Shield Rear Sight Cautions

[@RazorProductions367]

The devil himself put my rear sight on.

[@Mike1614b]

Did you see how easily he tapped that sight out? haha, that only happens on TV. my rear sight was so tight I had to use a 2 lb hammer to get it out, that's after I heated it and used liquid wrench.

[@tompatriot6530]

Glad to see I'm not crazy. I've beat the rear sight in the place they say to take it off with a hand sledge and a punch and I still haven't got the crazy thing moved yet. Tried a site pusher, still won't budge it. Next step will have to be ugly, and I hope I don't hurt the slide. This is ridiculous to have to go through. Thanks S&W.

[@J.Wick.]

I think the Plus is even worse. I barely managed to get night sights put on it with a vise and hammer. It didn't turn out pretty, but they're on there lol. I just got the trigger kit, and after a couple brief attempts to remove the sights again to access the striker block safety, I'm good. It's fine without it lol.

[@fastdude2002]

I used a good quality sight pusher specific to the Shield on the front and rear sight and it worked great unlike the advice in this video. A pusher gently removes the sight which sure beats beating the heck out of your sights with the punch and possibly having the punch slipping and damaging the finish. This video makes it look easy, believe me the sights do not come out that easily. They had already removed the sights at least once before they did this video because from the factory these sights are in there very snug and you have to beat the crap out of them if you use a punch and hammer.

[@Aldeezy209]

What sight pusher was it if you don’t mind me asking. I have one for my glocks but won’t work on my shield. They are snug as hell.

[@fastdude2002]

@@Aldeezy209 I have the Midwest Gun Works (MGW) Sight Pro. They also make a less expensive model called the Range Master. They are expensive, $299 for the Pro and $199 for the Range Master. I know this is expensive but it’s a good investment in my book, especially if you own more than one handgun. You actually have to buy a specific shoe for the firearm you want to adjust for about $15.00. This is why it works so good, it’s not a one size trying to fit all, it uses specific shoes for the firearm you want to remove, install, or adjust sights on. I bought the tool and a shoe for my shield, sig, Glock, etc. and now I can make easy and safe changes and adjustments anytime I need myself without damaging my firearm. My friend bought a set of new night sights and paid a gunsmith to install them on his Shield. The problem was when we got to the range his sights were slightly off. I was able to use my tool to drift his sights for him at the range and we got it perfectly sighted in. That’s another great thing about having this tool, not only to change sights but also just to make easy adjustments in windage. When I buy a new firearm sometimes they come perfectly sighted from the factory and sometimes they shoot left or right of point of aim. This has been the case with the last two Glocks I bought. I easily drifted the sights without damaging the gun. This sight pusher has very fine threads and will make very precise adjustments. The price for the tool is worth it in my book just for removing the frustration and stress of trying to remove, install, or adjust sights with a hammer and punch. Again, even if you pay a gunsmith to change sights most likely they will need adjustments once you get to the range and test them. Good luck.

[@dirtmcgirt7125]

@@fastdude2002 Thanks but that tool costs more than my Shield LOL

[@rayraden2527]

If your rear sites won’t move take that setscrew all the way out use a Q-tip with some acetone put it in that hole and fill it full and let it sit for a few minutes if that Loctite has seeped underneath the site It could be why it won’t slide when your tapping on it Just my two cents I don’t know if it’ll work or not

[@TheGV50]

The rear sight is secured with Red Loctite! Use a soldering iron tip to heat the rear sight set screw to break up the Red Loctite before trying to remove the rear sight. Im very surprised Apex didn't mention this in their video!

[@h1tm4n26]

he werent weak like u

[@ManBearPig617x]

Let me just pull a soldering iron out of my ass so I can change my sights

[@MizeryScratcher]

no stupid! you can strip out the set screw if you don't heat it.@@h1tm4n26

[@thetrissynashville]

We must have completely different sights. I've tried tapping lightly, moderate taps, all the way to putting all my strength into moving this thing and it hasn't budged a millimeter. Trigger install was relatively easy, but I'm going to have to take it to a gunsmith just to get my rear sight off. :/

[@rich1958]

can you show a video with sight removal on a pistol where sight was never removed before? I hear these sights are super tight and this video is not the norm. Thanks!

