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This may sound odd...
But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... |
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Originally Posted By drmgallen:
This may sound odd... But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... |
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Originally Posted By DCopp:
Take EVERYTHING off the slide. Fill out the firm with what you want put back on. Originally Posted By DCopp:
Originally Posted By drmgallen:
This may sound odd... But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... Do I just break off the front sight or do I just let it be? Thanks... |
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Originally Posted By drmgallen:
This may sound odd... But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... One of my G19 slides had 12-year old aftermarket adjustable night sights on it when I sent it back. It was returned to me with Glock night sights and new internals, and the aftermarket sights were in the package, as well. |
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Originally Posted By SiVisPacem:
My G17 and G45 had Glock plastic sights on them when I sent them to Glock. They both came back with new Glock night sights. One of my G19 slides had 12-year old aftermarket adjustable night sights on it when I sent it back. It was returned to me with Glock night sights and new internals, and the aftermarket sights were in the package, as well. Originally Posted By SiVisPacem:
Originally Posted By drmgallen:
This may sound odd... But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... One of my G19 slides had 12-year old aftermarket adjustable night sights on it when I sent it back. It was returned to me with Glock night sights and new internals, and the aftermarket sights were in the package, as well. |
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Originally Posted By samuse:
Glock night sights are Meprolight tritium and their sights are finished the same as the slides. The sights are, IMO, higher quality than Trijicon and Ameriglo and $57 installed and shipped back is a helluva deal. I've sent off many slides to have sights put on, never a bad experience, turnaround is about two weeks. And just install them yourself. Takes like 5 minutes. |
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Originally Posted By TheBuckMeister:
The MEPROS are bright as fuck. Definitely more than my suppressor height trijicons. Both bought writhing 3 months of eachother. And just install them yourself. Takes like 5 minutes. Originally Posted By TheBuckMeister:
Originally Posted By samuse:
Glock night sights are Meprolight tritium and their sights are finished the same as the slides. The sights are, IMO, higher quality than Trijicon and Ameriglo and $57 installed and shipped back is a helluva deal. I've sent off many slides to have sights put on, never a bad experience, turnaround is about two weeks. And just install them yourself. Takes like 5 minutes. A set of Meprolight fixed green/green night sights for a 9mm Glock costs $81.90 from Brownell's. A slide completion kit for a Glock 17 costs $79.99 from Brownell's. They often have a free shipping code, but those don't seem to work with Glock brand products, so we'll call it $8 for shipping. Shipping from Brownell's takes about four days to me, on average. I can download the form from Glock, strip my slide, and pay the post office $7.20 to mail it to Smyrna via Priority Mail, with it arriving the in two days. Then, Glock will install night sights, install a new slide completion kit (occasionally even throwing in the recoil spring assembly), and send it back to me for $73. It usually takes Glock two to three days to install the sights and get the slide back in the mail, followed by a two day trip back to me. So, for $80, I get the OEM manufacturer to install for me an OEM product and I get it back about 7 days after I made the decision to do it, whereas it would cost me $170 to get another place to send me a comparable aftermarket product and OEM slide parts I have to install the sights myself, but I might get it 3 days faster. Paying twice as much and having to install it myself doesn't sound like much of a bargain to me, even if it does mean I get it done in four days, rather than seven. Of course, if time is of the essence, you can possibly find them at a local retailer, rather than ordering from Brownell's. But, I doubt they are cheaper than Brownell's and most certainly don't give you both the sights and slide parts for $80. |
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Originally Posted By drmgallen:
This may sound odd... But did you have to have old Glock night sights on the slide to have them replaced or can you just send in a slide with the old plastic sights on? Thanks... |
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To add another data point here...
I just got my G26 slide back from Glock today for a night sight install. Aside from the markings, I can barely tell the glock ns apart from the meprolight tru dots on my G19. Also, completely stripped the slide prior to shipping...made a note on the warranty/order form to install new parts into slide in addition to the night sights. Just as others have said, I got a fresh set of new parts at no extra charge. Go ahead and price out a 'slide completion kit' from any vendor you like, I don't think you can beat the deal. Very attractive to me considering that my G26 was a 20ish year old LE trade-in. |
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Originally Posted By orion251:
Can someone re-post the link for the upgrade form? I have a 19, 22 and 23 that I need to send in https://us.glock.com/en/faqs Direct link here. https://us.glock.com/en/-/media/glock/glockus/PDF/GLOCK%20Warranty |
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Just to be clear, there is no need for contacting Glock before sending a slide in, correct? Just fill out the form, include payment, stick it all in a box, ship it off and they send it back when it's done?
