first glock experiance

[foxtrot1911]

so i finally got a glock, and had decicded on a glock 19 and took it straight to work. i do personal security and have always carried my beretta 92fs. so as the story goes iv had this glock for a total of 12 hours and in that time frame the front sight came off and was lost. has anyone else had this problem??

 

[JohnP82]

Wow I have never heard of that happening before! I own two Glocks and I couldnt get the sights off without a tool. Did you purchase it used or NIB?

 

[foxtrot1911]

new in box as of now im not impressed with them but ganna try and buy new sights in the morning then to the range

 

[BloodEclipse]

the front sight came off and was lost.

Maybe it didn't fall off and get lost... It might have escaped before the gun goes

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[hunt3rsd3n]

Was it new in box? I've owned every Glock sold in the US so far, except the 45gap crap. Never heard or experienced that before. It could happen though.

 

[AFA1CY]

I can't count how many times I have bumped (more like crashed) the front site of my G22 on the edge of my gun safe. I fully expected to have knocked it off but it has held fast. Why buy a new sight? If it's new take it back to the dealer and get it replaced under warrenty.

 

[jdhaines]

...except the 45gap crap...

:moon:

I don't think I've ever heard of the front sight falling off like that. I was surprised to see Yeager take off the front sight by pressing it out with a tool on his XS install video...I thought that there was a nut on there from the factory.

 

[wtfd661]

so i finally got a glock, and had decicded on a glock 19 and took it straight to work. i do personal security

Not trying to call you out or anything but curious, when you say you took it straight to work and you work personal security, do you or your clients rely on your gun for protection and if so did you make sure that you or they could depend on it prior to replacing your 92FS. Hopefully I'm making an assumption (and all that implies ) and you either insured you could rely on the Glock or had another gun that you rely on.

Stay safe.

 

[shooter521]

I thought that there was a nut on there from the factory.

On newer Glocks (like, within the last couple months) the front sight is held on by a plastic bolt; I can see where it could possibly break at the neck. Prior to that, the front sight had two "wings" on the bottom that inserted through a hole in the slide, then were driven apart by inserting a polymer pin between them. But I've seen the older style come off, as well.

foxtrot1911:
Bottom line is, sometimes sh*t happens, even to the best guns/manufacturers. Take the gun back to where you bought it, have a new front sight installed, and get on with life. Or use this incident as an opportunity/excuse to upgrade to night sights.

 

[Bubbajms]

My brother lost the front sight on his Glock 30 one evening.. I had two sets of factory sights left over from swapping my own Glocks to Night Sights, though, so no harm..

 

[Slab]

it sucks that that happened to you. ive used the front sight of many glocks for one handed drills to rack the slide. I guess things like this may happen from time to time.

 

[hemicharger]

Take the gun back to where you bought it or call Glock. Im sure they will make it right

 

[rmcrob]

I think it's just a fluke. You should just take it back and get it fixed.

Or, you could do what I would do and use it as an excuse to get some XS Big Dots installed.

 

[ATM]

At least you weren't carrying it by the front sight. Then the rest of the gun would be lost.

 

[RickBinFW]

I have never heard of this happening before.