Beretta 92A1 shoots low - what was your fix?

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Love my Beretta 92A1 however it shoots low, even holding combat it shoots 4-5" low at 12 yds ... freehand or from a rest.

Looking at options ... the LPA adjustable sight set seems to have a very shallow sight notch and I have seen them on other guns, not to my liking thanks ... Wilson Combat and Dawson Precision make sets but impossible to find in Canada.

Any of you found a better solution? (other than holding 4" higher :)

Thanks
 
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My 92FS was a bit low too. Or may be I just did not like aiming combat. Got LPA sight from Brownells as well as a few other goodies like D-spring, short reach trigger, metal rod, a few mags etc. LPA mid position for elevation also was low. I've eventually put it in to highest possible position when the screw hits the stop - then it aimed as expected. But in highest position the sight looks a bit bulky and awkward. I would better install normal rear sight for higher elevation, but did not locate any at that time.

I also had my TT33 shooting ridiculously low. I JB-welded a piece of aluminum tab to the rear of the existing sight to rise it, filed a new notch, filed the tab to the shape of the sight body. After a few range trips filed a bit off the top to util it stopped shooting high.Then painted the sight black and now it looks like the factory one, just higher.
 
If they are factory sights, they shouldn't be too far off. I haven't heard of modern Beretta sights being squirrelly, and mine have been dead on. A couple of questions - no ill meaning.

Are you shooting the tops of the sights, or the dots? And has someone else shot it?
 
The_Shmoo said:
Whats your sight hold, and what ammo are you shooting?
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I shoot my reloads mostly but also factory ammo, same result. B92's shoot combat hold, that is line up the 3 dots and hold the front dot over the target (ie: front dot obscures the target) ... still even with this hold it shoots 4-5" low
 
serg777 said:
My 92FS was a bit low too. Or may be I just did not like aiming combat. Got LPA sight from Brownells as well as a few other goodies like D-spring, short reach trigger, metal rod, a few mags etc. LPA mid position for elevation also was low. I've eventually put it in to highest possible position when the screw hits the stop - then it aimed as expected. But in highest position the sight looks a bit bulky and awkward. I would better install normal rear sight for higher elevation, but did not locate any at that time.

I also had my TT33 shooting ridiculously low. I JB-welded a piece of aluminum tab to the rear of the existing sight to rise it, filed a new notch, filed the tab to the shape of the sight body. After a few range trips filed a bit off the top to util it stopped shooting high.Then painted the sight black and now it looks like the factory one, just higher.
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Humm, any chance you could post or PM me a pic pr two, sounds interesting, thx
 
gwhysow said:
If they are factory sights, they shouldn't be too far off. I haven't heard of modern Beretta sights being squirrelly, and mine have been dead on. A couple of questions - no ill meaning.

Are you shooting the tops of the sights, or the dots? And has someone else shot it?
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I have to shoot it combat hold, that is line up the 3 dots and hold the front dot over the target (ie: front dot obscures the target) ... still even with this hold it shoots 4-5" low
 
I think my only solution is to change the sights, just that in this country there are so few options ... wanted to see if there was anyone out there that had found any adj sight sets, other than the LPA's.
 
As someone asked, here are pics. From the front you can see the transition between tab and the original sight. I also put a dab of JB weld on the top at the transition spot and file it to smooth it. From the back - the tab fully overlaps the whole sight and filed to the shape. Both aluminum tab and JB weld are easy to file. The paint came off a bit after many years, but the thing still holds after many hundreds of snappy TT33 rounds. When it was freshly painted - it was looking like a one piece of solid metal. I guess I have to spray it again when in that mood.
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Another thing to try:

Ignore the three dots, and instead, line up the top edges of the front and rear sight posts. Focus on the FSP, and gently build pressure on the trigger.
 
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