need help with beretta px4 subcompact

[rlidgard]

my buddy has this beretta he just bought new. and when u aim at the target it hits about afoot to low. three different shooters had same problem.any suggestions

 

[octalman]

The PX4 is a very nice reliable pistol. What distance? SA or DA? Is it possible you are all anticipating the shot and flinching? The trigger does take a little getting used to. Mine is spot on at 20 feet, if I do my job.

 

[indykid]

Per a lot of reading on the Beretta forum, the biggest cause of low shooting is trigger control, or truly lack thereof.

 

[GoDawgs]

Per a lot of reading on the Beretta forum, the biggest cause of low shooting is trigger control, or truly lack thereof.

100% what I experienced with my full size. I'm a pretty new shooter and when my trigger control gets sloppy, I go way down and to the left.

 

[rlidgard]

i will look into it. cuz when he shoots my kimber hes spot on

 

[indykid]

i will look into it. cuz when he shoots my kimber hes spot on

There is a good chance the geometry of the trigger is why he shoots the Kimber properly, but not the Beretta. Beretta's seem to have a strange triggers that do take getting used to. I have a 9000S that has a trigger pull longer than my finger can pull back. Usually after firing my PX4 or any of the 92s, when I try to fire the 9000S, I get a lot of laughs the first time I pull the trigger back and nothing happens. The 9000S requires a different hold then any other pistol I own, and if held right, shoots great.

Guessing it is the same with the Storm Sub-compact.

 

[Ignacio49]

Hello. I just registered, and this is my first post.

I just bought a .40 9000s wich I find difficult to hold right - I do not have big hands/long fingers - and also very difficult to disengage the safety especially when trying to do it fast.

.....The 9000S requires a different hold .....

indykid, I would like to know how you hold it - maybe you have some pics I can look at.

Appreciate your help.

And Happy New Year!
Regards,
Ignacio

 

[Ignacio49]

For indykid

....The 9000S requires a different hold then any other pistol I own, and if held right, shoots great.......

How do you hold it?

I tried to send you a private mssg but I do not have enough posts to do it.

Appreciate your help

 

[rlidgard]

olike any other firearm. left over right. right thumb over left.

 

[rlidgard]

thanks guys figured it all out.

 

[WebSnyper]

thanks guys figured it all out.

Care to share the solution?

 

[rlidgard]

well first off trigger control did help. but still places them around the target. no groupings yet. the other solution was he went and bought a 1911. my opinion is its the gun itself. but im not one for subcompacts.i had a taurus pt 140. that shot the same way.all over the place. but my bersa and the pf9shot fine. not great just fine.ive owned a few in the past. but just cant get myself to like them.