My SW 686 4 inch with canted sight now fixed

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nathan

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I ve written about this last year . i thought it was the barrel pressed in wrongly by the factory . Anyways i kind of closely look in front of the muzzle this time in relation to the trigger guard below and find it vertically aligned. And when i look at the back of the rear sight its not. SO i knew the rear sight had some canting to the right.

I unscrewed the whole rear sight assembly with the front screw and the rear adjustable screw. I had to do it slowly or else bugger those screws. I cleaned the inside and reinstall it. And i made sure i didnt over tighten the front screw back in. And to my surprise the rear sight notch was now perfectly in line with the frontsight post.

So, this is my conclusion. I must have overtightened the front screw before thus causing the slight canting of the rear sight. To those who have this same complaint with their SW, try to check the rear sight if its canted.

Im glad it was not SW fault . Now i m happy SW owner . But i have to resight this baby as i remove the whole rear sight.
 
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