ORIGINAL: ejpaul1
I had this same problem and a pal helped my by playing a little game. I would sit on the nench then he would hand the rifle to me with the safety on. I would then aim the rifle and pull the trigger. Sometimes there was a live round in the chamber, and sometimes it was justa snap cap. A snap cap is a device that looks like a round, but only has a spring in it to ease the shock of the firing pin to help reduce damage. You will be amazed at the amount of flinch you have when you fire a dead round. As well, I found that I closed my eye when pulling the trigger. Lots and lots of practice, purposely holding your eye open and gently gradually squeezing the trigger should help. EJ
This is they way I solved my flinching problem.......and it works...
Practice shooting with the gun loaded by someone else and you not knowing if it's going to go bang or not.
It takes a long time but worth it. Those that don't overcome this won't even be able to shoot a 22 rimfire until they do.