Does this look as bad to you as it does to me?

Update! It gets worse!

So, for those of you that remember, Bubba the gunsmith worked on my Glock. Bubba beat the hell out of my Trijicon Novaks. Well, I called Bubba up and yelled at Bubba. Bubba said that, "in the 40 years I've been in business, I've never seen sights in such bad condition." Yes, because Trijicon sells crap from the factory Bubba, that's why the US Army uses them.... Anyhow, I told Bubba to fix them at his own cost. Bubba instead said that he would "correct them". Here is how Bubba corrected them (see attached pictures). Bubba filed down the right side that was beat to hell. Then he reblued it. Good as new, right? Except, oh yeah, now I have asymmetrical Novak sights. And he also obliterated the Trijicon logo. I know, name-brand isn't everything, but for $120 for two pieces of metal, I want my damn logo.

I've given up and while $120 (actually $170 including smith services) isn't exactly a small sum for this doctoral student to handle, I can swing it. Anyhow, I've decided to take matters into my own hands and install a replacement sight myself. Tonight, I'm ordering the Glock sight adjustment tool and a replacement rear Trijicon sight (I think I'll just get the standard one). From now on, I'm doing my own damn gunsmithing. If I can't fix the gun myself, I simply won't buy it. So, AK-47s and Glocks for me.

To make sure I have everything, could some of you please go over this:

Glock Factory Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
Glock Factory Front Sight Adjustment Tool
Glock Disassembly Tool
Trijicon Night Sights

This is going to cost me ~$250. I plan to order from TopGlock.com. My emotional self wishes to cry, but I will save my anger. I will channel it into constructive activities. Like learning how to service my pistol.

Also, I did shoot the gun today at the range, with range-bought ammo. It shoots fine, but that doesn't excuse the crappy gunsmith job. I don't think Bubba was malicious. I actually think he's just too old to be working and needs to retire. Incidentally, he will no longer be offering installations of night sights on guns.

Actually, I intend to remove the Novak's and replace them with standard style rear sights (sloped). Basically Trijicon, but sloped like the regular Glock night sights. I figured I'd just keep it simple. Plus, I don't want to have to account for the 1/2cm side adjustment that I'd have to do with the Novak's.

These: http://www.lonewolfdist.com/images/products/TRI-GL01.jpg

But I bought from TopGlock, because LoneWolf was out of Glock OEM tools. I figure I'll just get the stuff straight from the factory.

I got handed a crappy situation with this gunsmith job, but I think instead of repeating it, I'm just going to teach myself.

Or, mail your slide to Glockmeister and have Meprolight sights installed for $67.

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I thought about it, then I thought... no... I'm doing this myself. I can fix my AK-47 inside out, I can do it with a Glock gosh darnit!

I still have the factory original sights too, those will be my practice installation sights