[Rick Lee]

Flinch is right. I'm a seasoned shooter and my .357's still make me wince a lot.

A great trick I learned at the NRA Range years ago for reducing flich was to randomly load dummy rounds into magazines. I guess you could use snap caps too. But I had made a few .45 ACP dummy rounds and would mix them up with a handful of live ammo and then load my mags with my eyes closed. First time you're expecting a bang and get a click, you notice how much you flich. It's a LOT. Trick to reducing it is to not expect the hammer to go down. I know you're supposed to treat every gun like it's loaded. But when you're aiming downrange, pretend it's not loaded and expect a click. Then you won't flinch. On my P229, I've had the trigger lightened so much that it feels like you just have to think about it and the hammer drops. That reduces flinch too, though it's more expensive that way.