Glow in the Dark Sights - I swear I didn't do it

Woke up this morning and noticed this…

so I took a closer look and saw this…

I swear to God I have NEVER dropped Kimberly so I have no idea what did that damage. It had to have happened in the last week or so since we did low light training the the last time at the range.
Oh well, nothing $72.94 at the Kimber store won’t won’t take care of.

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oops!
:man_shrugging:

That’s the sacrifice we made to carry this everyday in every conditions…

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The fact of life is that SIGHTS take a beating.
Even super careful, and EDC especially sights will get dinged.
I have a spring loaded steel front security door that has a mind
of it’s own, (6+) trips in and out every shopping trip run
stuff gets hit. Holsters get scratched/chipped, Sights get screwed.
(couple that with the ‘New Tech’ Glow sights also fade/die eventually.
They tell you that in the brochures (‘Eventually you’ll need refresher…
replacement tubes’?) You have a nice little ding left side
prolly knocked out that tube.
I’m not a Gunsmith but when I ordered my ‘XS’ sights, I ordered two sets (JIC)

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I think the universe is telling you to get a new Kimberly :rofl:

I’ll back you up if there’s push back from the wife :rofl:

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Sorry for your loss. Maybe you will find it tonight.

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Sorry to hear that, I’m sure that you can get it fixed !!

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Yea, I thought about that. :crossed_fingers: I don’t mind difficult it’s impossible that frustrates me…

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That can only be fixed at the new gun counter in Gallenson’s. :wink:

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You guy’s must LIKE livin’ in the garage huh? :roll_eyes:

Maybe all you need is a ‘Pepper ball Luncher?’ WHAT?

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Wife lives in the garage now since the shoes and makeup cost more than my last gun purchase. :grinning_face:

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You like livin’ dangerously my friend?

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A good reminder that, yes, even iron sights can and do fail in various ways

I had a front sight fail, came lose in its dovetail and slid way out of alignment on a VP9. I had another front sight fail, a Glock, let a gun store install it and they didn’t threadlock the front, it ended up coming off.

Rear sights on a lot of setups will be open to getting banged into doorways or such as they protrude above the waist. I could see it getting thwacked by something somewhere along the line (even multiple times) and maybe not realizing how much of an impact it was at the time.

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So what do we suggest I use Loctite Red? or Blue?

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I used the Red that came with my XS Big Dot sights.
I had one set go bad immediately and I had to send them in for a replacement, they came off but where holding on for dear life!
Hth

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Front sight screw - RED only

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That is what I have on my RIA 45 commander. You’re correct works better for me also

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It’s letting you know you need new sights and another trip to the range

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2 votes for a new gun
1 vote for a trip to the range…

I’m liking this…

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@Mike164 At first, I thought you were showing the night sky with Moon and Venus off in the distance :rofl: until I scrolled down to the next picture :grimacing: looks like you’ll be ordering new rear sights! :laughing: If you do get new sights, use red Loctite on the screws!

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Seems like cheap sights. I abuse mine and don’t have this issue. Especially when doing broken wing drills.

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