Is Beretta M9A3/92FS sights ready or need to be zeroed first?
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Grab a laser boresighter and see if your factory sights are way off, I thought it was just me. I replaced the factory sights with suppressor height sights, flawlessly zero'd after.
I have 2 guns the same model, one stainless, one blued (1911's but brand doesn't matter). One was in the 10 ring out of the box, the other one I had to file down the front sight a bit to get it in the black. While factory sights are installed using a jig, a few thousandths of an inch makes a difference. You won't actually know until you shoot it for a bit. Changing ammo also affects poi, especially bullet weights. In my case one is a spare gun for competition, so I adjusted them for the same load. I have a 92fs too, and it was dead on out of the box
I did some googling, didn't find anything from the Beretta Italy site regarding the sight, but the USA site does show some details (http://www.beretta.com/en-us/m9a3-details/):
Front sight: Blade, dovetailed to slide, tritium dot
Rear sight: Notched bar, dovetailed to slide, tritium 2-dot. Adjustable for windage
Seems like the elevation is fixed,but windage is adjustable.
If your shots seem quite far off, it most likely isn't the gun.
Before you adjust the sights, ask a good shooter to try it out and see where their shots go.
Yeah, I am thinking give it another try and get someone else shoot it too to see if it is the gun or the person.
I was thinking I aimed low like 6 o'clock hold, but even I move to center hold, it still hits the target about 1-2inch lower on a 10 yard distance. I think I need to do dead on hold or aim a bit higher to get more centralized grouping.
But will do more next time
Here is some helpful info from Beretta - customer service
Shoot the Beretta on a bench again, getting more close to the center, so I believe it is my problem. Seems like I pounced it when pulling the trigger to against the recoil.
Tried the CZ Shadow 2 which is heavier in the front, it comes with way better result. And tried the Beretta using left hand, the grouping is pretty much all on the same horizontal line close to the center of the target.
Now I am suspecting I might have left dominant eye but prefer right hand shooting. Even the method used to determine which eye is dominant keeps changing.
Probably need to take more practice and some shooting course to get better result.
Tried the CZ Shadow 2 which is heavier in the front, it comes with way better result. And tried the Beretta using left hand, the grouping is pretty much all on the same horizontal line close to the center of the target.
Now I am suspecting I might have left dominant eye but prefer right hand shooting. Even the method used to determine which eye is dominant keeps changing.
Probably need to take more practice and some shooting course to get better result.
sonichanxiao - To be honest I think your initial expectations are to high. If shooting a handgun was easy we would all be doing something else. Go to Youtube and check out some videos. Ernest Langdon promotes and uses the Beretta at a level most of us would just dream about. He has posted a number of instruction videos all of which should help you along. Check him out.
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Bob
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If your shots seem quite far off, it most likely isn't the gun.
Before you adjust the sights, ask a good shooter to try it out and see where their shots go.
Thank you Bob, will definitely have a look.
Next time you get a dud, if you have a dud, mix it with a handful of ammo and load the mag.
If you are flinching, the gun will jump on the dud.
Knowing this, take pride of having the gun barely move when the hammer falls on the dud round.
This will make all your shots perfect.
Edit: Using a dud is not such a good idea. Ask someone who loads ammo to make you a couple rounds with no primer or powder. Load these, mixed with regular ammo. Try to get no flinch when you hit the dud.
If you are flinching, the gun will jump on the dud.
Knowing this, take pride of having the gun barely move when the hammer falls on the dud round.
This will make all your shots perfect.
Edit: Using a dud is not such a good idea. Ask someone who loads ammo to make you a couple rounds with no primer or powder. Load these, mixed with regular ammo. Try to get no flinch when you hit the dud.
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