S & W 686 Silhouette front sight won't adjust to "2"

[Dr Teeth]

Hi All.

I have a Smith and Wesson 686 Silhouette that I bought from my neighbour's widow after he passed away. I've done some research and found that it's not a common model, as it has a 4 position front sight that was apparently made for "silhouette" shooting. You're supposed to be able to press down on the back of the front sight and rotate the sight wheel to one of four positions. However when try that on mine I can rotate to positions 1, 3 and 4, but not 2. I know this is not a common model, but can anybody help me figure out what might be going on? Thanks!

 

[enefgee]

The individual positions are adjustable (I'm digging back 30 years here) using a tiny allen wrench, inside the 4 screws on the sight body, if the #2 screw is too far in, it will prevent the wheel from selecting the Number 2 position, if it's backed out, it'll work. The front sight is entirely adjustable for different loads and drop over 4 distances.

 

[Dr Teeth]

The individual positions are adjustable (I'm digging back 30 years here) using a tiny allen wrench, inside the 4 screws on the sight body, if the #2 screw is too far in, it will prevent the wheel from selecting the Number 2 position, if it's backed out, it'll work. The front sight is entirely adjustable for different loads and drop over 4 distances.

Great! I was hoping it would be that easy. I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks enefgee!

 

[Dr Teeth]

Yep, that did the trick. The Allen screw was buried so deep in the number two position that I couldn't even see it at first. But a few twists of the wrench and everything works as it should. Thanks again enefgee!