Sight adjustment distance?

[twoclones]

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]

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]

Yep.

 

[f4t9r]

Start about 30 Ft and go back from there to 40 or 50

 

[GRIZ22]

What rcmodel said.

 

[Hoxviii]

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]

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