Lowering battlesights on an AR

An earlier entry showed how to raise the sights on an AR style rifle. This brief photoblog entry will show how to lower those sights. The AR rifle used in these photos is a Smith and Wesson M&P 15T, but the information in the blog also applies to all battlesight-based rifles.

Lowering the battlesights on an AR rifle is fairly easy. I usually start with the rear battlesight (pictured below). The stud you need to press in is located on the left side of the battlesight when the rifle is facing forward.


The first step is to press the stud in toward the center of the battlesight. This may take a little pressure if the battlesight is new.


While you are pressing the stud in on the left side of the battlesight, press down and to the rear with your free index finger to lower the battlesight. The battlesight will lower toward the stock of the rifle. It does not matter which aperture is "up" at the time.


Lowering the front battlesight is the same as lowering the rear battlesight. First, you will need to press in on the stud located on the left side of the battlesight.


In the following photo, you can see when you press in on the stud, the battlesight support pushes out on the right side.


Now you can press down on the front battlesight to lower it. The battlesight lowers toward the stock of the rifle as in the photo above.


Nothing to it!

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