Roland Thunder
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Assuming you shoot 9mm and you are a person that has trouble with flinching (like me), what will help you more:
I usually have #1 suggested to me, I am a little more inclined to believe #2 would be more helpful. The idea being, if you get used to shooting a .40 or .45 then the recoil of a 9mm will seem a lot less when you switch back. Kind of the same thinking like in basketball practice when they have you wear ankle weights to practice in then have you take them off for game time. I had one guy tell me he started shooting a .22 to learn to quit flinching. Once he got to where he didn't flinch anymore with the .22, he switched back to 9mm and then started flinching again.
- Shooting a gun with less recoil, like a .22lr
- Shooting a gun with more recoil, like a .40 or .45
I usually have #1 suggested to me, I am a little more inclined to believe #2 would be more helpful. The idea being, if you get used to shooting a .40 or .45 then the recoil of a 9mm will seem a lot less when you switch back. Kind of the same thinking like in basketball practice when they have you wear ankle weights to practice in then have you take them off for game time. I had one guy tell me he started shooting a .22 to learn to quit flinching. Once he got to where he didn't flinch anymore with the .22, he switched back to 9mm and then started flinching again.