Hhhhmmmm What the HELL!
 

I went down to the garage this afternoon to empty my carry mag before the monthly cleaning of my Guardian. I know my eye sight is not the greatest now days. But try as I might I could not find the third dot on my sight profile. I can see the rear pair plain as day but no front dot, the blade is there but no dot.
So up close inspection found the guts are in there but the lens assembly and seal are gone. What the hell, never had this happen before how about any of you guys?
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Guess I be calling DW tomorrow...

That sucks. I'm sure Keith will take care of that without a doubt.

^^ This, keep us posted.

Have you recently shot it or do you think it fell out without any cause? I have had some front sight "dots" fall out during a range session before.

Looks like the adhesive/sealant is lifting from the sight. Probably did the same to the tritium vial. Probably some solvent leaked between the vial and the sight and weakened the seal.

What solvents are you using?

I recall reading somewhere that you can cover the sights with a dab of clear nail polish to seal them from cleaning chemicals.

Hadn't shot it for nearly a month. I pack it everywhere, in either a modified Galco hiride fletch or a Wright custom. Both cover to the muzzle.

I noticed it right off yesterday before the 1st round. Soon as the weapon came up, I'm like WTF?? sight profile is screwey, I'm going blind??? So I safety it and got a magnifying glass and found the mess. The guts are in there but lose.

This^^^. What solvent do you use?

Funny you should ask, I tend to dislike hosing down the slide with solvents for just those type of reasons.
My primary cleaning solvents are Hoppes (No.9) & (Crud Buster) and Tetra Blaster for hosing out the inside. The outside gets wiped down or rubbed with a T-B wetted cloth and wiped dry. It is possible to have gotten TB on the dots, but not much and not for very long. As a general rule I clean the slide over a trash can holding it vertical or pretty near vertical muzzle up. Unless of course it’s going to a full strip and I’m doing firing pin and extractor too.

That would do it! Wiping dry isn't going to get it out, and it is a very powerful solvent.

http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...&pictureid=888

Well after a week of phone tag with DW I shipped off the slide today. They said it's not an uncommon issue. They're looking at it as a warranty, even if it's not it only runs around $75 bucks. So lets get'er fixed. And I don't have to play any games insuring the height and all.

Should be back in a couple weeks. Time to put the CBOB back to work for a while.

Nice...although I would seriously hope it would be covered.

Good deal, do keep us posted. :)

WooHoo!! nanner nanner

Got a request from DW last night to fill out warranty PW on the returning slide.

Things be looking up!:D

Good deal, thanks for the update. :cool:

Talked to Andy this morning, a little confusion about the repair the slide statement from the web form. No-No, no slide issues except the front 3dot's guts are hanging out. That's easy he says I'll put it right here on my desk and we'll get that punched out pronto. Sheeeet! How Cool is that! nannernanner

Its nice when a company stands behind their stuff.

Awesome!! Glad to hear it!

Another DW c/s success story. Too be ho eat, I've never heard anything different.

We had the issue on our departments Beretta 96D Centurions...Front Tritium vials were falling out http://www.cotep.org/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

Weeellll, $129 bucks later.:eek:

My baby's back... with new trijcon's front and back, got a DW insignia them too!! OOOooooooo.

The big thing is that alloy frame makes such a big difference in the feel, both in the holster and in the hand.nanner

Good to have ya back!:D

Great news, ouch on that price tag but all is well again.