Hiviz litewave front and rear sights for s&w 9mm shield - HiViz LITEWAVE Illuminated Rear Sight, Interchangeable

The original front sight was very difficult to remove from the Shield pistol the rear sight was very easy to remove after you completely loosen the set screw in the rear sight. Installing the front sight required a little fitting by removing .012 thousand from the side and bottom of the new sight. I miked the original front sight and discovered it was smaller than the HiViz replacement sight. I used a medium diamond flat stone to remove the extra material. After the material was removed I used a piece of oak wood cut to the dovetail size and drove the sight into placed all together it took me about 40 minutes to complete the full job. After installation the sights are a vast improvement in daylight over the original 3 dot sights. With my 70 year old eyes the fiber optic sight are incredibly easy to see. I highly recommend the HiViz sights. They ARE NOT night sights. Make sure when you order them that you order both the front and rear sight and not just the rear sight. The front sight DOES NOT come with the rear sight.