what am I seeing here, it this sight staked?

[socalbeachbum]

Glock 17 Front Sight

• socalbeachbum
• Jul 18, 2020

Glock 17 Front Sight

The front sight on my recently acquired Glock 17 looks like it is staked. Or did the hex head screw fall out? I don't see any threads.

 

[L-2]

Glock factory supplied front sights used to be staked in (tool to stake sights shown above; disregard the orange cover plate and regular punch tool).
Then Glock began using a pinned-in front sight.
Third was the currently-used screwed on front sight.

 

[socalbeachbum]

thanks

 

[socalbeachbum]

would I be able to just knock out the old sight and then use a present day style front sight?

The oval hole in the slide visually seems to be the same as on a new Glock

 

[Robbins290]

I have knocked it out with a leo trade in pistol with a small punch. It came out easy and did not hurt a thing. And a standard bolted front sight will fit right in

 

[socalbeachbum]

thanks Robbins

 

[Robbins290]

Anytime, i can not remember what size punch i used, but it was small enough where the material had enough room where it was pressed down thru the slide. I had a friend that used a nail and pounded it thru, that also worked.

 

[FL-NC]

AFAIK, the hole in the slide is the same on all of them. I bet the sight in that pistol is a Trijicon. Glock was putting a staked-in Trijicon in their guns years ago. It is an awful way to install a sight, and they are known to shoot loose.