spook Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Hi guys, I did some searching around, but couldn't find this anywhere: I have a G17 and I hate the sights. I want different sights. But..... I DO like my arredondo +4 IPSC box legal mag extentions. They fit the box with Glock factory sights. Which cool aftermarket sights have the same height as Glock factory sights? I'm looking for something with a FS width of 0.090" (can be filed down methinks) and a 1.25" notch. Will Heinies do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Mink Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Heinie's are a little bit taller. Don't know exactly how much off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 You'd have to be pretty creative to file the Hienie's down to .090 inches. The Hienie comes with a width of .125 inches. I took mine down to .115 inches. You can take the width down a bit more, but you are then getting into the mounting post and screw. The height on mine is .215 inches. (as measured installed on the slide) I don't have any stock sights to measure any more, and I don't recall the stock sight height. You might want to get in touch with Dawson or Novak: 5. Available in three sizes: NOVAK- blade is .135" wide and .160" tall, and works best with the Glock factory rear sight or a Novak's rear sight; HEINIE- blade is .135" wide and .225" tall, and works best with a Heinie rear sight; BO-MAR- blade is .135" wide and .275" tall, and works best with a Bo-Mar rear sight. That is fron Dawson's website, under fiber optic front sights... http://www3.mailordercentral.com/shootings...item=9&mitem=18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Kyle, You can always put an .090 step in a front sight --- leaving some meat at the bottom for the attachment point.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G34-Driver Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I have a CGR race cut Heinie rear that is .250 high and a Dawson FO front that is .225 high and .105 wide. For some reason Dawson doesn't have the .105 width listed on their site, but they do have it. I really like this set up. I measured the stock adj. sights and the height is .160. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 Kyle,You can always put an .090 step in a front sight --- leaving some meat at the bottom for the attachment point.... Right...that was my "creative" talk from above. Nik, did you do your's like that? By hand/file? Gotta camera? ( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted April 1, 2004 Author Share Posted April 1, 2004 Thanks for the useful info guys. I still don't know what to do though. Maybe I'll just file down the factory front to .100 and sight black the thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 That's what I did... turned the rear around, filed down the top of the front to raise POI, and used a black marker to make it look right. I'm still waiting for an aftermarket thin, black front sight. Worst case scenario, I'll take a thin fiber optic if they make it short. I've shot Heinies and there's something weird about them... the front sight is very tall, which is annoying and distracting while shooting at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsrdx Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 As noted, Dawson offers what they call the "Glock Optic Saver Set" combo of a Heinie Slant Pro rear and the .105" DP fiber front. Just slightly taller than the stock sights, and the combo maintains the stock front/rear sight relationship. It is not on the website, but they sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 Thanks for all the replies guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Here are the pics that Nik took at my request (Thanks Nik!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 close-up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flexmoney Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 And, here is the text that goes with... Kyle, To answer your earlier question, a local gunsmith did 'em on a mill for about $10 each. I've got a couple of spares in my parts kit. On both the 17 and the 34 I only see the skinny part of the front when the sights are level --- if I can see the step, I know why the plates aren't falling or why the no-shoots suddenly have holes in 'em... Nik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 I like it when my job is done for me.... Thanks Kyle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 Very nice! Thanks Nik 'n Kyle. I suppose I could do the same and also deepen the notch and file down both the RS and FS to get them as tall/short as the factory configuration. BTW Fiber Optics are out of the question so far, because I still haven't heard of Glock supplying them straight from the factory (which is still an IPSC requisite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsrdx Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Novak's are the same height - or slightly lower - than factory Glock sights, offered IIRC in tritium, white dot and blank. They are lower than Heinies. Not sure of the FS width but I think .125", it could certainly be thinned on the non-tritium flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 I thinned a set of Heinies down to .090" using a surface grinder. Kind of a pain even with a SG as you have to keep the wheel sharp and support the side you just ground with a shim when you grind the other side. After all of the effort I decided I did not like the thin sight and went back to a fat fiber optic dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I thinned a set of Heinies down to .090" using a surface grinder. Kind of a pain even with a SG as you have to keep the wheel sharp and support the side you just ground with a shim when you grind the other side. After all of the effort I decided I did not like the thin sight and went back to a fat fiber optic dot. Do you still have the thinned one? I would like to try that out, but am grinderless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the duck of death Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Here's what I did for sights on my G23: Put on a plain black MMC rear made for the Glock and a Dawson Precision Fiber Optical front made for the Novak rear. The front sight is .160 high. I opened up the MMC rear a little with a file and Dremel. Looks like a small combat rear sight and it's adjustable. The front sight is very low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 I am after some general info about front sight height. I would like to use a fibre optic front sight, be it Dawson or Hiviz, the query I have, are they the same height as the original G34 sight? I am happy with the adjustable rear but do not want to go higher with the front, because I have read elsewhere that some front sights do not fit into some holsters. I am using a kydex made by Hellweg. If all else fails I will change both front and rear, but am hoping that they will fit into the Hellweg holster. regards ghost1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Ghost, both of the Northpass/Hi-viz front sights are the same as the factory front - .160". I like the new overmolded model as the tubes tend to break in the original. The new model comes in two dot diameters .150" and .100". They are available from www.brownells.com. Goalie, I will check in my sight drawer. I may still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Scientist Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I am using a bomar rear sight that was milled by caspion atthe factory as an option on my 24 the front is a dawson .090 witha .040 fiber The heigth on the rear is around .265 and the front is .250 This set up took a little geting used to coming from the heinie but after I got used to it i found the sight picture very nice. I use a green fiber. Johnnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost1 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Just a quick query on the HiViz front sight, does it require a gunsmith to fit it or is it just the one that is done up by a nut, from inside the slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Ghost, it can be installed with a nutdriver. Some of them have to be filed just a touch to get them started into the slide hole. Most don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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