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IMO, you should randomize the order of the rounds, rather than having a pre-set alternation, as now you have no idea if it's a live round or not, so you will have the same amount of anticipation for each trigger pull. When I started, what I would do is load a couple of mags with just two or three rounds, with a random mixture of ball and dummy (primarily dummy), making sure that the magazine weights aren't far enough apart that you can discern which mag is which, and randomly select a magazine to load (I put mine in a box, shook it around, closed my eyes, and then loaded blind). This works fairly well for slower rates of fire; I am very confident that I have zero flinch at this point with slow fire, though it can crop up under rapid fire at times, and there's not much you can do about that for most people, AFAIK, outside of extensive live fire. It also makes it very easy to see if there is in fact an issue with just the first few tries, as you'll see the muzzle dip/pull when you hit a dummy instead of ball.