Berretta shoots low.

[BamBam-31]

Actually, the rear sight has to be raised to compensate for shooting low. Either that, or he has to take a file to the front sight and lower it a bit. That's assuming it's not shooter error, of course.

[littlejake]

Have someone load your mag with you not watching. Have them slip in one action proving dummy (or a handloaded round without primer or powder) in the stack. If you are anticipating, you will see your hand drop when you squeeze off a round and it's a dummy.

It's an old military range practice.

[Midian]

I had this same problem with the VERY same gun.

Operator error.

[Black Majik]

Actually, the rear sight has to be raised to compensate for shooting low. Either that, or he has to take a file to the front sight and lower it a bit. That's assuming it's not shooter error, of course.

But of course. I meant the rear sight had to be lowered for it to all of a suddden shoot low, implying that it's not possible for a fixed rear sight to go any lower to make a 5" difference at 10 yards.

[BamBam-31]

But of course. I meant the rear sight had to be lowered for it to all of a suddden shoot low, implying that it's not possible for a fixed rear sight to go any lower to make a 5" difference at 10 yards.

Ah, got it. Read twice, post once.

[23 Blast]

pic test

[23 Blast]

Alright! It worked!

Anyway, that scratch is what I was talkng about in an earlier thread.

[NavDoc]

That scratch is not the culprit!

[whipkiller]

OK, so we went shooting last Saturday, and I "bench" rested the Berretta, (actually the back of a folding chair) and now I'm even more convinced that it's the gun and not me.

These numbers are just estimates, I didn't measure anything, but I would say @ 10-ish yards I shot 10 rounds in about a 3 inch group and they were all about 4-5 inches low, and a couple of inches left.

As I said in the beginning of this thread, I shot this gun regularly for years without ever having this problem.

I don't have this problem with any of my other guns.

I don't have this problem with friends guns, whether I've shot them before or not.

As I also said in the beginning of this thread, I'm not an expert marksman by any means, but I'm fairly proficient.

So all of you that are going to say it's operator error, thanks and maybe you're right, but just for the sake of dicussion let's say it's not.

What could be the culprit?

Where should I take it in San Diego to be diagnosed / fixed?

Thanks

[UserM4]

Have you had someone else, proficient with handguns, shoot it since the problem started to occur? Maybe you should ask the guys on Berettaforum.net also. There's a guy with the handle Ben Stoeger that shoots competitively and even has a post showing his collection of Berettas that he's shot hundreds of thousands of rounds through and replaced all kinds of parts due to wear and tear. You should try to PM him. Maybe he can help you with the problem as it may be hardware but also software.

http://www.berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=60950

[Fishslayer]

Low left is textbook trigger jerk. But since it's not...

A folding chair is an awful rest. Try something solid. I used the plastic tables they have at ASC & got not much better than unrested because of the wobble. Put a sandbag on it and got MUCH better results.

Have you changed ammo? Velocity will affect POI. Slower rounds will generally print high and faster rounds low. Time in the barrel & whatnot. Your sights are probly regulated for the military round, whatever weight/velocity that is.

[9mmepiphany]

you might try shooting it left handed...it access the right side of the brain...if it is the gun, it will shoot to the same point

[j1133s]

If shooting low, can you just file the front sight down? As I understand, the front sight is part of the slide on a beretta, so I don't know what a gunsmith will do different?

[whipkiller]

I'm hoping I don't have to start filing on such a pretty gun. I'm thinking something must be worn out, or sloppy, or something.

[whipkiller]

Have you had someone else, proficient with handguns, shoot it since the problem started to occur? Maybe you should ask the guys on Berettaforum.net also. There's a guy with the handle Ben Stoeger that shoots competitively and even has a post showing his collection of Berettas that he's shot hundreds of thousands of rounds through and replaced all kinds of parts due to wear and tear. You should try to PM him. Maybe he can help you with the problem as it may be hardware but also software.

http://www.berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=60950

Thanks, I'll give that a shot. (pun intended)