Shoot 10-15 thousand 12Ga per year and most will flinch sometime or another, and it will not make a difference if you are shooting a .410, .22lr or .30-06. It just pops up and you never know when. Too many popped primers?
Little recoil may delay a flinch, but if one shoots a lot eventually it will happen. Then there is a recoil induced flinch and a visual flinch. They both end up with the same result. You have it bad when the forearm muscles tense to the point of becoming hard, but the finger can't pull the trigger.
I've flinched a good bit with both types on targets-mostly clays-but only twice that I can recall on live game.
Last edited by battue; 11/28/14.
