[frostfire]

...bucking

Was training/sharing knowledge w/ a 38A with the same recurrent problem. All good tips already given, so if i may add some more:

- After solid dry fire drill, if error occurs during b&d, do 10X remedial perfect dry fire, then try b&d again
- Sometimes it helps to quiet the subconscious anticipating influence by mental commands. So instead of "it's gonna blow, it's gonna blow, it's gonna kick, im gonna screw this one up and get embarassed"........JERK/BUCk/FLINCH/HEEL, make her say verbally or in the mind "front sight-front sight-squeeze" or "slow-steady-squeeze"
- If the gun has flat top, put an empty pistol casing and dry fire. Too easy? Put 5.56 case. Still good? Put the rifle casing upside down
- To check for perfect fundamentals, attach flashlight to the rail if there's one. I prefer light to laser as laser tends to draw the focus away from sight alignment. Turn off the room light, start with forearm resting on table, thus isolating just grip & trigger finger. Establish and accept wobble zone (hold). Before, during, and after "click", there should not be sudden movement of the beam circle on the wall. The coach can watch for that sudden movement as well any twitch/blink in the shooter's eye, which is a predictor of flinchng. The shooter can watch for herself too as the peripheral vision will pick sudden movement even ith eyes focused on the front sight
- Practice solid follow through. Keep all fundamentals for 1 to two seconds after click or bang. Squeeze-click-one-thousand one-release trigger to reset.
- or even nerdier, isolate index finger from the other ones. Jut grip using thumb and index and observe/strive for straight squeeze to rear. Then with just thumb, index and middle. Then with full grip again. This is more to figure out placement of trigger and correcting horizontal spread though.

Give them a shot. They have worked for myself, the 38A, other SOF guys I share knowledge with, and random folks who asked me for tips at mckellar