Loose rear sight on a Glock?

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My Ameriglo tall rear sight has become loose. It's been a few 1000 rounds on the Glock but now it bounces all over the place and can be pushed left and right by hand.

So should I try to loctite it in place?

Has anyone dealt with Ameriglo customer service?

Has anyone has issues with Ameriglo sight fitament?
 
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dial1911 said:
Just saw this... I've got the same sights on a G17. No issues with loose fit.

If it's the slide and not the sights, I would think you can peen the edge of the dovetail a little to get a better bite.
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Yea I never had problems until now and I've used the sights for at least 3 years now. Loved them until now. Not sure if this is to be expected from high use or not.
 
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Ameriglo said theyll measure them to see if they are still in spec. If they aren't then it looks like they will replace them or replace them at a reduced cost.

I was honest with them that I had shot 2k-3k rounds through the gun with the sights installed.
 
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dial1911 said:
Do you still have a factory Glock rear sight laying around somewhere? Just for the hell of it, I'd see how it fits.
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dammit i know i kept them, but not sure if they survived my last move.


Also looking to borrow a glock sight tool if anyone has one.
 
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Have you thought of taking it to glock? I don't know if they would chide you for having a non factory sight or not but it might be worth a try?
 
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PewPewPewCo said:
What do you think happened? The dovetail stretched or the sight got beat smaller?
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Honestly, I don't know. I'd expect the sight material to be softer than the slide... just a guess. The softer material always gives first, so I'd have to think it was the sight.

Is there any chance something whacked it enough to bend the sight? I mean, if it worked without problems for a thousand rounds, I'd have to expect something happened to change it. That's just how I usually think about problems when something breaks.
 
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Thinking about the sight/slide a little more... The sight has almost no inertial mass- it's not heavy enough to really exert much force at all on the dovetail- even during the slide cyclic motion.

The slide weighs a lot (comparatively) and doesn't deform when it's slamming home against the barrel or frame, so I wouldn't think there's any way the slide dovetail should be damaged by the tiny mass/force due to the rear sight.
 
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PewPewPewCo said:
Yes and no, respectively. But that's an idea
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I'd cut a spot face (semi-circle) into one or both sides of the sight- down kind of close to the base. It's a tall rear sight, so there should be plenty of material. I'd think a small set screw would work- probably in the #4 or smaller range. Or since it's Glock, you could go metric with an M2 or so size set screw.
 
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I have Ameriglo on a G22C (my first Glock). Its had probably as many rounds through it. Are you 100% sure you didn't hit it on anything?

Its hard to believe that a sight that needs to be drifted in with pretty good effort would come out so easy unless it was bumped into to something or possibly dropped. Not saying impossible, just a thought though.

Mine is pretty rock solid and would definitely need some persuasion to remove.

Did you install the sights? If so, did the rear go in pretty easy? Did you file/sand it down any to make it go in easier?
 
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Wallace said:
I have Ameriglo on a G22C (my first Glock). Its had probably as many rounds through it. Are you 100% sure you didn't hit it on anything?

Its hard to believe that a sight that needs to be drifted in with pretty good effort would come out so easy unless it was bumped into to something or possibly dropped. Not saying impossible, just a thought though.

Mine is pretty rock solid and would definitely need some persuasion to remove.

Did you install the sights? If so, did the rear go in pretty easy? Did you file/sand it down any to make it go in easier?
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I installed it with a sight pusher years ago and it went in with seemingly appropriate force.

It hasn't hit anything that I'm aware of, but I'm not sure how that would make nearly the whole sight loose in the dovetail
 
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