have not worked on a glock trigger, but I have heard good reports on Ghost connectors. It is probably what the RO had in his. If you are handy you should be able to do it yourself.

 

I installed the Rocket in my Glock 22. The mushy trigger is gone and it is much crisper. I borrowed my friend's "Making Glocks Rock" DVD. The installation was easy but time consuming. The owner of Ghost, Inc,., Arthur, is a good guy and very helpful.