Just going through some posts and came to wonder at what range do you guys set your targets up at?

 

For example if am shooting a handgun I usually set it at 25 yards and go from there, using FBI "Q" targets.

If I am shooting rifle...223 usually 100 yards but I like to stretch it to 300 yards with open sights on my AR's.

depends on what mood I am in. If i am just goofing off I like to play at about 75yrds but if testing loads or testing a rifle it's a hundred. If I am really looking to stretch things out a little i will bring it out to 600 on the farm. It all comes down to what mood I am in.

I use paper plates mostly. I've shot a 6" desert plates at 25yards, but that is not a typical distance.

That's just for fun and see if I can do it. The bigger regular plates I use from 7-25yds.

 

If it were a full size silouette style target I'd probably shoot at no less than 10-15 yards.

Pistol 7- 25 yds. Pistol load developement 25 yds.

 

.223 Load developement 100 yds because that seems to be the standard for comparison.

For practice with both irons(A2) and scoped off bags 300 yds (the most distance I have)

For position shooting with irons 100 and 300 yds.

 

BTW with irons I shoot an A3 20". Makes a BIG difference over a 16" bbl at 300 yds.

I guess with my .22, it's usually 25 yards maybe? I usually go to the indoor range at Bob's little for that. With a centerfire rifle, I do 100 yards, but eventually I want to move up to 300 yards. That seems like the most fun to me honestly.

Just going through some posts and came to wonder at what range do you guys set your targets up at?

 

For example if am shooting a handgun I usually set it at 25 yards and go from there, using FBI "Q" targets.

If I am shooting rifle...223 usually 100 yards but I like to stretch it to 300 yards with open sights on my AR's.

 

I shoot at all distances from 7 - 25 yards. My handguns are sighted in at 50'. I use a handmade target with 8" and 6" circles on it and a business card sized square. I use this target for drills from low ready position. The drills are 7-6-5 drills, 7 yards, 6 shots, 5 seconds. You shoot the 8" circle first, then the business card, then the 6" circle. I alternate having the targets on each edge of the paper so I do not get accustomed to shooting them in the same places all the time.

Shooting handguns at about 10-12 yards. Feel like I can stretch out to maybe 20 yards and still hit the paper. I'm not ready for 25 yards with a handgun yet.

 

Red dot .22 rifle at 50 yards but I'm ready to go longer.

Usually whatever I got and a few places in between. I'm not facing a 1000 meter backstop on a regular basis.