Thread: Suppressor, reduced loads or smaller calibre

If you are prone to flinching, you might find that you flinch with any and every rifle. I had a stage where I picked up a flinch randomly and would even begin to flinch with a slug gun!

If you don't wear hearing protection you should, I think not wearing it is what caused my flinch and it definitely helps!
Get a 22 and get shooting prone, make sure that you can pull the trigger and not blink or shy away or anything, teach yourself it wont hurt you, and if you start to flinch just work through it. If you then move onto a 223 or a 243 you should be able to do the same thing.

I find that even if I have a hard kicking rifle and a sore shoulder, I will be apprehensive about pulling the trigger, but can get myself to concentrate more on shooting small groups that the kick that is about to happen. It's a mental thing to train yourself to know that you are about to get bitten, but are more interested in shooting a small group or get the perfect shot on a deer/goat/rabbit that the pain that will come from it.