trigger flinch

[berettaman1]

For the last 12 months or so I have been afflicted with trigger flinch, at first I thought my gun was malfunctioning it was not all the time, but every Sunday without fail I would lose 2 to 3 clays, I even changed my gun, same problem,After much thought and advice I now realise what I think has been the problem, I believe that if I do not take the shot in the spot that I have intended to, then my brain subconsiously tells itself the shot is lost and can not allow the trigger to be pulled, Now,... before people respond saying I am not realeasing the trigger fully, dont bother this allways happens on the first trigger pull of a pair, I think as I am now a old bloke I am trying too hard to shoot as good as I used to, and once my brain sees the clay has gone past that point where I had subconciously programmed myself to fire, then thats it, target lost! Last week I put in a 78 but again 3 lost to the Freeze.(Oh sod it.)

[Chard]

It sounds silly, but have you tried pulling the trigger with a different finger, like your middle finger?

I know a bloke who suffered from intermittent trigger freeze and that stopped it. It seemed to separate the act of pulling the trigger from whatever was going on in his mind, because he wasn't using the finger that he normally used. I think it upset his rhythm a bit for a while and his scores dipped slightly for a few sessions, because it felt a bit odd, but they soon came back up again.

[berettaman1]

Yes I have tried everything that has been suggested, that method does work for a while but then I forget and back to normal.Mates (AA shooters) tell me I am trying too hard and am not shooting as smoothly as before! Thanks anyway.

[bob300w]

Yes I have tried everything that has been suggested, that method does work for a while but then I forget and back to normal.Mates (AA shooters) tell me I am trying too hard and am not shooting as smoothly as before! Thanks anyway.

When I get strange things like this happen, or a run of unexplained misses, I lay off the shooting for a couple of weeks, when I start again, the brain seems to have forgotten the problem. Course, the brain not even being able to remember what I had for dinner last night may help! Only other thing that I can suggest is a couple of hours at a shooting school, as mates tend not to see the whole picture, how do they know how hard you are trying? Only you know that, and logically, how can you try too hard?

[the last engineer]

trigger flinch is a nervous reaction, you freeze basicaly, the problem is in your head, the more you worry about it the more it will happen, a lot of shooters have taken the extreme and gone to release triggers, having tried it its not for me but i see how it solves the problem,,,,,,,,, in the extreme as i said.

 

its easy to say i know, but you have to stop your mind thinking about the next flinch, you have to learn to relax, not only your mind but your hand as well, stress and tention are killers in shooting, ask yourself how many flinched shots have you taken out in the field, i bet none too maybe a couple, the reason is your not trying to prepare yourself, you react without a concious thought of trigger pull.

 

 

take a look at the link he's right.

http://www.corneredcat.com/Basics/flinch.aspx

 

Martin

[Pirate]

Basically Ron,

 

Liken it to erectile dysfunctions, or bladder problems, the more you worry about it, the more likely it will happen.

 

I'de agree with Chard's remedy, use a different finger, and you have already confessed to this working, save that you forget.

 

Pirate: