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PT111 sights - shoots WAY low

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My daughter's Bersa Thunder 380 had to go in for repair, so she borrowed her boyfriends PT111 G2 and thinks she has fallen in love with it. Power to her.

This past weekend I was in Denver and my friend and I went to a range and he brought his PT111 G2 with him. The sights (in my opinion) are off so far on this thing it was impossible to hit anything with, until I realized that the dots had to be equidistant from one another. Yes, they had to form a perfect triangle with the front dot just under the target. He has gotten so used to it that it doesn't bother him, but it would bother the CRAP out of me!

I googled the issue and found many people had the same "problem" but they were not discussing it as a fault, but rather, the sights were "equidistant" sights, purposefully made that way. That cannot be. I mean, why would the rear sight have a slot in it if you weren't supposed to level out both sights on the target.

Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm a bit concerned because my daughter can shoot to eyeball out of a squirrel with her Bersa but she recently qualified with the Taurus with not that great of a score. Any help or comments are appreciated.
 
#5 ·
some combat sights are meant to have the front dot placed directly over your intended point of impact...my wife's SS Beretta is like that...or at least that is how to consistantly compensate...different from all other guns I own
 
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#8 ·
With my PT111, having put 550 rounds through it I haven't had this issue. I wouldn't say the sights are great, but they're OK for a distance of up to 7 yards for sure. I haven't perfected my grouping as it can be 5" at 7 yards, but I can tell it's more user error than anything else. I've shot OK with a glock at 7 yards but the group could be tighter more, and they're knowing for having good sights. Focusing on your pull and not reacting to the break is a good way of making sure that you're putting the bullet on target. Best of luck on finding a solution to your problem though. Cheers
 
#9 ·
It has to do with the distance from the trigger break to the back of the grip. Many, especially those with larger hands, will pull the handgun down and left, assuming a right handed shooter, south paws will experience the opposite.

My daughter chooses the 111G2, as do more than a few others I know. At less than $200 it's understandable why. My daughter, who gas smaller hands, shoots it well, I group well with it, but tend to shoot low, my SIL the same. It's not an innacurate handgun.

It's a problem that can be overcome with training. I had the same low left problem with another Taurus, the 709 Slim. Got to shooting well with it, but it seemed like to took me a magazine to relearn after switching handguns.
 
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