Flinching Poll:

[boomer1911a1]

Nine words:
Dry-fire practice, dry-fire practice, dry-fire practice.

I voted "Not to me" or whatever the topmost "cocky" option was, although technically, I suppose I do tend to get a little fatigued after 150 rounds of 10mm (even the "soft" Blazer stuff.) Maybe sooner with Magnums.

But dry-fire practice helps. Just remember Rule #1, because you're going to have to break Rule #2 and #3! (And #4 if you use TV characters as dummy targets.) I recommend removing all live ammo from the immediate area and inserting orange foam earplugs into the chamber to insure nothing gets chambered inadvertently...

 

[HM2PAC]

boomer1911a1 wrote:

Nine words:
Dry-fire practice, dry-fire practice, dry-fire practice.

Odd that you mention that in relation to flinching. I'd never thought of it as anything other than an accuracy drill.

I dry-fire every night while I watch the news.
Over and over and over.........

 

[MCgunner]

I suspect that everyone that goes though the magnum revolver introduction after shooting .22s to .45s has to learn to control the urge to finch. It's not hard to do once you let the gun quit intimidating you, but it does require some shooting and practice. I don't think it took me more than a half dozen shooting sessions with a Ruger Security Six (had an evil amount of muzzle climb) before I conquered it. My first bouts with a .44 magnum weren't too bad once I'd figured out to quit worrying about the gun and concentrate on front sight and trigger control.

Guns that hurt can still cause me to earn a flinch. That's why I don't like Scandium .357 J frames.

 

[mokin]

I don't believe that I flinch on a regular basis. Either I notice it while shooting and start to correct it or on an FTF. Usually on the FTF occurances I've shot several nice groups, close/in the bullseye and I think, "Wow, I shot like with that kind of flinch?"

 

[Smith357]

An exercise to help with flinch is to load your revolver with only 3 or 4 rounds, spin the cylinder and don't look at it when you close it, or better yet have your range buddy load it with an unknown number of empty chambers, then fire as normal, if you flinch you will catch it on the empty chamber and can correct for it. I still catch myself every once in a while, especially with magnums.

 

[BroughtEnoughGun]

I never flinch with any of my handguns, and I do own a .454 Casull and a S&W 500 Magnum, now since Im new to rifles I do flinch maybe the first 5 rounds out of my .300 win mag, but once I establish that the scope isnt going to hit me in the eye, Im good for the rest of the day.