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twoclones
February 23, 2009, 02:21 PM
At what distance do you like to shoot for adjusting your handgun sights? I do most of my target practice and sight tweaking at 50'. Any advantages to using a shorter or longer distance?

rcmodel
February 23, 2009, 02:34 PM
The further the better, within reason.

50 yards is not out of the question with flat shooting calibers like the .357.

25 yards is good for most auto-pistols.

It is easier to detect sight mis-alignment of a few clicks at longer ranges then it is up close.

rc

PO2Hammer
February 23, 2009, 05:00 PM
Yep.

f4t9r
February 23, 2009, 05:07 PM
Start about 30 Ft and go back from there to 40 or 50

GRIZ22
February 23, 2009, 05:46 PM
What rcmodel said.

Thingster
February 23, 2009, 09:23 PM
I sight in at 25 yards, and practice regularily out to 50. Almost any gun with any shooter can knock the center out of a target to 10 yards- you don't get anything truly representative until you start to open range up a little.

9mmepiphany
February 23, 2009, 09:30 PM
i have to agree, you really need to back up to at least 25 yards to make meaningful adjustments to handgun sights. i sioght in at 25 yards and confirm at 50 yards