I May Have Made A Boo Boo

[Mot45acp]

Recent Purchase of a G30 (from a friend) with factory adjustable sights. Got to runnin it through the wringer. Rear sight was way loose.(Movable by pressing with your thumb) Grabbed some locktite fixed said problem.

Now first shot at 10 yards hits the dirt

Adjust adjustable sights up, second shot takes out the "knee" of target.
Adjust sights all the way up, we will say silhouette target is no longer a male.

May have 9mm sights on it????

Got to my man cave and it hit me. Said locktite was....RED!!!

Am I screwed? Will a sight pusher or a determined gunny with a hammer and punch remove sights? If not is there any tricks like applying heat or cold?

Thanks in advance,
Mot

ps Are glocks good for +p ammo?

 

[jpwilly]

Blue: Can be removed with hand tools
Red: Apply heat to remove
Green: Apply heat to remove

 

[Chrome]

You can try heating it, but doesn't red have an ungodly high temperature tolerance?

One trick I've used is to place the slide flat and use a plastic (not rubber) screwdriver to lightly tap on the screw. Sometimes vibration will work to break the bond. It's worked on blue, but since you used red, YMMV.

Later,
Chrome...

 

[Ed Ames]

Was this to lock a dovetail or a screw? I'm thinking dovetail but I'm not familiar with the G30.

If it was my gun (and it's a dovetail we're talking about) I'd clamp the slide as firmly as possible, set a brass punch against the sight, and give it a whack with a mallet. If that didn't pop it off I'd probably take a soldering iron and heat the base then try again. Then again it ain't my gun so don't blame me if that's bad advice.

 

[Mot45acp]

To lock the dovetail, sorry.

 

[sojournerhome]

Ouch. So, sorry.

 

[12Bravo20]

You can carefully heat the slide/sight up with a heat gun or propane torch (be careful with a torch) and then you should be able to remove the sight. You will still get some resistance from the locktite but shouldn't have a problem tapping the sight out of the dovetail. I use to use a propane torch to remove bolts/disassemble progressive stamping dies without affecting the heat treatment.

 

[Autolycus]

Make sure to unload your gun if your going to use a torch...

Good luck. Why not take it to a smith and see if they can fix it?

 

[Mot45acp]

I dont care about salvaging the current sights. What about boiling the slide?

 

[Chief-7700]

Dovetails if cut the right way DO NOT need anything to keep the sights in place,
sounds like a hack had your gun before you.
Chief-7700

 

[tsidorus]

you could try heating the sight itself with a soldering iron...

 

[ArchAngelCD]

If the soldering iron doesn't work you can heat a thin rod "white hot" and then touch it to the screw. That will focus all the heat where you want ti without doing damage to your pistol. Then, WORK FAST!!

 

[madcratebuilder]

you could try heating the sight itself with a soldering iron...

Soldergun has always worked for me on both red and green. I use it a lot with nitro powered RC equipment.

 

[PX15]

Gunsmith...


JP

 

[saltydog452]

Lower front sight?

salty.

 

[tsidorus]

Gunsmith...

:banghead:

Probably the best advice.... Ive buggered up more than one gun trying to do something I didn't have the tools or experience for.

-Tsi

 

[haole_boySS]

Well, since the dovetail was drifting left to right and you were shooting low...having it glued down isn't the issue. I'd have to guess they are the wrong adjustable sights for that handgun.
Speaking of which, if its a glock 30, (compact) why not just have a competent gunsmith install non-adjustable dovetail sights from Glock? Do you really want adjustable sights on a gun that was basically made for CCW?

 

[Mot45acp]

Events proceeded in the following order:
1. Noticed sight was loose (in dovetail).
2. Locktited said sight.
3. Shot way low.
4. Noticed I used wrong locktite
5. Tried to find out if I can hammer and punch said sight out.

I have installed sights before. I just grabbed the wrong tube of goo.

I want to install night sights.
If people would read the thread I wouldnt be writing this, I thought I was clear
I just need to know If I can knock the current sights out.

 

[novaDAK]

ps Are glocks good for +p ammo?

Yes

 

[mpmarty]

If the loose sight was a factory the problem is most likely in the sight not the dovetail. Glock factory sights are cheap plastic junk. You may think about getting someone who is a Glock armorer and borrowing their Glock sight pusher. I can't imagine any sight that couldn't be removed that way regardless of what kind of super duper cementum you had on it.

 

[KelTecian]

I would put it in a vice with a sight pusher on it overnight keeping good pressure on the sight all night...then crank it down a little more every night before bed till it pops out or becomes loose enough to follow thropugh with the pusher...