Magnum flintch

[allranch2025]

I have a 22 Voodoo I set in a bag and try to hit the same hole with successive shots. I also have some targets, designed primarily for pistols, but the quadrants around the bullseye are marked to tell you what you are doing wrong.

When I switch to my big bores, I fire a couple rounds through my 458 Lott - after that, everything else is child's play.

I have found, shooting at paper or steel gives you a lot of time to think - sometimes, too much time. When that cape buffalo or elephant is your target - you don't worry much about recoil.

I also shoot pop up and charging targets, gets your brain to focus on the shot and not the hurt.

458 Lott? aren't those supposed to have wheels on them?

 

[Axle2010]

Anybody else think it should be called "scope flinch" instead of "magnum flinch"? I don't flinch with anything with iron sights not even my 460 WBY. I did get hit by, not cut by, a scope a long time ago and I still catch myself sometimes making sure I'm as far back from the glass as I can and still see properly in it. Seems like recoil don't bother my shoulder much s long as it don't hit me in the face. The dummy round idea works great though, I do similar with my revolvers. I load a couple of empty round with live ones then spin the cylinder so I can't tell which is which once it's closed. It'll certainly show you a flinch when it goes click instead of boom.

 

[Franco]

458 Lott? aren't those supposed to have wheels on them?

Yes, and mounted to a chassis.

 

[375Fox]

Anybody else think it should be called "scope flinch" instead of "magnum flinch"? I don't flinch with anything with iron sights not even my 460 WBY. I did get hit by, not cut by, a scope a long time ago and I still catch myself sometimes making sure I'm as far back from the glass as I can and still see properly in it. Seems like recoil don't bother my shoulder much s long as it don't hit me in the face. The dummy round idea works great though, I do similar with my revolvers. I load a couple of empty round with live ones then spin the cylinder so I can't tell which is which once it's closed. It'll certainly show you a flinch when it goes click instead of boom.

I think everyone is different. I find myself wanting to flinch in anticipation of the blast not so much the recoil. My 223 was one of rifles I had worst time fighting urge to flinch with until I put a suppressor on it.

 

[Flipper Dude]

If I’m trying to shoot the center of a 10 ring off a bench, I’ll let the shot surprise me on a gentle squeeze. If I’m shooting my Lott or 404 Jeffery, the last damn thing I want is to be surprised. I put the crosshairs where I want and pull the trigger. Hard. I don’t jerk it, but I damn well know it’s going off when it does. Don’t sacrifice any accuracy in Minute of Buffalo. Works for me.

 

[Old3Toe]

When someone advises: "Squeeze the trigger until the gun goes off. The shot should surprise you."

Oh hell, NO!!!

My experience is that a surprise shot makes for surprise recoil and a very unwelcome shock to the senses! No matter the caliber or weapon (gun or bow, suppressor or no) surprise shots are subconsciously anxiety producing and contrary to the task at hand.

THEREFORE I fully eliminate the surprise of it... this I SEND MY SHOTS! I consciously and deliberately break the trigger and send them: Each-and-every-damn-one whether it's a BB gun or a blaster.

Marksmanship matters. Build the skill before the rifle. Be fully in control of your shot and I submit that you'll not suffer from flinches, target panic, yips or other unpredictable self-inflicted mental hiccups.