Rookie Question Here...
I recently bought a Beretta 92FS. I got a chance to shoot it the
other day for the first time. I noticed that it shoots about 6 inches to the left at 20 yards. My question is, how do I adjust the sights on this thing? I've never had any experience with handguns. I'm guessing these are the regular factory sights, not night sights, since I bought it new. It doesn't appear to have anything to adjust it. Are you able to just tap these sights over to compensate or how do I go about doing this? Thanks for the help, I'm taking my CHL class soon and would like for it to be firing straight.
other day for the first time. I noticed that it shoots about 6 inches to the left at 20 yards. My question is, how do I adjust the sights on this thing? I've never had any experience with handguns. I'm guessing these are the regular factory sights, not night sights, since I bought it new. It doesn't appear to have anything to adjust it. Are you able to just tap these sights over to compensate or how do I go about doing this? Thanks for the help, I'm taking my CHL class soon and would like for it to be firing straight.
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if its just the standard rear sight you should be able to tap it over , but if you have never done this then I would suggest you take it back to the dealer and have them do it, you do not want to damage your gun or the sight,, have them do it or show you how too 0 -
Chief... If you try it yourself, use a brass punch or wood dowel, something that is softer than the sight so as not to damage it.
The sight should be moved the same way you want the bullet to go, so for you it would be to the right, since it is shooting to the left.
Skyhawk is right, if you can find someone who has a sight adjustment tool, it is much easier, and the corrections can be made more precisely. Good luck.0 -
You got some excellent advice from the previous Posters...By letting the Factory/Dealer do the adjustment won't nullify your Warrenty .....
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I have a Beretta 96 Vertec and my sights were pretty far off from the factory as well. I had to move my rear sight over alot. I had to hit it pretty dang hard to get it to move. You may want to consider moving your front sight. I noticed after I moved my rear sight over that the front sight was not perfectly centered, thus I had to move my rear sight over extra to compensate for it, since I already had it sighted in perfectly before I noticed the non-centeredness of the front sight I just left it as is. 0 -
Beretta sights do have something of a reputation for being stubborn to move. Let a gunsmith or Beretta do it with the right tool. Also make sure you benchrest your gun when determing how far off it actually is at a distance. The tiniest error gets magnified at 20 yards.
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This maybe a comment you wish to disregard but when I started seriously shooting a .45 ACP on a regular basis, most every thing went left and low. I found out through practice that I needed to put more of my index finger on the trigger and relax. It worked for me and I did not need to change sights on anything. My first inclination was the same as yours. LOL
Worry is the interest humans pay on the debt of miscalculation.0 -
http://www.tackdriver.com/correction_chart.jpg
here is a link that might help with what Robin had mentioned0 -
Thanks for all the help. I'll probably try shooting it again this weekend to make sure that it wasn't just me. If it's the same then I'll probably just have the gunsmith at the range adjust it. Thanks again! 0 -
Gunsmith at my shop has a glock sight tool that actually clamps on the slide. Not sure if beretta has one out there or not.
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