Pistol Shooting Drill – How To Get Rid Of Your Flinch [VIDEO]

By Patrick Roberts

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Do you want to get rid of your flinch? You know, that one that makes you shoot low and left (if you are right-handed) consistently? Who wouldn’t?

I reached out to two of my good friends who are excellent pistol shooters and top-rated trainers, Steve “Yeti” Fisher of Sentinal Concepts and Chuck Pressburg of Presscheck Consulting. They both told me that I sucked and then gave me some great advice, shoot ball and dummy. A lot.

Disclaimer: There are a TON of types of flinches, not just one. This drill focuses on you noticing the flinch, not diagnosing what kind of flinch you are displaying.

As much as shooters poke fun at other shooters for having a flinch, many time it isn’t because the gun scared us, but instead has a lot to do with bad habits formed after thousands and thousands of rounds shot over several years without formal instruction. Maybe you are trying to mitigate the recoil of the pistol before the shot breaks like I was.

Before we go any further, you will need a couple of things to make this …Read the Rest