Dry fire practice to stop flinching

[chacho]

Hi,

I've read that doing dry fire practice can be a good method for getting rid of flinch, but I'm not sure I'm getting any benefit out of it.

I can smoothly fire every time when when chamber is empty, but as soon as I know there is a live round in it I sometimes hesitate again.

Has anyone found they got a benefit from doing dry fire practice?

Just wanted to see what others experience before I go bashing away on the bolt a hundred times for no reason.

Thanks.

[meek]

I found just shooting had the best gain for me.

With every day at the range my flinch lessened.

I guess it took 6-7 trips or something to get it under control?

[sha]

I found it did take the edge of slightly, but it's no substitute for proper shooting.

[Warrigul]

I still dry fire one of three rifles in rotation 100 or so times each week just to get trigger practice, you can see how much you move, it is good for muscle memory.

Dunno about flinching but the best way to check is to get a mate to drop the rounds in for you without telling you which is just a case. My mate swore for years that he didn't flinch with the .300WM and that it was just the recoil- he had nothing to say when I loadfed the mag for him and second one in was a dummy round- the muzzle jumped about four inches.......

It is the best thing you can do with a pistol, if you are able to dry fire it, or get an air pistol.

[on_one_wheel]

Warrigul's method above would be fantastic training if you can get hold of a shooting budy..... You need to convince your brain that nothing bad will come of the noise and recoil, you know how hard it hits and how loud it is, just focus on the cross hairs and the target and use the trigger as if you are taking a precision measurement of your target with some kind of survey tool. Its just mind controll. That is what works for me, my best ever shots have been achieved by using mt rifle as a " precision survey tool "

Heres a few randon sentances from the book Straight Shooting by Jack Pollard " Most of all, the marksman has to conquer his own body " " Jerking the trigger of flinching an instant before letting the shot go is perhaps the most common of misses. The trick is to ensure that the moment you squese the trigger the rifle is as steady as the earth beneth you Quick , intantaneous trigger squeezing carries too big a risk of firing low before the aim is perfected. The important thing is to keep a picture of what you want to happen to the bullet after it leaves the barrel. This is what the Amereicans label calling the shot." .... " Tention is normaly based on the memory of past failures and all of us derad the hurt of failure small as it may be. But this tention can be eliminated or at least greatly reduced by applying the memory of past success (positive thinking again) Relax the mind and muscle. Recall vividly in detail a previous experience where you fired a extraordinary string. Relive that moment when your attempt was met by unqualified success, approach the competition with this concrete image of success fastened in your mind. It will work! "

[SendIt]

You need to convince your brain that nothing bad will come of the noise and recoil, you know how hard it hits and how loud it is...

Yep, that's the bit to focus on IMO.

Knowing that it won't hurt you and getting confident with that fact.

[Tonit]

Dunno about flinching but the best way to check is to get a mate to drop the rounds in for you without telling you which is just a case.

Clever, clever...

That's something to keep up my sleeve for the future.

[Baldrick314]

Hi,

I've read that doing dry fire practice can be a good method for getting rid of flinch, but I'm not sure I'm getting any benefit out of it.

I can smoothly fire every time when when chamber is empty, but as soon as I know there is a live round in it I sometimes hesitate again.

Has anyone found they got a benefit from doing dry fire practice?

Just wanted to see what others experience before I go bashing away on the bolt a hundred times for no reason.

Thanks.

I don't know how applicable this is to you but when I first got into pistol shooting my brother in law would take me to the range and load his revolver and give it to me, occasionally there would be one chamber with nothing in it and that would really highlight if you were flinching or not. Essentially the same as the method mentioned above with inserting a blank into a rifle. I think they key is for the shooter not to be aware when it's going to happen

[Antie]

when I first got into pistol shooting my brother in law would take me to the range and load his revolver and give it to me, occasionally there would be one chamber with nothing in it and that would really highlight if you were flinching or not.

Then when you flinch on an empty you blame the wind for knocking the pistol, right?

[Baldrick314]

when I first got into pistol shooting my brother in law would take me to the range and load his revolver and give it to me, occasionally there would be one chamber with nothing in it and that would really highlight if you were flinching or not.

Then when you flinch on an empty you blame the wind for knocking the pistol, right?

I used to just say I knew it was empty and wanted to get to the live ones

[Aussier]

I used to just say I knew it was empty and wanted to get to the live ones

Ha ha.

Like the spy movies.

"yeah, I could feel that one bullet was empty because of the weight"

[Spooner]

"yeah, I could feel that one bullet was empty because of the weight"

Whatever you say Mr. Bourne

[chacho]

I think I'm slowly coming around to this now.

Didn't really feel it was doing anything for me, but I've spent a bit of time behind a 22 practices over the last few weeks and am seeing some benefit now I think.

So there you go.