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When dry firing, where are the sights pointed after you pull the trigger? You might benefit a lot from shooting a .22 pistol, in that fear of the gun going off will cause you to flinch. A .22 has so little recoil that you watch yourself miss for no reason and then decide not to flinch (which is easy because the muzzle blast is gone. Finally, double up on hearing protection (plugs and muffs) when shooting, as the noise contributes a ton to flinch.

There is no shame in flinching; I catch myself doing it from time to time and must be diligent in getting rid of it. Flinching doesn't imply that you're a sissy or that you don't know what you're doing; it is a natural human reaction to an explosion a few feet from your face that you must continually condition your lizard brain to ignore.