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profesor · 04-23-2008, 12:29 PM

I am about to purchase some TFOs. However, I don’t know who to have install them. There is a local gun shop where the owner works on guns. He does a lot of work on glocks. He said that he can do it but that it is difficult to do on an xd, as it is hard to get the sights off. I also asked at Gander Mountain, they can do it there. Can I trust Gander Mountain gunsmith??? I figure that if they break it they probably will replace it. I just don’t know what route to go??? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

**jmichna** · 04-23-2008, 02:07 PM

Two of my local gun shops have said that the getting the front sight off an XD is difficult; one shop has a resident gun smith who said he had changed sights on XDs a number of times and had the tool needed to remove the old sight. I'd ask the guy at Gander Mountain how he intended to remove the old sight and see what he says.

Why not contact Springfield's custom shop (email: customshop@springfield-armory.com ) to see what they would charge to mount a set of sights that you provide? They will also sight in and test fire your gun with the new sights.

Here's a link to their Custom Shop worksheet page (see lower left corner)

**TMP** · 04-23-2008, 02:10 PM

Don't take any chances. Check out our forum sponsors. I'm sure many of them could do it for you. It's worth it to send it to someone who has done many XD's versus getting your slide messed up.

If you ship your slide, use UPS and insure it for the price of the gun.

Good Luck.

GunnBugg · 04-23-2008, 02:18 PM

Every Gander Mtn will be different, but see this thread
TruGlo Sight install on XD45?

04-23-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
profesor XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,097	TFO instalation (Gander Mountain?) I am about to purchase some TFOs. However, I don’t know who to have install them. There is a local gun shop where the owner works on guns. He does a lot of work on glocks. He said that he can do it but that it is difficult to do on an xd, as it is hard to get the sights off. I also asked at Gander Mountain, they can do it there. Can I trust Gander Mountain gunsmith??? I figure that if they break it they probably will replace it. I just don’t know what route to go??? Any suggestions would be appreciated. __________________ "It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six"

04-23-2008, 02:07 PM	#2
jmichna XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NE Illinois Posts: 1,191	Two of my local gun shops have said that the getting the front sight off an XD is difficult; one shop has a resident gun smith who said he had changed sights on XDs a number of times and had the tool needed to remove the old sight. I'd ask the guy at Gander Mountain how he intended to remove the old sight and see what he says. Why not contact Springfield's custom shop (email: customshop@springfield-armory.com ) to see what they would charge to mount a set of sights that you provide? They will also sight in and test fire your gun with the new sights. Here's a link to their Custom Shop worksheet page (see lower left corner) __________________ There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance— that principle is contempt prior to investigation. - Herbert Spencer ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they become character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.

04-23-2008, 02:10 PM	#3
TMP XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 914	Don't take any chances. Check out our forum sponsors. I'm sure many of them could do it for you. It's worth it to send it to someone who has done many XD's versus getting your slide messed up. If you ship your slide, use UPS and insure it for the price of the gun. Good Luck. __________________ ______________________ XD45 Tactical XD9 subcompact Wilson Border Patrol 870 Ruger 10/22 Beretta U22 Neos 6.0 INOX "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -- Jefferson`s "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776

04-23-2008, 02:18 PM	#4
GunnBugg XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: El Paso del Norte Posts: 151	Every Gander Mtn will be different, but see this thread TruGlo Sight install on XD45? __________________ GunnBugg I own everything that Rebecca Peters hates.

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