And the prices listed on the form ($57+tax for night sights/$20+tax for steel sights) includes return shipping to you? |
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Originally Posted By NY_Shooter:
Just to be clear, there is no need for contacting Glock before sending a slide in, correct? Just fill out the form, include payment, stick it all in a box, ship it off and they send it back when it's done? And the prices listed on the form ($57+tax for night sights/$20+tax for steel sights) includes return shipping to you? DCopp, not sure what your reaction is about...not everyone got the slide internals included if they didn't specify, based on my research. Seemed hit or miss if it wasn't notated specifically. |
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Originally Posted By tyrian:
You are correct on both counts, though I believe it's closer to $67 on the newest revision of the warranty/order form. DCopp, not sure what your reaction is about...not everyone got the slide internals included if they didn't specify, based on my research. Seemed hit or miss if it wasn't notated specifically. Originally Posted By tyrian:
Originally Posted By NY_Shooter:
Just to be clear, there is no need for contacting Glock before sending a slide in, correct? Just fill out the form, include payment, stick it all in a box, ship it off and they send it back when it's done? And the prices listed on the form ($57+tax for night sights/$20+tax for steel sights) includes return shipping to you? DCopp, not sure what your reaction is about...not everyone got the slide internals included if they didn't specify, based on my research. Seemed hit or miss if it wasn't notated specifically. |
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DCopp, not sure what your reaction is about...not everyone got the slide internals included if they didn't specify, based on my research. Seemed hit or miss if it wasn't notated specifically. |
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Originally Posted By DCopp:
Post your research. I've sent in 4 slides without a note and always get them back full, twice with a free RSA too! (See 13th post) Seems that there is a small chance that you'll only get the night sights. So I figure it can't hurt to make a note just in case. |
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I've sent in close to 20 over the years, always stripped, and ALWAYS received new parts. Gens 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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I just went to Glock this morning to get night sights installed on a new G19 and have +2’s put on a new batch of G17 mags just because. “Glock” night sights $67, Ameriglo orange dot set is $107. They also put the +2’s on for free, test fire each mag plus they upgraded all the mag springs for free. That’s excellent service.
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Originally Posted By anr6t:
Will they put on suppressor height night sights or only standard? |
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Originally Posted By DCopp:
That's what I do ^^^ Night sights are pointless IMHO. To each their own.  ). Now, in complete darkness with no light, I'd agree with you, but in darkened or dusk shooting (like inside a house with very low light and no gun light, or outside with just moonlight or ambient low light) I would definitely much rather have them than not. I for sure agree with you on 'to each their own' )
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Take a hammer and a punch to the rear sight. Most sight sets include the tool to install the front sight. Put a small dab of blue loctite on the front sight and snug it up. It's not rocket science. I've done it dozens of times, sometimes off the tail gate of trucks at the range. If I do it at home I'll center the rear sight with a set of calipers and will often get it to where zero adjustment is needed on the range. |
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Originally Posted By Mxpatriot51:
Take a hammer and a punch to the rear sight. Most sight sets include the tool to install the front sight. Put a small dab of blue loctite on the front sight and snug it up. It's not rocket science. I've done it dozens of times, sometimes off the tail gate of trucks at the range. If I do it at home I'll center the rear sight with a set of calipers and will often get it to where zero adjustment is needed on the range. What do you pay, on average, for those sights? If you add the price of your sights and the price of a slide parts kit together, does it come out to less than $73? |
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| I'm glad I saw this. I wanted a set of Glock night sights on my gen 5 19. The fact that they'll install them for you and replace slide parts for $60 is fantastic. I'll send mine off this weekend. Might even be able to talk my dad into sending his gen 3 in as well. |
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I tried to skim through all 13 pages of this thread and didn’t see this anywhere, but maybe I missed it. Has anyone sent their stripped slide in for OEM steel sights, not night sights, and had the internals replaced also? Also, when you strip the slide do you remove the channel liner too? I have a Gen 3 32 that I got used and don’t know the history/round count and would like to have everything freshened up just for piece of mind. |
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Originally Posted By TX_Vette:
Has anyone sent their stripped slide in for OEM steel sights, not night sights, and had the internals replaced also? Also, when you strip the slide do you remove the channel liner too? |
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Originally Posted By AWZ1287:
Would glock install the gen 1-4 night sights (6.5mm) on a gen 5, if requested? |
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Originally Posted By mhode:
They also put the +2’s on for free, test fire each mag plus they upgraded all the mag springs for free. That’s excellent service. You just said, "I'd like to put +2s on these mags" when you showed up, and they supplied the parts?? |
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Originally Posted By supersampson12:
Got my 43 slide back with ns and all new guts. 22 slide with ameriglos and all new guts plus a recoil spring. 23 slide with steel sights new guts and a recoil spring. Cost 150 with tax plus shipping to glock. Can't beat that deal. |
| I just received my G30 back from Glock with the Ameriglo Bold Sights. Just print out the Warranty form and specify your request for Ameriglo Bold. I did call to verify they were in stock first. Stripped the slide and sent it in. Took 8 days total with shipping. Paid $107 for Sights. Glock included slide replacement parts and return shipping. Great service offered by Glock. |
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Originally Posted By Dallas13:
I just received my G30 back from Glock with the Ameriglo Bold Sights. Just print out the Warranty form and specify your request for Ameriglo Bold. I did call to verify they were in stock first. Stripped the slide and sent it in. Took 8 days total with shipping. Paid $107 for Sights. Glock included slide replacement parts and return shipping. Great service offered by Glock. |
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Originally Posted By Dallas13:
Yes. That’s exactly what I did. You might give Glock a call to insure the Ameriglo Bold are in stock. https://store.teamglock.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Ameriglo+ |
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Originally Posted By StowaNewb: Thank you. I have the Bolds on my Glock 19 (bought with the gun), and I was thinking about having Glock install Bolds on my 43 as well. With that said, I've never tried their factory night sights. They are $40 cheaper. Are the Bolds really worth that much more than the factory night sights |