[Rick Lee]

One of the best practice methods is to mix in a dummy round or two with your live ammo and not watch your hands when you load the magazine. Then you don't know when the dummy round comes up. You'd be amazed how much you flinch when you squeeze (not pull) the trigger and nothing happens. You don't notice it when a live round goes off and the recoil and flash startle you. I had my tiny Chinese gf shoot my .44 mag and then she shot a Ruger .22 auto. You should have seen her flinch, expecting that .22 to kick like the .44. I've eliminated most of my flinch over years of practice and with crisper triggers on my guns. But the dummy rounds are great teachers.