The past few range trips I’ve been shooting .22s offhand at 7-15 yards with most of it between 8-10 yards (where the light is best at the indoor range). I think it would be a good idea* to actually get a baseline of what the pistols and myself are capable of in benched slow fire before sending more money down range.
What would be considered the shortest range to get meaningful feedback if I want to diagnose the following?
Grip benched
Grip offhand
Trigger press benched
Trigger press offhand
The goal is to improve precision rather than speed.
Is 3 yards too close? Should 5-7 be the minimum?
*Maybe it was a visit from The Good Idea Fairy, but my thought is we bench a rifle to establish a baseline of what it/we are capable of before practicing position shooting so I should probably do the same with the pistols I want to get better with.