Try to tighten up your girdle!

Ouch! (-_-)

I have also noticed that knocking off the caffine helps immensly. But your usually tired when you do that! The girdle didnt help me much, my shooting I mean. EJ

Roll with the kick..make it part of your follow thru ..and in time ..its second nature ....and the flinch is no more

Try bringing a pillow in your purse to put on your shoulder...Just kidding.

As a marksmanship instructor in the Marine Corps, I dealt with this problem alot, yes even with an m-16 which has almost no recoil. Our first solution was additional time "snapping in." Dry firing the rifle while concentrating on bone structure (stable stance), squeezing the trigger during your natural breathing pause, andsteady even pressure to the rear, etc...

The latter being the most important in my opinion. A flinch is almost always causedby anticipating the round firing. Forget about the recoil, pain is temporary. Try concentrating on your sight picture and slow, steady, even pressure of the trigger to the rear...theround firing should come as a surprise.
Slow steady even pressure to the rear, don't pull the trigger, squeeze it slowly, don't hold your breath,maintain sight picture,BANG! Nice Shot! This almost always corrected the problem.
-Phil

Shooting often on a regular basic will also keep the mind in tune knowing the recoil is not as bas as you thought. Some rifle's even in a 30-06 can have tremdous recoil. I usually always get jumpy when i'm shooting a new rifle for the first time. Crazy as it sounds maybe i'm just hoping it don't come apart lmao. Shoot and mentally overcome the problem.

FastShootingCarts, I shoot mainly Ruger No 1's and they have an all together different kind of recoil. Its more of a push back recoil instead of a buck. I shoot a 375h&h and its manageable on the bench. I also take my 300 win mag to the local shoots when they're using 7BR's and 308's. Just have to let the barrel cool more.

good avice all around. might wanna look into a recoil reducing pad. also concentrate on exhaling before you take the shot, and squeeze the trigger toward the end of the exhalation. alomost impossible to flinch when you're exhaling.

Part of flinching is that you are anticipating the trigger pull. If you've got a friend at the range with you, hold the gun on target and aim like you are going to shoot, but let them pull the trigger.

I here ya cherokee.

I bring a towel to add as padding. Lessens the recoil and that helps. Also, and I can't stress this enough, use good ear protection. I use plugs and muffs and just cutting down on the noise helps. Also good eye protection, preferrably glasses that wrap around your eyes. Sometimes it's the feel of the muzzle blast and noise that will worsen your flinch.

Then, try not to jerk the trigger, just slowly squeeze it as the crosshairs float around the target's center. Like they said, when the gun goes off you want it to be a suprise and that's where a lighter trigger pull and good trigger will help. I want to be suprised every time the trigger breaks and that usually makes me more accurate.