Defeting flinch

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Flinch is one of the top 3 things that will ruin a shot.

I wanted to share my method for getting rid of the flinch.

First off flinch is really more a habit than fear of recoil. Even people who shoot often can fall in to it and not notice. A simple change of gear or just that one day you can't get comfortable behind your rifle and next thing you find out your flinching a bit.

There are two things to help if you find ur self flinching.

#1 dry fire practice. And lots of it.
#2 proper fallowthrew.

When your dryfireing try different body poshions, keep your trigger hand light. The main thing to focus on during this practice will be ur fallowthrew. Keep your finger on that trigger, don't let your finger jump off after the shot. Let your finger back to the ready under control.
Part #2 of fallowthrew is stay concentrated on your aim. You wana be in your own world. Keep focused on your crosshairs and were they are pointed. It is ok to change point of aim when reloading but when your shooting nothing elce matters. B4, as, and after.

Summed up, practice correct fallowthrew in dryfire practice and it will help get rid of any flinch.
 
For me rather then dry firing I shoot rim fire.

I have a 17HMR that I target shoot with. Nothing better then that for getting rid of a flinch.
 
Dry firing and 22lr, before and after any session where accuracy is the goal, focus on technique, i have a beat in my head that flows through the action to firing, the groove i call it....
 
"ball and dummy drills" are the way to beat flinch and develope smooth driver skills.. they are an important training tool used extensively by nearly all professional schools (military, police or civilian)
 
kungfushurfu said:
"ball and dummy drills" are the way to beat flinch and develope smooth driver skills.. they are an important training tool used extensively by nearly all professional schools (military, police or civilian)
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Best way here.......Load your own rounds without powder and primers, or get someone to do it for you, mix up the ammo and load.

Don't cheat by feeling the primers either, you're only screwing yourself. It helps if you have a buddy with you to mock you endlessly if you flinch.:D
 
PGW Steve said:
Best way here.......Load your own rounds without powder and primers, or get someone to do it for you, mix up the ammo and load.

Don't cheat by feeling the primers either, you're only screwing yourself. It helps if you have a buddy with you to mock you endlessly if you flinch.:D
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Agreed.

I seem to remember reading an article about about balancing a dime on the barrel.
I can't remember what the exact process was though. I think a friend loads your rifle, then balances a dime on the top of the barrel, if it's a dud/snap cap and the dime falls off, you're flinching.
 
I'll take the opposite approach. Shoot something really big to reset what your idea of recoil is. When you find out what won't kill you, things like a .300 actually start to be a lot of fun. A box of 12 gauge 3" puts a few shots out a deer rifle into perspective, and African style recoil makes everything else seem tame or even fun.

If you already have a flinch, it won't make it any worse if this technique doesn't work.
 
PGW Steve said:
Best way here.......Load your own rounds without powder and primers, or get someone to do it for you, mix up the ammo and load.

Don't cheat by feeling the primers either, you're only screwing yourself. It helps if you have a buddy with you to mock you endlessly if you flinch.:D
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Ridicule and shame.....pretty much the best way I know of! :D

I find its really about concentration and focus.
Your brain will concentrate and process ridiculous crap (the recoil of a 10 pound 223) if you let it...Keep it focused and busy with other stuff and it will let up....At least for a while.

At which point I resort to ridicule and shame. :p
 
na1lb0hm said:
Agreed.

I seem to remember reading an article about about balancing a dime on the barrel.
I can't remember what the exact process was though. I think a friend loads your rifle, then balances a dime on the top of the barrel, if it's a dud/snap cap and the dime falls off, you're flinching.
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Do this a bit with the shooting team. It's not flinch, helps trigger pull.
 
Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, and more practice are the only things that will get rid of flinch.
 
"...fallowthrew..." What? Follow through?
Dry firing is practice for sight picture, breathing and trigger control. Won't do squat for a flinch by itself. DP rounds, preferably loaded by somebody else, will tell you if you even have a flinch.
Flinching has multiple causes. Recoil is only one. A stock that doesn't fit, excessive muzzle blast, the perception of heavy recoil, etc. are others. You have to figure out what is causing the flinch.
 
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