Thanks, Mike. I DO need the luck. Especially in early June, when I will be shooting in the U.S. Open at Tunica. There may come a time when I feel the need to go back to 1 oz. loads, but right now I'm going to stick with what is working for me. I've made several changes over the last couple years, and everything seems to be "coming together" well.

In the larger tournaments I typically shoot each year in Georgia and South Carolina the top shooters use 1 1/8 oz. loads over 1 oz. probably two to one. Maybe they're the ones that aren't as recoil sensitive, I don't know. I have a habit of picking up empties laying around the shooting box and looking at them.

As I said before, my flinch is not at all recoil related. I NEVER pull the trigger when I flinch. It manifests itself in an inability to pull the trigger when my mind says NOW! Over half the time I can recover quickly and break the bird, many times the pair. If it had been recoil related it would not have gotten way, way better when switching to a heavier payload, but would have only gotten worse.

Thanks for the conversation, always interesting.


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