Beretta 92 rear sight

[Mike Evertson]

Somewhere in my travel the rear sight fell out my Beretta 92. Ive ordered a couple of aftermarket and the dovetail is always to wide. I want to replace the sights understanding the original weren't the best, how ever I did qualified for my CC without the sight but either way I want to make it whole, with an iron sight or optics. No one , including Beretta has a solution . Someone has to have the same scenario. The gun in in excellent shape and one of my favorite. I recently retires and moved to the country and have room to have a range . Appreciate any advice
Mike

 

[DocIndy]

Can you get the dovetail dimensions with a micrometer? Wilson Combat makes a few sights for Berettas…. Maybe one of theirs will fit.

 

[BE Mike]

Where do you live where you have to shoot a qualification course to carry a concealed handgun? Have you tried Numrich? https://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=beretta+92+rear+sight

 

[lrdudley]

The rear sight on my 92S Italian Beretta measures .226 wide at the base. This gun is 1978 - 1982 vintage. The sight was removed to install a dovetail mount for a red dot sight. A gunsmith had to narrow the part that went into the dovetail for the sight mount. Sorry, I do not want to part with the original rear sight.

 

[Squirt239]

If the dovetail is loose, you can peen the base of the sight to keep it in place.

If that doesn't work, you can drill and tap the rear sight for a set screw to hold it in place.

 

[russc2542]

Where do you live where you have to shoot a qualification course to carry a concealed handgun? Have you tried Numrich? https://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=beretta+92+rear+sight

Could be LEOSA

 

[92FSTech]

Assuming you mean the dovetail in the slide is too wide and the sight is falling out? If that's the case you could peen the base of the sight with a center punch to displace some material and hopefully provide enough tension to hold the sight in place. I stuck my sight in a vice upside down and hit it near the edge (not so close that the punch slips off when you hit it!) inside of all four corners to try and maximize the amount of material displaced into the tight corners of the dovetail. I also put some loctite in there when I installed the sight as an added safeguard. I've had good success with that approach on a Ruger MkII and a P228 that had a sloppy fit.

If I'm misunderstanding and you have the opposite problem where the sight base is too wide to fit into the slide dovetail, you need a file. Preferably a triangular one with a safe side. Take a small amount of material off the angled edge of the sight base at a time, being careful to maintain the angle, until you can drive it into the dovetail. Beveling the leading edge corners just a bit can help with the install.

 

[Mike Evertson]

The rear sight on my 92S Italian Beretta measures .226 wide at the base. This gun is 1978 - 1982 vintage. The sight was removed to install a dovetail mount for a red dot sight. A gunsmith had to narrow the part that went into the dovetail for the sight mount. Sorry, I do not want to part with the original rear sight.

.226 looks like the correct size best I can determine with calipers. Let me know if you change you mind on selling.What red dot did you install

 

[Mike Evertson]

Assuming you mean the dovetail in the slide is too wide and the sight is falling out? If that's the case you could peen the base of the sight with a center punch to displace some material and hopefully provide enough tension to hold the sight in place. I stuck my sight in a vice upside down and hit it near the edge (not so close that the punch slips off when you hit it!) inside of all four corners to try and maximize the amount of material displaced into the tight corners of the dovetail. I also put some loctite in there when I installed the sight as an added safeguard. I've had good success with that approach on a Ruger MkII and a P228 that had a sloppy fit.

If I'm misunderstanding and you have the opposite problem where the sight base is too wide to fit into the slide dovetail, you need a file. Preferably a triangular one with a safe side. Take a small amount of material off the angled edge of the sight base at a time, being careful to maintain the angle, until you can drive it into the dovetail. Beveling the leading edge corners just a bit can help with the install.

Thank you . I will continue to try doing that but the sight I purchased is really hardened

 

[Mike Evertson]

Could be LEOSA

Texas

 

[Mike Evertson]

Where do you live where you have to shoot a qualification course to carry a concealed handgun? Have you tried Numrich? https://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=beretta+92+rear+sight

Looks like they have the correct site. Ill find out soon enough. Thank you
Great web site

 

[Mike Evertson]

.226 looks like the correct size best I can determine with calipers. Let me know if you change you mind on selling.What red dot did you install

Thanks , the information provide seems to be what I needed.

 

[lrdudley]

What red dot did you install

Vortex Venom 6 MOA. Occasionally use it for Steel competition.

 

[Mike Evertson]

Vortex Venom 6 MOA. Occasionally use it for Steel competition

Vortex Venom 6 MOA. Occasionally use it for Steel competition.

Would you do it again?

 

[lrdudley]

Absolutely. Stopped using it for a couple of years because of the cost of ammo. Switched to S&W Victory 22 for the competitions.

 

[lrdudley]

Mike,
If you want to go the red dot route, this is the mount that I used.
Beretta 92 Sight Mount
In the photo, the piece marked A2 is too wide to go into the dovetail in the slide. My gunsmith put that piece in his mill and narrowed it down to fit the dovetail in the slide. He had to take some off of both sides so that the holes for the mounting screws stayed centered. I would think with a little ingenuity and a sharp fine file this could be done by hand. The only other thing I did was add a very narrow thin piece of stick on rubber across the bottom side (side you are seeing in this picture) closest to the muzzle end to eliminate any movement of the mount.