Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but being a flincher myself, I will testify there is no absolute cure for the dreaded flinch. I am 67 years old and have shot a shotgun most of my life. When I was young I almost never flinched. Now, it is different. My flinch is mainly 'trigger freeze' and I never know when it will happen. On a good day it may only happen once or none. A bad day, every 10 or so shots. I think taking your eyes off the target or even closing eyes just prior to the shot is a form of flinch. And then there is the off hand flinch where you pull the gun downwards. And then, trigger freeze which is the worst of the bunch, all being bad. I have slapped the trigger and that may help some, but no cure. A release trigger which I go back and forth to is best for me, but I can flinch with a release too, but only rarely, maybe once out of 250 targets in competition. Competition and the stress thereof make the flinch more prominent for me. I have a familial tremor and have often wondered if that carries over to flinching? I think it does imho. The best advice I can give is to look very hard at detail on the target just prior to and through the shot. Easier said than done, but I think that may help the most in mitigating the dreaded flinch/and trigger freeze....at least for me.. Good luck!
