smoakingun
New member
I just don't understand why some scope manufacturers insist on having a really short eye relief. I refuse to buy one that has less than 3.5" of relief.
Eye relief is around 3" on 90% of the scopes on the planet. Eye relief is not the issue. Proper fit of the rifle is. Every weekend I see the same thing. Scopes set to far back, shooters holding their heads back to get proper eye relief/ sight alignment.
Step one to curing flinch: Fit the rifle to the shooter. Put the shooter behind the rifle, have him grab the rifle grip with his trigger hand, pull the rifle smartly back into the shoulder. Have the shooter push his neck forwrd and rest his cheek on the rifle. Move the scope away from the shooter untill proper sight alignment (no shadow visible in the scope) is achieved.
Step two: Ball and dummy. The shooter takes position behind the rifle. The coach(you dad) takes 5 rounds in his hand. The shooter turns his head away, the coach loads the rifle with either a live round or closes the bolt on an empty chamber(dummy). The shooter fires a shot. The rifle goes click or bang. The rifle should go click until the shooter stops flinching. Once he stops, feed him a live round. Repet the procedure untill the flinch goes away.