Beretta 92 compact adjustable sights?

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campingnights

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I have a Beretta 92fs compact Inox. The gun's nice but shoots about 6 inches low at 25 yards. The front sight is milled to the slide and I am not inclined to start filing on it to raise the point of impact. I see Beretta makes an adjustable rear sight for around $70.
My question is this: has anyone here actually replaced the rear sight? Not sure if I should order the sight and try to use a punch and hammer to get the OEM sight out of the slide, or order through a gunsmith and let them do the work.
I need some emotional reassurance here that the lil bugger will hammer out OK before I try to swat it out???
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If its shooting 6 inches low at 25 yards, I would call Beretta customer service and ask them what should be done. That's quite excessive IMO.
 
That does seem a little hi, has anyone else shot it and experenced the same problem? How about changing ammo brand?
 
On all my guns I line up the top of the front tween the top of the rear blades. Impact point should be dead on there, and no I'm not inclined to change my sighting style for one gun. Searching the internet seems to indicate this is a common problem with the 92.

Guys, What I'm looking for is someone who has actually removed the rear sight on the Beretta.
 
On all my guns I line up the top of the front tween the top of the rear blades.
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Of course. What I'm asking is whether you're using sight picture #3 or something else.

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Searching the internet seems to indicate this is a common problem with the 92.
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And the problem almost always originates with the shooter rather than the pistol.
 
Ah Austin, you surely show that one picture is worth a thousand words, :) very elegant. My sight picture is #2. Its always worked best for me for over 40 years. My eyes aren't good enough to use the dots. They are stinking little reddots too, and I am somewhat impared seeing red snd greens. As for the problem almost alway being the shooter rather than the gun- probably true, but guess thats why adjustable sights were made. Looks like no one here has actually changed the rear sight on a 92. Guess I'll order one and have at it with a hammer and drift punch.
 
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Watching this thread.

My Compact is one of my favorite 9's. I like it better than the full-size 92, not that I plan to get rid of the full-sized one, which was once a Washington State Patrol weapon and is so marked.

But I have not tried to remove any sights from a 92.

Bart Noir
 
I agree Bart Noir, The balance of the Compact is much better than the full size Baretta I owned a couple of decades ago. I sold that one cause it just didn't "feel right" in my hand, but my compact is a keeper. I ordered the sights from CTD and will update when I install them.
 
Campingnights, the 92 is sighted in according to picture #3, which obviously explains the issue. Hopefully the adjustable sight you've bought will allow you to get the sighting to how you prefer it.

If you want to ask questions of someone who has changed out the rear sight on a 92, you'll definitely find a few on the "smithing" section of the Beretta forum: http://berettaforum.net/vb/index.php. Good luck!
 
Thanks Austin, I'll check it out. Only thing I'm reasonably sure of is that it drifts out backwards, right to left, from what I am used to on my muzzeloaders.
 
the 92 is sighted in according to picture #3,
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At one certain range, with one certain bullet weight going at one certain velocity, I agree. The 3rd sight picture in that illustration is the one that will cause the bullets to strike in the center of the target.

But what distance from the target? Which weight of bullet, going at which velocity? We don't know. The OP will just have to keep a consistent sight picture at 15 yards or 25 yards or whatever, and different loads of 9mm will group above or below, or maybe even right in the center of the target.

I use the 1st sight picture if I am trying for smallest groups with very slow and carefully aimed fire. This is true with any pistol I'm shooting. But the actual group may be above or below the target center or aiming point, based on, you guessed it, distance and bullet weight and bullet speed.

Bart Noir
 
At one certain range, with one certain bullet weight going at one certain velocity, I agree. The 3rd sight picture in that illustration is the one that will cause the bullets to strike in the center of the target.

But what distance from the target? Which weight of bullet, going at which velocity? We don't know.
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For the 92, the zero is with 124-grain service ball at 25 yards using the third sight picture.
 
Well, the deed is done. The Beretta sight took considerable persuation with a drift punch and a stout tack hammer to slide it out of the dovetail. The Beretta adjustable sight wouldn't fit right at all. It would only slide in maybe a 32nd of an inch, no good at all. As I reflected on probable past sins that likely cause most every project I undertake to become problematic, I unlimbered my Dremel and cutting disks and went to it. I cut back and smoothed the sights front dovetail bevel until it was close enough to whack into the slide. Looks decent but sticks back over the hammer a bit more than I am used to. At max up adjustment it is a bit higher than the old stock sight, so I am cautiously optomistic that it will do the job. We will see when Michigan thaws out enough to survive at the range, it's gotta be some improvement right?
 
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