Removing the stock sights on xd ? - Page 2 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

ichy_trigger · 05-22-2007, 12:26 PM

Use the right tool for the job!

stroker · 05-22-2007, 05:09 PM

SA put em in there good didn't they! "GUN SMITH WITH PROPER TOOLS" to avoid screwing up your weapon!

raydoctor · 05-22-2007, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heathen-Yak

that tool from midway works great. my dad bought one and installed trijicons on my kimber in like 10 minutes.

I've used that P500 sight tool on all my guns and it has worked great. I was just thinking about using it on my XD45s. The trick I always found was to line it up just right and push on the base of the sight as opposed to the blade. I do recall my last XDs being a real mutha to change with a Meprolight sight tool. What seemed to make the XDs so hard to change was that they tend to rock in the clamp due to the tiered shape of the slide. In the past, I used a clamp from top to bottom too to help it not to rock or twist when pushing the sights. Apparantly, the previous ordeal didn't scar me too bad as I think I'm ready to give it a go again!

TURK · 05-22-2007, 07:44 PM

Guys, I ve just had my TFO's installed today at alocal gunsmith. I bought it there at $100 and they charged $15 for the install. I was hesitant because of all the bad experiences people had. But it took only 5 min to change 'em. And the sights are big help on my shooting.

raydoctor · 05-23-2007, 08:03 AM

Looks like MGW has recently come out with a sight tool for the XDs. I'll be getting one of those!

Myk9noseknows · 05-26-2007, 10:54 PM

I also have the 'universal' sight pusher from Midway. Thing works GREAT on my 1911's, but is absolutely NO help on an XD. I spend a good 5 hours working to remove my XD45 sights. They didn't move a mm. I was gonna have some trigger work by Springer done, so I asked him to remove the sights for me.

stinx · 08-07-2007, 06:49 PM

I did what somebody else had posted about using a dremel tool .I took my time and used the cutting wheel to cut the front sight. Once cut I used a brass punch and gunsmiths hammer. Took me about 30 minutes to remove the stock sights and install the new Meprolights. LIke evrybody else says the rear sight drift out fairly easy.

XD45X2 · 08-07-2007, 08:10 PM

My local gunsmith rocks! He was able to change the sights on both my XD-45's without a problem. I am sitting here right now looking at both sets of factory sights he removed. They look brand new.

Desert Wolf · 08-31-2007, 02:53 PM

I wonder if some people are having trouble getting the sights out because of the direction they are trying to Push them.

I went to take my sights off today and messed with the front sight for about 10 min i was using a punch to try to knock it in one direction and it wouldn't come off so i took the slide and looked at the sight channel under a magnifying glass and i could see marks where the sights were installed so i turned the slide around and knocked the sight in the opposite direction which is where i could see the marks and it only took two hits and the sight came right out. The rear sights took about 4 hits in the same direction and they came right out as well.

So it might help to see if you can tell which way they went in and knock them back out in that direction.

tennvol · 08-31-2007, 03:10 PM

Which way did you hit them? Left to right or right to left?

05-22-2007, 12:26 PM	#11
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,417	Use the right tool for the job! __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

05-22-2007, 05:09 PM	#12
stroker XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cypress,Texas Posts: 439	SA put em in there good didn't they! "GUN SMITH WITH PROPER TOOLS" to avoid screwing up your weapon! __________________ *If you don't stand for something,you'll fall for anything*

05-23-2007, 08:03 AM	#15
raydoctor XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 92	Looks like MGW has recently come out with a sight tool for the XDs. I'll be getting one of those! __________________ Benelli S90s RRA ARs P7M13s P7M8s

08-07-2007, 08:10 PM	#18
XD45X2 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 572	My local gunsmith rocks! He was able to change the sights on both my XD-45's without a problem. I am sitting here right now looking at both sets of factory sights he removed. They look brand new. __________________ Roman Catholic NRA Life Member for Mike Huckabee 2008 There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. - Edmund Burke "If you create a gun-free zone, you're liable for any harm it causes." Gun Facts e-Book Are you a sheep or sheepdog? Students for Concealed Carry on Campus Handgun Laws

08-31-2007, 02:53 PM	#19
Desert Wolf XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Mexico Posts: 119	I wonder if some people are having trouble getting the sights out because of the direction they are trying to Push them. I went to take my sights off today and messed with the front sight for about 10 min i was using a punch to try to knock it in one direction and it wouldn't come off so i took the slide and looked at the sight channel under a magnifying glass and i could see marks where the sights were installed so i turned the slide around and knocked the sight in the opposite direction which is where i could see the marks and it only took two hits and the sight came right out. The rear sights took about 4 hits in the same direction and they came right out as well. So it might help to see if you can tell which way they went in and knock them back out in that direction. __________________ Fn Fal Stg58 7.62x51 XD-9 SC Bushmaster Varminter 223 _____________________ "If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams

05-22-2007, 07:44 PM	#14
TURK XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEXAS Posts: 135	Guys, I ve just had my TFO's installed today at alocal gunsmith. I bought it there at $100 and they charged $15 for the install. I was hesitant because of all the bad experiences people had. But it took only 5 min to change 'em. And the sights are big help on my shooting.

05-26-2007, 10:54 PM	#16
Myk9noseknows XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,787	I also have the 'universal' sight pusher from Midway. Thing works GREAT on my 1911's, but is absolutely NO help on an XD. I spend a good 5 hours working to remove my XD45 sights. They didn't move a mm. I was gonna have some trigger work by Springer done, so I asked him to remove the sights for me.

08-07-2007, 06:49 PM	#17
stinx XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4	I did what somebody else had posted about using a dremel tool .I took my time and used the cutting wheel to cut the front sight. Once cut I used a brass punch and gunsmiths hammer. Took me about 30 minutes to remove the stock sights and install the new Meprolights. LIke evrybody else says the rear sight drift out fairly easy.

08-31-2007, 03:10 PM	#20
tennvol XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 52	Which way did you hit them? Left to right or right to left?

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