AK103K
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I put a new set of night sights on one of my Glocks. Who needs Loctite?As a LEO Firearms Instructor for 20 years I have seen: sights fall off, various pins shear or fall out, recoil spring guide rods snap, locking blocks shear off, etc. They are tools made by men. Glocks are good, but they are not “Perfection.”
Was shooting it at the range and after working on some point shooting, when to look for my sights, and the front sight was gone. Whisky Tango Foxtrot?! The grass wasnt really high, but Id been jumping all over the place while shooting, so who knew where it might be. Kind of pissed, but it is what it was.
Went home and cleaned the gun, and found the screw was still in the gun on top of the barrel. That was kind of a chuckle. While cleaning the gun and thinking about it, I had a brainstorm. I went back to the range later that day after dark with my el cheapo Gen 1 night vision monocular, and within 5 minutes, had the front sight! It was glowing like a bitch in the grass screaming, "Im over here, Im over here!"
I put Loctite on it when I put it back on.