Blinking

[myopicmouse]

I noticed this after not shooting for a while....I seem to blink when I shoot, now not flynch, just blink. Is this bad or does everyone do it?..and it's just that I hadn't noticed myself doing it before.

 

[Kaylee]

If I'm not paying attention, I will sometimes.. and it is detrimental to accuracy, at least for me. Lotsa dry-firing and making a special point to "just see the impact" on firing help.

 

[Correia]

Blinking right when the shot breaks is bad. It will prevent you from calling your shot. i.e. knowing exactly where your front sight was at the moment the shot breaks.

The cure, dry fire. Lots and lots of dry fire.

 

[myopicmouse]

thanks guys, thats what i needed 2 know.

 

[myopicmouse]

Ok fellas, new News. I got someone to sit at the side of me to see if I was blinking. Apparently I actually don't blink when i shoot. she said that the top of my eye twitches slightly but my eyelid never comes down, i.e the top of my eye twitches but doesn't result in me blinking. Now when i say twich i dont mean my face or anything like that, rather just the top of my eyelid...is this still bad? I've never noticed it before you see and I'm thinking a/did i always do this and b/is this just a thinkg that i will always do or has it just developed recently and in a few months of constant shooting i'll not do it??? help!

 

[fletcher]

I don't think it's bad I do the same thing when I shoot anything loud. Happened in HS marching band too when I would go by the drum line. Just what I do I guess...

 

[Swampy]

mouse,

If you are reliably able to call your shots, then you CAN'T be blinking, eyelid twitch or not.

If you are reliably able to call your shots, then you are OK. If you are not able to reliably call your shots, then you have a problem.

Best regards,
Swampy

 

[myopicmouse]

Thanks swamp.... I can call em, just worried if on another elevel it may screw me up.

 

[Thrash1982]

I don't blink when I'm behind the trigger but I notice it when I'm standing next to someone shooting a Mosin Nagant M-44 or my muzzle braked FAL. The shockwave causes me to involuntarily blink.