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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Oct 08, 2019 5 minutes

    Fighting the Flinch

    I just wrapped up the online article, “Shooting the Snubnose Revolver,” by Mike Thomas. He’s got some very good information in that piece, but I have a different suggestion: Another way to practice at home is to remove all ammo from your handgun and clear the chamber. Place a quarter near the front sight—if your gun has a flat top slide. If you can’t keep the quarter from falling when you pull the trigger, then you’re flinching. It’s just as much about trigger jerk as it is about recoil anticipation.

    Larry K. Brown Online comment

    Recoil anticipation, trigger jerk, flinching … call it what you will, but it all equates to detrimental movement during the shot cycle that destroys accuracy. Your quarter-balancing act is a great trick that I’d nearly

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