[@tonkaGuy888]

Tap tap tap doesn't really do it, but it's easier if you use gravity. Stabilize the slide on its side, ideally on a concrete floor. I used a mitre clamp and protected the slide with a postcard and some shims to keep it stabile. I filed the sharp edge off of a 5/16" cold chisel and pounded the rear sight out with a claw hammer. It took about the same force as driving a framing nail and it's a lot easier to drive it down than to push it across. I did the front the same way with a brass punch.

[@stansmith7630]

lol I just had to adjust my rear sight left, got the set screw off and I took out the clip cleared it put it on my metal ammo can holding it with one hand I put a sticker on the sight and picked up my AR wrench and wailed on it in a stabbing motion on the sight. im a contractor so im very accurate. I had to beat the shit out of it from left to right to break the seal then I could wail it right to left and got my sight centered properly. It did no damage to my sight but maybe I got lucky. the part of the ar wrench I stabbed it with was the part that hooks into the buffer tightener thing. hardest part was to loosen it, I read it must be struck from left to right in the first hits until it loosens and moves then you can stick it right to left

[@anthonycerundolo4300]

I find it very hard to watch how easy to remove this rear sight from S&W.I Tried with a heavy hammer and it will not budge at all period .

[@Kawboy65]

That striker spring and cap can be a real bitch to get back in place.

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Would obviously be nice if you included the information concerning a common practice of the manufactures using loctite on the set screw and it wont budge

[@apextactical]

Thanks for the feedback

[@skellentor]

Nice try. You obviously filed it and reinstalled it before you did this video.

[@apextactical]

Or, we're really, really good at this.

[@Catmeat106]

@@apextactical nah you filed it, stop the cap

[@TTime685]

Exactly 😂 These Shield/M&P sights are in tight as hell.. I use a sight pusher for em and have to use a damn wrench to get extra torque. Have done 3 so far and every single one are a pain in the ass

[@AM-gj8lj]

My rear sight screw is rusted in, any recommendations how to safely remove it without stripping it?

[@howard2374]

I read several comments from others. All I want to do is adjust -the sight to shoot a bit more to the right. Removed set-screw and began to tap. Ha! No tapping here. I moved to a regular hammer (using a brass punch). Still no moving. Decided, I needed to KZbin the subject. Totally agree with the comments of others. One of the comments said that S&W puts Red Loctite on the rear sight. That would be a pretty good thing to mention. Who ever bought a firearm and didn't need to make a sight adjustment when taking it to the range for the first time? Who cares where the S&W computer says the firearm is sighted in? I'm not a S&W computer.

[@TheGV50]

You can put your slide in the freezer for a few hours and then try to move that rear sight. But you still will have to heat up the set screw to dissolve the Red Loctite thread locker.(Before placing in the Freezer!)

[@Serenityindailylife]

Every single one my dept bought as a backup shot to the left. Usually by 1-2 inches at 17ft.

[@howard2374]

Yep, that is exactly what I experienced. Maybe S&W needs to adjust their computer. However, with that said, consistency is a good thing.

[@howard2374]

Thanks GV50. I'll definitely give that a try.

[@TheGV50]

howard2374 Glad I could help my friend!

[@BizYard]

"Quick sharp raps" That didn't work. I've tried soft taps with a 7 oz hammer to beating it with a 24 oz hammer and everything in between . Only thing left for me to try is an 8 lb sledge.

[@mannys9130]

Drop a car on it. These sights are so fucking tight, I swear...

[@fpav2012]

That's the coolest little hammer I've ever seen !! lol Good info.

[@Serenityindailylife]

F pav its grapthars hammer

[@onlyychevys]

Shouldn't you lap or file the bottom of the sight on a very tight fitting sight? Keeps all angles the same.

[@Serenityindailylife]

onlychevys Williams the front piece on the shields sight is more of a duck bill than a dovetail. It over hangs quite a bit...usually you would be right but the shield is different.

[@henrykim6086]

On the video the rear sight is already material down stone or something the rear sights seems too easy come off. For the video demonstration purpose head of time material sanded off. Looks

[@shawners198shawn4]

How do you move the front sight? Mine somehow moved but I can’t move it. I could move it but I would like to do it without damaging something.

[@apextactical]

@@shawners198shawn4 your best bet is a punch cut to fit in the dovetail. If you're not sure what you're doing, find a professional to help you get it done right

[@cr19985]

My sight isn't budging. I'm doing exactly what you're doing. Did you do anything else before you took this video to make it easier?

