Ruger BH rear sight retaining pin?

[336A]

I have a quick question for you folks. I just got back from spending 9 hours out in the woods hunting. When I got back to the house I went to wiping down my firearms as always, and noticed that the retaining pin for the rear sight was protruding from the left side of the frame. No big deal really I just used the plastic handle on a screwdriver to put it back in place. I just don't understand how it worked loose though, all I was doing was walking around as usual, just glad it didn't decide to leave. So my question is is this pretty much par for the course for these sights? And what can I do to keep this from happening again if anything? The last thing I need is to need to rely on the revolver only to find the rear sight went AWOL.

 

[murf]

it happens. pull the pin out a bit and tap down on it with a hammer (not too much). that should put a bit of a bend in the pin. tap it back into the frame and carry on.

murf

 

[codefour]

Very common Ruger revolver problem. Do as murf said and u will be fine.

 

[DPris]

Ruger's migrating a hollow roll pin through their DA steel models because of this issue, but for some reason not the SAs.
Denis

 

[ku4hx]

Degrease, apply a tiny bit of blue LocTite and tap it back into place.

 

[highlander 5]

Almost every Ruger MK II that I've owned did the same thing. Push the pin out and gave it a slight bend in the middle tapped it back in place never moved again.