02-28-2017, 01:05 AM
All the above is excellent advice but something else to add that helped me..
When I first started shooting my new Grendel build I hadn't shot anything over .223 or 30-30 in along time, at least 3-5 years. And the second time I went out I discovered myself flinching pretty badly (I was really pushing the COAL and a couple of the rounds were too long and wouldn't fire which made it extremely obvious how far I'd moved when the gun didn't go off :eek
Since the Grendel as we all know is a very mild shooter especially in a semi, this pissed me off to no end. So I grabbed a mag of Amax's that I knew were loaded correctly, took a big deep breath, relaxed on the exhale, and let er rip for 15 rounds.
The point was simply to feel the gun, accustom my mind and body to a higher recoil impulse, accept that it wasn't painful or harsh and the scope wasn't going to hit me in the face, etc.
Take my mind to a more zen state if you will, where I could focus on the fundamentals of shooting. I settled down after that and had a good rest of my trip and was much improved the next time I went as well.
Which is a long way of saying, relax it ain't a .375 H&H, and get more trigger time with the proper fundamentals mentioned above.
When I first started shooting my new Grendel build I hadn't shot anything over .223 or 30-30 in along time, at least 3-5 years. And the second time I went out I discovered myself flinching pretty badly (I was really pushing the COAL and a couple of the rounds were too long and wouldn't fire which made it extremely obvious how far I'd moved when the gun didn't go off :eek
Since the Grendel as we all know is a very mild shooter especially in a semi, this pissed me off to no end. So I grabbed a mag of Amax's that I knew were loaded correctly, took a big deep breath, relaxed on the exhale, and let er rip for 15 rounds.
The point was simply to feel the gun, accustom my mind and body to a higher recoil impulse, accept that it wasn't painful or harsh and the scope wasn't going to hit me in the face, etc.
Take my mind to a more zen state if you will, where I could focus on the fundamentals of shooting. I settled down after that and had a good rest of my trip and was much improved the next time I went as well.
Which is a long way of saying, relax it ain't a .375 H&H, and get more trigger time with the proper fundamentals mentioned above.