I need help with sight installation and zeroing

[Laser eyes]

I just put new sights on my pistol and I'm struggling to get them dialed in, does anyone have a good process for zeroing irons efficiently without wasting a ton of ammo, and how tight should I really torque these screws? I'm paranoid about stripping something or having sights walk on me mid-range session

 

[Falon]

Start with a bore or laser to align, shoot from 7, then 15, then 25 yards, adjust between strings. Torque screws to manufacturer spec or finger tight plus quarter turn, so use blue Loctite amd check after five rounds

 

[sand sock]

i had someone bring me a pistol to look at that he couldnt hit anything with. i have 3 different tips for you.
1 glock style sights, get a caliper and zero it, then use the stick end . like you would use to measure a blind hole. if you measure left and right and get it as close to even. that works pretty well.
2 you can count how many clicks left to right and divide by half and thats pretty close.
3 i did a taurus something, it had a protective windage rear sight. you could set a feeler gauge in there and try to get the left to right as even as possible.

on archery , the front sight chases the arrow and the rear sight does the opposite.

 

[more_ammo]

I just put new sights on my pistol and I'm struggling to get them dialed in, does anyone have a good process for zeroing irons efficiently without wasting a ton of ammo, and how tight should I really torque these screws? I'm paranoid about stripping something or having sights walk on me mid-range session

I'm assuming iron sights? Are they taller?(Suppressor height?) What kind of pistol?
I built a "sled" to hold my rifles, and pistols, completely stable that I use to zero. I think it's a good idea to have the firearm "clamped" down and get any bit of human error out of the process. Start close and get yourself on paper... Windage should be able to be zeroed quickly.... As you move farther away you can play with height(if your sights allow) .

 

[Falon]

Oh man, I just went through this! Don't worry about stripping anything yet, just be gentle with the screws. The best thing I learned was to stop trying to zero at 25 yards right away. Start at 7 yards! Get a solid, tight group dead-center at 7 yards first. Once that's perfect, then you can back up to 15 or 25 yards. It saved me a ton of ammo, honestly, also for the torque, my instructor told me "snug, then a tiny bit more," but if you're paranoid, a drop of blue Loctite on the set screw threads gives great peace of mind and stops them walking