AR Question

[Snuffalofogus]

So I just pulled my AR out of the safe to prep it for some shooting today, when I noticed something about the rear sight base.

It's loose, and pointing left. I can grab the rear sight 'ears' and turn them to the right, but the second I let go the ears go back to pointing left.

IS this normal or am I going to have to send the upper back to fulton and have them fix it(warranty)

[NRAhighpowershooter]

it's normal.... there is a little spring and ball detent the is pushing the sight base. some match rear sights either are a file to fit or are modified to have a ball and spring on both sides.. bit for a regular AR type it ok and normal

[PLINK]

As stated above it normal but I have found that some turn more than others depending on the manufacturer. My DPMS rear sight does not turn as much as a few other "brands" I have looked at. This is just my observation though. It probably does not mean anything as far as how the sight functions.

[Stanze]

Mine does that too, me and some other people once plinked away at a clay pigeon 100 yards away with handguns, scoped rifles, red-dot equipped rifles; and I took the target out with my "AR" in one shot with the A2 irons!

So, I'm not concerned about it.