[@apextactical]

contact customer service for assistance.

[@j.wat.3437]

Cod y19 spray it with WD 40 lightly and let it set a few minutes.

[@cr19985]

Reggie Hammons ha yeah I tried that. I've since sold the gun but there was no getting the sights off. I even took it to a gunsmith and he couldn't get it off

[@cr19985]

There's no way they didn't do something else to these sights before filming this video

[@jasoninglehart3923]

I completely destroyed my rear sight but I was changing it anyway. I ended up using a small amount of heat and a steel punch. I laughed out loud when I saw the hammer in the video.

[@IAmAMeateater]

My 1/16 hex wrench broke off inside the screw… no idea how to get it out. Am I stuck?

[@christo2690]

I just did this an literally took a hammer to my sights, atleast nothing broke lol.

[@anotherbluecollarchristian2341]

Thank you sir

[@texascrossbowdude636]

Where can the nylon punch be purchased?

[@shuumai]

The Shield M2.0 says that the rear sight is not adjustable? Suggests adjusting the front sight. Is the rear truly not adjustable, or just much more difficult to move? I'm not sure my sight pusher would work on either one.

[@rubberhamburger]

shuumai I suggest trying the front. I spent 2.5 hours at the range today with a sight press trying to adjust the rear sight. Sight press wouldn’t work on the front and I didn’t have a hammer and punch. I couldn’t get the rear to budge. My gun shoots to the left

[@shuumai]

@@rubberhamburger We shot the Shield tonight for the first time and it is also shooting left. I can see that the rear sight is a little to the left from the factory. The front sight seems centered. (Need new batteries for my micrometer to be overly precise.) I LOVED shooting it though! (I put a Hogue grip on it, so that probably made it even nicer to handle.) The elevation was decent at 7-10 yards, the only distances I shot at. It's a good idea to use a soldering iron to breakdown the red Loc-tite on the set screw and totally remove the screw. Or do as the manual suggests and only move the front sight. In my case, both sights would end up to the left though. (My SR9c's front sight was a little left from the factory AND I had to move the rear to the right a bit.) I'm afraid to try the sight pusher on the front because it will have to push on the sight blade. If I had a vice, I'd try a punch, which I don't have either! haha

[@alexcooter1688]

Well that video is total crap. It took me using a sledge hammer and a brass punch to get the back sight off. I hit it alot, I could not have knocked that sight off any easier with Thor's hammer. Front sight wasn't easy either. I hit my fingers so many times I have to heal before trying to put on the night sights.

[@howard2374]

LOL. Sad, and Ouch, but I did laugh. Sorry. Hope your fingers are better. And the part concerning Thor's hammer really put me on the floor. Clearly you need a jack-hammer; forget Thor. :-) And when you get finished with the jack-hammer, can I rent it from you?

[@shuumai]

@@howard2374 Hmm...a jack hammer is a good idea. A mini version, like a hammer drill or impact driver, might move a sight with less overall force. There is a dental cleaning tool that works like that.

[@peterpancho7915]

😂😂

[@higherlifts420]

Buy a rear sight pusher. Done.

[@talega1]

Is it LEFT to right as here or RIGHT to left in a previous APEX tactual official video. Mine is STUCK

[@apextactical]

It will go either direction. The factory recommends the sight be removed left to right, but Right to left is our preferred method.

[@talega1]

Thanks@@apextactical

[@jazzminejackson9181]

I can’t get the rear sight off. Not strong enough

[@apextactical]

It can be a challenge.

[@KaBar762]

What vise are you using?

[@apuzyr]

Good video, Apex Tactical. Quick question though, what is that spring configuration underneath the rear sight? Given the pressure you had to exert to remove the sight, it can't be to "hold it in place". Thanks in advance for your reply.

[@pedal2dametal686]

What vise adapters are those?

[@apextactical]

Aluminum angle bracket from Home depot.

[@pedal2dametal686]

@@apextactical ingenious! Thank you

[@dozer1511]

Does anybody know what size of hex you need to take the rear sight off?

[@Serenityindailylife]

Dozer 1 i think it was 5/64

[@s2000pill]

@@Serenityindailylife do ma. its 1/16

[@Serenityindailylife]

@@s2000pill both were used...my factory site is 5/64 but mine is a department bought version with night sights. The white painted ones are 1/16. I replaced mine because the night sights went dim.