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WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR STARTINGTO FLINCH WHEN TRAP SHOOTING

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#1 ·
This is my opinion maybe your Brain is tired getting the carp kicked out of it because macho man has to shoot the biggest high powered load. Look at it like this if every time you came home your wife hit you in the head with a bat how long before you would duck every time you came home just my 2 cants.Isee older guys moving up to a larger load because there scores are dropping let's face it we get old things chang.
 
#3 · (Edited)
I flinch shooting clay targets if my sight picture isn't perfect...
Years of shooting bench-rest rifles & target archery I needed everything perfect. My brain won't allow me to pull a trigger on a moving target, now I have to let go of it (Release trigger) to be able to score a hit !
Recoil has nothing to do with my issue!
 
#5 ·
A flinch can come from several different issues. Fit, recoil, trigger issues, etc...

For me I developed a serious problem and I believe it was a worn out trigger in my Ljutic. Bad springs or something I was told that were leading to inconsistent trigger pull weights...regardless, at least once per round I'd flinch so bad the gun would fire off my shoulder. Scary stuff right there if you've ever experienced it. Doesn't get much worse than that as far as a flinch goes.

I've also watched a guy flinch so bad he did something similar. Only thing that had changed was the addition of a Stock Lock. The difference in feeling at the shot and the lack of felt recoil can really mess with your brain if you let it. I experienced the sensation of what felt like I was going to drop my gun for about he first 10 targets. After my first round I was cruising along nicely but there's no denying it...it changed things. In my case for the better but that may not be true for all.
 
#7 ·
Started to flinch over a year ago.
I "counted" the misses that I KNEW were related to my flinch.
Switched to Release.
Did fine for a few months.
Started again to count the misses I attributed to a flinch.
Found that I had a similar "flinch" even with the Release
Returned to Pull.
Along comes Corona.

I might be offering a few Release triggers for sale over the next few months.
 
#24 ·
Yeah, Pipe Layer, I would get something similar to that shooting pistol. If I had to delay my trigger press for some reason, sometimes the "recoil mitigation and recovery" sub-program would kick in before the shot, and in the absence of recoil to mitigate and recover from, would show itself as a flinch. I have found the modern isosceles variants less prone to this than say Weaver, because they are more passive with respect to recoil control.
 
#26 ·
Never knew why I flinched, all I know it became that bad all my Buds used to take a step back each time I mounted my gun to shoot.
I could see them in my peripheral vision take the step back all 4 of them and then proceed to wet them selves laughing, I would flinch 8-10 times every 25.
It was funny to us all at first including me but after a short while it became a costly venture to find a cure for me.
I tried everything but a Release Trigger for approximately 2-3 years, new guns, new stocks, softer shells, different holds on the Trap, you name it I tried it all except a Release.
I was shooting the 1999 Grand and finally gave in and had Phil Crenwelge install a Release-Pull, he tried to convince me to go Double Release straight off the Bat.
I believed it was going to be hard enough to get my head around a Release-Pull let alone a Double, fast forward to 2010 Iowa State and you guessed it flinch started on my second in Doubles.
Luckily Phil was on hand and a Double was installed, took to it like a Duck to water and have not had a flinch since then.
I know a Release is not for everyone, I never tried to analyze the problem other than I knew I had a bad flinch and did not know what caused it, didn't care just wanted it gone.
It often amazes me what the human brain can be trained to do without much effort, we often over think things and convince ourselves "It's just to hard"
Believe me if you need to change a little effort will have your brain working just the way you want it too.
If you stopped me now just before I call my target and asked have you set your Trigger, I would have to look and see as it's a total subconscious action for me.

Regards from Down Under.

Release Trigger.

PS. Due to Covid19 all Gun Clubs here in Aussie have been closed down until further notice, stay safe all, and have a wonderful summer.
 
#27 ·
Never knew why I flinched, all I know it became that bad all my Buds used to take a step back each time I mounted my gun to shoot.
I could see them in my peripheral vision take the step back all 4 of them and then proceed to wet them selves laughing, I would flinch 8-10 times every 25.
It was funny to us all at first including me but after a short while it became a costly venture to find a cure for me.
I tried everything but a Release Trigger for approximately 2-3 years, new guns, new stocks, softer shells, different holds on the Trap, you name it I tried it all except a Release.
I was shooting the 1999 Grand and finally gave in and had Phil Crenwelge install a Release-Pull, he tried to convince me to go Double Release straight off the Bat.
I believed it was going to be hard enough to get my head around a Release-Pull let alone a Double, fast forward to 2010 Iowa State and you guessed it flinch started on my second in Doubles.
Luckily Phil was on hand and a Double was installed, took to it like a Duck to water and have not had a flinch since then.
I know a Release is not for everyone, I never tried to analyze the problem other than I knew I had a bad flinch and did not know what caused it, didn't care just wanted it gone.
It often amazes me what the human brain can be trained to do without much effort, we often over think things and convince ourselves "It's just to hard"
Believe me if you need to change a little effort will have your brain working just the way you want it too.
If you stopped me now just before I call my target and asked have you set your Trigger, I would have to look and see as it's a total subconscious action for me.

Regards from Down Under.

Release Trigger.

PS. Due to Covid19 all Gun Clubs here in Aussie have been closed down until further notice, stay safe all, and have a wonderful summer.
I shot a pull trigger for 10 years before I developed a flinch.. It was not
caused by the effects of recoil. I believe it was indecision. Everything
had to be perfect before I let the shot go. A release trigger solved my
problems. I still flinch, but rarely.