M&P Shield (Apex and Sights)

[senfinger]

Need to get an Apex kit and sights installed? Anyone know of an affordable good place near Nashville or outside etc...?

 

Thanks in advance!

[TrickyNicky]

Jeff at guns and leather in greenbriar.

[senfinger]

Jeff at guns and leather in greenbriar.

They don't install Apex kits (Didn't even know what they were = ) Thanks though! Anyone else?

[TrickyNicky]

Hmmm. Maybe try Lock Stock and Barrel in Franklin or Mid Tn Gunsmithing. Barring that I think a few members have done their own install, maybe a few good step by step instructionals on YouTube...

[chances R]

Apex has excellent install videos of all of their products.  That won't help you on the sights though.

[hatz215]

I've done one set of Shield sights myself. The S&W forum has some good info and videos.

 

Steve

[senfinger]

I wouldn't mind doing the Apex side... Just worried about the sights- since so many people have mangled their slides : ) will call those other two TrickyNicky- thanks! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

[Trekbike]

[quote name="senfinger" post="1170556" timestamp="1405950090"]I wouldn't mind doing the Apex side... Just worried about the sights- since so many people have mangled their slides : ) will call those other two TrickyNicky- thanks!Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk[/quote] Just a heads up but if you're going to install the DCAEK kit, you have to remove the rear sight anyway to install the new USB part.

[senfinger]

That's why I said that... So looking for someone to do both. Apex side is no big deal... : ) but need sights put on so might as well do them in conjunction. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

[maroonandwhite]

Any luck with the other places? I was also worried about using a brass punch on mine and ended up using a delrin/plastic punch. The shields are tight but with a little heat applied and a good smacl in a vice it will come out. And you can't mess it up with plastic. If you have a vice and rubber inserts for it, it may be worth your money to buy a plastic punch and try it.

[hatz215]

I used a brass punch with some tape for extra protection.  Some hardwood blocks on the slide in the vice, they actually came off pretty well. The front sight put up a little more fight than the rear.

 

Steve

[musicman]

I'm tagging along to find anyone who can recommend a gunsmith who has done this job with good results.  I have a Shield and 3 M&Ps I'd like to negotiate a "group install" deal on for a bunch of APEX kits.

Edited July 22, 2014 by musicman

[chances R]

This is something, as a S&W armorer, that I have done a half dozen times with ease. I would expect a gunsmith to be able to so it with one hand tied behind his back.

[beevans]

I've done both of these myself, twice with the sights. If you have a solid bench with a vice, you can take care of everything yourself in less than an hour. Better than paying someone the same or more than you paid for the parts just to install everything.

 

Main equipment:

1. Bench with vice

2. 1/8" punch with masking tape

3. Hammer or mallet

4. Loctite for the new sights

5. An hour

6. Apex YouTube installation video(s)

7. A little patience

 

Everything with the Apex kit ended up being much easier to install than I expected. The only real issue with the sights is muscling up enough to get them off. As long as you get everything nice and tight in the vice, use some kind of pad/block between the vice and the slide, and take your time, you won't damage anything.

Edited July 22, 2014 by beevans

[senfinger]

No vise or work bench : ) otherwise would be game! Will keep looking and let everyone know what place I go with. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

[Outpost Armory]

There's several guys that can do it here.

[ac3boyz]

Senfinger, I'm in the hermitage/MJ area and have done this on several of M&P's.  I'd be happy to help you out with it.