glock front sight swap?

[gibson_es]

i have a gen 3 glock 22 with factory night sites, i was going to swap them with the factory sights (not night sights) on my gen 4 glock 26, until i got them field stripped and noticed the front sight on the glock 22 was not the screw in type that i have seen on the other glocks i have done sights on.... can someone sell me what this is? how it would be removed (even if they cant be swapped, just so i know) and if these can still be swapped? looks to me like the answer is no for the front sight, but i dont want to make another assumption.

i am uploading a photo of both the glock 22 and the glock 26. glock 26 being the one with the screw in front sight.

 

[rcmodel]

The one on the left is just a typical plastic Glock factory sight.
They melt the bottom to keep them from falling off, much.

You can jerk it off with pliers, and replace it with a screw-on night sight.

But you can't re-use it after you yank it off.
They are a one & done deal.

rc

 

[Stony]

Front sights are a dime a dozen out there in gun shops, if you don't run into a real Adam Henry running the shop. They replace lots of them with night sights and always have used ones laying around. I just had a local cop come by my house the other night and had lost his. I dug around my shop and had one stuck back in it in just a few minutes. The newer styles with the screws to retain them interchange with the older slides, so no problem.
I couldn't really tell from your pic, but your's looks like it has been melted on the bottom side. For a long time Glock used a front one that had two legs that protuded through the slide with a piece of plastic that you would tap between them and spread the bottom end. If that is the case, you can take a needle and work the small piece of plastic out and remove the sight. This type can be reused also. Good luck

 

[JRadice45]

Your 22 front night sight is an older style that is retaned by swaging / flaring the skirt with a tool so it grabs the oval cut in the slide. Think flaring the plunger tube legs on a 1911. Once you remove that sight it is extremely unlikely that you can use it again.