Have him shoot and video with your phone. You can see what he is doing and show him so he knows.
This could be it too. He said he pulled the trigger fast Saturday..He may yanking the trigger. I can still hear my Dad in my mind every time I pull the trigger. "slowly apply pressure to the trigger." Then he would always say it should almost surprise you when it fires.
This and/or just watch him shoot. When I say watch him shoot, I mean literally look at him pulling the trigger. Don't pay attention t anything else. I took a long range shooting course and they had someone there watching me pull the trigger and they would tell me whenever I made a mistake. You should see him flinch, yank the trigger, close his eyes, or whatever he is doing to throw the shot off. It should be obvious. You can go from there. Practicing with a 22 is a great idea. I have a 17hmr bolt action that I use to get in trigger time. Make sure he knows the basic breathing when shooting also.Have him shoot and video with your phone. You can see what he is doing and show him so he knows.
I have used this method for both rifle and shotguns. I have "cured" many clients through the years by starting off this way, both young and old....Load him some empty brass without telling him and see if he flinches
Too much emphasis is put on the trigger anymore, implying that it needs to be replaced. That's sometimes true, but I think it's rare. I've owned a lot of guns and only had one bad trigger that I had to replace. And believe it or not it was a few years ago on an S&W Performance Center gun.This could be it too. He said he pulled the trigger fast Saturday..
This. Best way to quickly tell if he's developed a flinch. It's also a great way to help him break from having a flinch. You work the action for him so he doesn't know when it's a blank or a live round.Load him some empty brass without telling him and see if he flinches
That's true, and it applies as much or more to size, dimensions and weight as it does to caliber/recoil.The worst thing for a new shooter is too much gun, too soon. .......
Too much emphasis is put on the trigger anymore, implying that it needs to be replaced. That's sometimes true, but I think it's rare. I've owned a lot of guns and only had one bad trigger that I had to replace. And believe it or not it was a few years ago on an S&W Performance Center gun.
In my 20's I shot on a Police Pistol Team. It was around 1982, and I was trying to use a Colt Python. They were supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. That was back when Colt still wanted to sell to citizens. I was shooting and carrying K & L frames S&W's and had been for years.
After shooting my third 6" Python in a match I got frustrated because my shots were all over the place. I got my Duty 686 out of the trunk and got great results, far better than the Python. After the match I told our Captain, a Colt shooter, something was wrong with my Python. He drilled the center out of a target. It was me, not the gun. He said I wasn't used to the long trigger pull of the Colt. I was the problem and not the gun. Instead of trying to overcome it, I sold the Python and never looked back, I had no reason to. I wish I could have just put it in the safe and left it, but I didn't have the money back then.
Trigger control is tough. Hand most anyone on here a revolver with one empty cylinder and 99% of them will jerk the gun after the trigger falls on the empty cylinder. It doesn't mean it would be a miss.
If he's shooting without ear protection that could be a big factor. I did it when I was young, and I would never allow my kids to do it now because my hearing was damaged from it. I didn't know better then, I do now…we all do.
Those are just some of my opinions. They may only be worth what you paid for them.
I know it seems like folks are starting kids younger and younger.. He shot his first deer at 7.. Never fired a rifle before.. Now I am having some regrets that I started him too young.. His brother is 7 and I haven't even taken him deer hunting but he's just a less mature kid.. I would do anything to live somewhere we could shoot out back like I had when I grew up.. Our land is 1 hr plus.10 is still pretty young in the grand scheme of things ,,
This. Best way to quickly tell if he's developed a flinch. It's also a great way to help him break from having a flinch. You work the action for him so he doesn't know when it's a blank or a live round.