P938 Shoots to the left

Hi there! First, have you ruled out your grip, trigger pull, or a nick in the crown affecting the shots?

Yes, you can certainly ship it to Sig or visit any gunsmith, but you can adjust the sights with a simple punch and a hammer at home. YouTube is a great resource for simple at-home care & cleaning.

Do the front and rear sights appear centered over the slide and muzzle, and in their dovetails? (Please unload your pistol—twice!—before looking...) Do you have a pair of calipers for accurate measurments?

If the front sight already appears centered, you can tap the rear sight to the right to move the point of impact to the right.

You can do "trial and error" and make a small adjustment before each range trip, or, there's some math you could do to get the exact amount you need to move the sight.

How far to the left are you off?

Before you move the rear sight, have another proficient shooter shoot it. You may be using too much trigger finger or having other grip issues with that little gun. When a right hand shooter shoots a gun consistently to the left it is most often a grip/trigger finger issue.

I had 3 different P938s over a couple years. All shot to the left. It was me and not the guns. My large hands and long fingers never work too well with small semi autos, my J Frame revolvers are no problem though. As ShooterGranny said, let a more proficient shooter try it out first.

It's probably you and I say that with no judgement of your ability.

Choices are:

1) Work the problem with practice

2) Adjust the sights to accommodate.

The first P938 purchased, found was to much finger on the trigger. Had someone watch me and once adjusted and got over that, is right on target. Yeah!!!

Yeah, you guys make some strong points. It might be me, though I did shoot off a sandbag, sitting down to increase the accuracy and validate the shots. @SRTSnake I have very large hands too. Did you manage to adjust your style or how did you fix it?

It has been a few years since I had those P938s but I’ve found the only way I was pretty accurate with those and some others I have that are small (a Walther PPK/S, Ruger LCP & a Beretta Pico) is to wrap my index finger around the trigger, which usually is comfortable between the first and second or even on the second joint and
concentrate on pulling straight back. Unorthodox but it’s the only way I’m able to make it work.

I've worked on a few P938's, and have 3 myself. If the sights are centered on the slide, they all shoot to point of aim, never had one that was mechanically off. They do come with fairly high trigger pull weight, typically 7.5 to 8.5 pounds . . . though I worked on one that was an astonishing 12 lbs. Much of that due to poor fit of sear to hammer mating surfaces. I like lighter triggers, so mine are <4.

(I don't do commercial gunsmithing.)

SRTSnake said:

I had 3 different P938s over a couple years. All shot to the left. It was me and not the guns. My large hands and long fingers never work too well with small semi autos, my J Frame revolvers are no problem though. As ShooterGranny said, let a more proficient shooter try it out first.

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Yup, every small frame pistol I've owned shoots slightly low left. Not a deal killer,
just annoying. It's all my grip/finger position.

SRTSnake said:

It has been a few years since I had those P938s but I’ve found the only way I was pretty accurate with those and some others I have that are small (a Walther PPK/S, Ruger LCP & a Beretta Pico) is to wrap my index finger around the trigger, which usually is comfortable between the first and second or even on the second joint and
concentrate on pulling straight back. Unorthodox but it’s the only way I’m able to make it work.

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Ya, I’m a leftie and have a POI to the right. My solution w/ my 442 is to also wrap my finger on the trigger and concentrate on keeping the third joint parallel the wrist.
It’s getting more instinctive and groups are improving.

Sig doesn't go to any great lengths the center the sights.
My 320 X carry shot low right. Both sights were off and I was using the wrong sight picture.
Once these three things were corrected, I shoot the center of the X.
My new P238 shoots left and I can see the front sight is slightly right and the rear sightly left.
I'm sure that when corrected, it will be POA also.

As stated above the problem rarely lies in the pistol. Usually the shooter - especially with such a small pistol. Grip, stance, trigger finger, etc all have an extremely large influence on where things go. I'd be if you leaned up against a wall or rested the pistol, took a good amount of time to line the sights up, and focused on very slowly squeezing the trigger, the gun would be dead on.

If so focus on your techniques.

jetrinka said:

As stated above the problem rarely lies in the pistol. Usually the shooter -

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A few years back a buddy sold me his NIB Colt King Cobra for $350. He could't hit a target at 7 yards with. He bought it new in '86 and it came with half of the only box of 357 ammo he ever bought. For me it shot perfectly to point of aim...

As stated above the problem rarely lies in the pistol...

Cheers,

Tim