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Hedshot · 07-10-2008, 10:27 PM

Well I went out shooting today and my XD was way off. I looked at my sights and the front sight was all the way over to the right and when I touched it the sight just kind of moved around. I put it back in the center and shot......BULLSEYE, but then it moved again. So basically after every shot I have to re-align my front sight now

damn the luck

blefferd · 07-10-2008, 10:32 PM

thats kinda wierd, i tried to take my sights off and couldnt budge them. it should take a big hammer or a sight drifting press to get those bad boys off, i would call SA and see what they can do about it

Hedshot · 07-10-2008, 10:43 PM

they are tactical advantage sights.....line up and make a triangle. They have worked great for about a year and all of a sudden the front isn't in there solid.

blefferd · 07-10-2008, 10:46 PM

they made of plastic?

also not sure if you can edit the title of this post but im sure someone is going to complain lol. it doesnt bother me but thats not saying much

Hedshot · 07-10-2008, 10:52 PM

they have plastic inserts but the sight itself is some sort of metal

I guess now I need to go out and buy those XS 24/7's that I have been wanting

blefferd · 07-10-2008, 10:55 PM

i would send the tactical ones back and complain, a pistol sight just shouldnt break loose and drift around after a year of use!!!

Kaboom · 07-10-2008, 11:21 PM

Loctite.

**mhillsing23** · 07-11-2008, 05:21 AM

Go get the XS'!

I want some myself.

tomfoolery · 07-11-2008, 05:24 AM

Id send them back for sure....especially if they installed them. Maybe they filed to much metal off.

And yes...someone is certainly going to whine about your title....you may want to change that.

Hedshot · 07-11-2008, 09:44 AM

they didn't install them......a local "gunsmith" did and if I loctite them wont they then be permanent? I planned on eventually getting night sights so I don't want them to be on my gun forever.

07-10-2008, 10:27 PM	#1
Hedshot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 193	S O B Well I went out shooting today and my XD was way off. I looked at my sights and the front sight was all the way over to the right and when I touched it the sight just kind of moved around. I put it back in the center and shot......BULLSEYE, but then it moved again. So basically after every shot I have to re-align my front sight now damn the luck __________________ - XD .45 service - Walther P22 - Ruger 10/22 - Ruger Mini-14

07-10-2008, 10:32 PM	#2
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,341	thats kinda wierd, i tried to take my sights off and couldnt budge them. it should take a big hammer or a sight drifting press to get those bad boys off, i would call SA and see what they can do about it __________________ SA XD 45GAP S&W 642 38SPL Glock 19 9mm Winchester Model 70 .308 Benelli Nova 12g Ruger 10/22 German K98 8MM New England Firearms Pardner 20g Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Polish TanTal 5.45x39 East German Markarov 9x18

07-10-2008, 10:43 PM	#3
Hedshot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 193	they are tactical advantage sights.....line up and make a triangle. They have worked great for about a year and all of a sudden the front isn't in there solid. __________________ - XD .45 service - Walther P22 - Ruger 10/22 - Ruger Mini-14

07-10-2008, 10:46 PM	#4
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,341	they made of plastic? also not sure if you can edit the title of this post but im sure someone is going to complain lol. it doesnt bother me but thats not saying much __________________ SA XD 45GAP S&W 642 38SPL Glock 19 9mm Winchester Model 70 .308 Benelli Nova 12g Ruger 10/22 German K98 8MM New England Firearms Pardner 20g Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Polish TanTal 5.45x39 East German Markarov 9x18

07-10-2008, 10:52 PM	#5
Hedshot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 193	they have plastic inserts but the sight itself is some sort of metal I guess now I need to go out and buy those XS 24/7's that I have been wanting __________________ - XD .45 service - Walther P22 - Ruger 10/22 - Ruger Mini-14

07-10-2008, 10:55 PM	#6
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,341	i would send the tactical ones back and complain, a pistol sight just shouldnt break loose and drift around after a year of use!!! __________________ SA XD 45GAP S&W 642 38SPL Glock 19 9mm Winchester Model 70 .308 Benelli Nova 12g Ruger 10/22 German K98 8MM New England Firearms Pardner 20g Norinco SKS 7.62x39 Polish TanTal 5.45x39 East German Markarov 9x18

07-10-2008, 11:21 PM	#7
Kaboom XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mid-Coast USA Posts: 1,889	Loctite. __________________ The disinformation here has officially made me give up.

07-11-2008, 05:21 AM	#8
mhillsing23 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,966	Go get the XS'! I want some myself. __________________ Veritas vos liberabit...

07-11-2008, 05:24 AM	#9
tomfoolery XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,454	Id send them back for sure....especially if they installed them. Maybe they filed to much metal off. And yes...someone is certainly going to whine about your title....you may want to change that. __________________ "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees." "One is none, two is one, and three is just a good time." Clint Smith, referring to the number of guns you carry daily.

07-11-2008, 09:44 AM	#10
Hedshot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 193	they didn't install them......a local "gunsmith" did and if I loctite them wont they then be permanent? I planned on eventually getting night sights so I don't want them to be on my gun forever. __________________ - XD .45 service - Walther P22 - Ruger 10/22 - Ruger Mini-14

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