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I've got myself wanting a flintlock rifle. Thinking of building one but the ones I've shot even the really fast gives me target panic.I shot indoor archery comp and trust me I know what Tg and follow thru is. But these fainter are hard on me.lol
 
Target panic and flinch are not the same thing. I've had both and flinch is much easier to overcome than Target panic.
 
Target panic can manifest itself in many forms, like in Archery, one fellow may snap shoot before he is completely ready, another may have trouble letting the arrow go. These examples may seem diametrically opposed but stem from the same malady, Target Panic. All its' forms may be overcome.
Robby
 
Target panic? Never heard of it. What is it?

It's really an archery thing. It describes the inability to hold at draw until the mind/sight picture is settled. Shooting a bow that is beyond the strength of the shooter can contribute but it goes well beyond that.

I've never encountered it with firearms but I think it's there for many shooters.
 
This also happens in competition trap and skeet shooting especially when you get older and your confidence wanes.
 
Target panic can manifest itself in many forms, like in Archery, one fellow may snap shoot before he is completely ready, another may have trouble letting the arrow go. These examples may seem diametrically opposed but stem from the same malady, Target Panic. All its' forms may be overcome.[/quote}
Fascinating. I must admit that I don't think I've ever experienced such a thing. But then, I'm not an archer, either.
 
Ok now convince me to build a flint instead of percussion. I really like the looks of a flintlock and the fact that the holders go after the #11 caps first. It's just cool to know I can shoot no matter the cap scarcity.
 
I shoot both cap, and flint rifles, also cap and ball revolvers, I find flint more challenging(more involved fiddling), and rewarding after a good day at the range. Actually they are all fun to shoot, hard to pick a choice.
 
Ok now convince me to build a flint instead of percussion. I really like the looks of a flintlock and the fact that the holders go after the #11 caps first. It's just cool to know I can shoot no matter the cap scarcity.
If you can master shooting a flint, your caplock shooting will improve.

A good practice to help eliminate flinch is to dry fire with just prime in the pan. When it flashes, ..........Think. "This is all that is causing me to flinch"????
Larry
 
Just something I taught myself in the Army, get mad at the target and focus hard on the front sight. It's hard to get mad at a paper target but you can psych yourself into it. Being so mad at a target you want to kill it focuses the mind and you can't worry about your problems on the range so you don't do them.

You can imagine you're hunting and think of the round paper target as a trophy buck. You want that sucker so badly you're not going to let him pull any tricks and you want to damned certain drill a hole through him. Make the X ring a patch of hair dead center in the kill zone, focus on the front sight as if your life depends on it and bag that buck.

As a middle age man I decided to play lacrosse with the university club. I wasn't very good. One night there was meditative space music on the radio. I got up, put my gloves on, took my stick and closed my eyes and imagined being on the field so intensively I could have actually been there. Moving to the rhythm of the music I saw in my mind balls coming at me every which way. I worked my actual stick in sync with my imaginary stick, doing every thing perfectly. I spent an hour dancing this way. The next day I was working the ball as well as anyone.

What you do wrong is all in your mind. Doing things right is all in your mind. Go to a dark room with your rifle, close your eyes and imagin a 360 degree firing line around you, begin dancing with your rifle, popping targets in a random sequence imagining putting balls through the X rings. Only imagine doing things perfectly right. Don't get self conscious and let worry over technique enter your mind. Don't let anyone watch so you might think yourself a fool and break your rock solid concentration.

The mind can train you, or it can defeat you. Use the positive part of it to bash the negative. Let the mind that doesn't flinch subdue the mind that does.

Now I need to practice what I preach.
 
Ok now convince me to build a flint instead of percussion. I really like the looks of a flintlock and the fact that the holders go after the #11 caps first. It's just cool to know I can shoot no matter the cap scarcity.
Flinters are huge fun, and a challenge to be mastered, go for it. They reward with great sense of satisfaction.
The panic can be easily overcome. Trust me, it can.
One thing at a time, get the rifle first, you won;t regret it. Cross the next bridge when you get to it.
 
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