Factory OEM Baby DE. II 9mm sights questions?

[p5200]

I purchased this IWI BDE II all steel model used, and it shoots to the right indicating the sights are out of adjustment. The rear sight is marked LPA has two set screws which go into two dimples on the slide dovetail so, there really isn't much of a way to adjust for windage with it because with the set screws loosend I can push the sight in or out of its dovetail slot with just my thumb? I'm thinking this was installed by someone other than the factory. The front sight is driftable without a lot of hard pounding but, still fairly tight. I drifted it to the right some which brought my group over closer to my poa but, it's still off by about 1.5-2" to the right from between 7-10 yds. I thought about drifting it some more to the right til it's hitting pretty much at p.o.a. marking it's position in the dovetail, removing, adding loctite and replacing. Does this sound like a reasonable approach to solving the problem? or should I just take it to a smith? If I do, decide to do it myself I guess maybe I should shoot it from 15-25 yds. off of a solid rest before adding loctite. Any other suggestions are quite welcomed! Thanks!

 

[Blue68f100]

Have someone else shoot it that's a very good shot. Use a rest when testing. You would be amazed as to how many complain the sights are off and it's just the shooter poor trigger control.

Do the sights look centered as they should be? If obviously off drift the sight.

 

[p5200]

Have someone else shoot it that's a very good shot. Use a rest when testing. You would be amazed as to how many complain the sights are off and it's just the shooter poor trigger control.

Do the sights look centered as they should be? If obviously off drift the sight.

The front sight looked left of center easy to tell by eye, the rear sight has about 1/32" of the dovetail showing but the right side has nothing showing. I don't know anyone else who can shoot a handgun worth a darn. I'll try again using my Caldwell shooting table next time with my front rest. I can't move the rear sight any further to the left because of the set screws and dimples in the slide's dovetail I may have to settle with the front sight being offset to the right in order to move my groups further left to point of aim. Out of my 5 pistols, this is the only one that groups to the right but, I am aware of what you are talking about with trigger control. If, I do need to adjust the front sight over even more what's the best way to use the loctite once I find the sweet spot? and I guess I should use the red? Thanks very much for your help!

 

[Blue68f100]

If you use LocTite, clean it up real good before and use the Green Wicking LocTite ( I don't recall the #). With it you just apply a drop on the edge and it wicks into place. Same strength as the red. Great for sights since you can apply it after every thing is set where you want it.

 

[p5200]

If you use LocTite, clean it up real good before and use the Green Wicking LocTite ( I don't recall the #). With it you just apply a drop on the edge and it wicks into place. Same strength as the red. Great for sights since you can apply it after every thing is set where you want it.

I just moved the front sight a touch more to the right and marked the location with a pencil and at to yds. rested I got about 1.5" 10 shot group pretty much dead on but about 2.0" low I'll test a little further away rested a few more times to make sure of the adjustment before I LocTite I'll do some searching for the type you mentioned and use it on front and rear. Thanks very much!

 

[p5200]

Would this work? I found it locally https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...000/4610179?q=green+290+Loctite+thread+locker

 

[Blue68f100]

Not the same stuff, that reads more like the purple which is low strength for small screws.
Need the #294 High Strength, high temp, wicking

 

[BBBBill]

http://henkeladhesivesna.com/blog/the-difference-between-red-blue-green-and-purple-threadlockers/ Different varieties for different applications. Some will NOT work for what you want to do.
I use the Blue Loctite 242 for most purposes. The red Loctite 272 also has a place on my gun-smithing supply shelf. Either will work for your application, but the red 272 would be my choice here. Blue may be disassembled without heat. The red supposedly required heat to disassemble (soldering iron will handle that), but sometimes may not be required.

 

[p5200]

Not the same stuff, that reads more like the purple which is low strength for small screws.
Need the #294 High Strength, high temp, wicking

I'm thinking about ordering a small tube/bottle from here unless I can find a small amount locally. hope this is legit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOCTITE-29...616637&hash=item33ab359fdd:g:Tk0AAOSw14xWIaRe