What could be causing this?

The term tetanus, as in the disease, is describing the exaggerated muscular contractions, symptomatic of this dread disease.

When a patient dies from tetanus, the disease, the only portions of his body touching the slab, are his heels and the back of his head. His eyes are wide open, and every tooth is showing in what is called the sardonic smile. A terrible way to die!
 
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When a patient dies from tetanus the disease, the only portions of his body touching the slab, are his heels and the back of his head. His eyes are wide open, and every tooth is showing in what is called the sardonic smile. A terrible way to die!
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just looked up that sardonic smile thing because I didn't quite understand it. I didn't need to sleep to night anyway...
 
How do you suppose that?
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Its pretty clear from the majority of your threads that the large CF rifles you use are to powerful for you as u develop issues that you cannot see that may other posters have already covered. Flinches and pulling shots when u anticipate the recoil of the shots etc.

These will be absent during dry firing because you know you won't be dealing with the recoil.

You are not experienced enough to notice the differences between the actual recoil of the rifle and your own errors in your shooting method because they happen so close together.

.22

.223/.30-30 power levels

then .30-06 power levels

then higher if u choose.

You are shooting outside your ability and since it is you cannot learn as quickly as if you were shooting on a smaller round. Hence 'too much gun'
 
I don't have a flinch. Yeah I get bruised up and I blink sometimes as the shot is fired. I can keep my eyes open and my cheek welded throughout the entire shot, though. The problem here was the truck and the sand bags. I couldn't get a consistent POA because the sandbags kept sliding and moving more frequently than on a bench. There are some things I need to work on and I plan to.
 
Much time has been spent in advising Mo to do something like a .223 as he's learning, but he's fixed on those two rifles. :)

He's a stubborn cuss.
Denis
 
Much time has been spent in advising Mo to do something like a .223 as he's learning, but he's fixed on those two rifles.

He's a stubborn cuss.
Denis
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What would be a good .223? Im not really sure about the Mini-14, seems like a gamble with that rifle. What about that CZ I was talking about?
http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-527-fs-223-rem-5-rd-mag/
I imagine those things would be pretty accurate. I could sling up with it too. And put a scope on it (I probably won't though). Wouldn't recoil much. Could hand load for it too. Or I could shoot the cheap steel cased stuff for just plinking.
 
Mosin,
You're getting to much advice and it's causing confusion.

Get a new rifle, don't get a new rifle, use a lead sled, use a truck hood, 223,308, you might focus on the guys that have stuck with you.

I can't say anything about your dry fire practice but it looks like the Swiss is hard to find parts for over the Mosin.

Since you're reloading now you could always make low recoil loads. Only problem there is they may have more drop than the standard load you use.

My wife is small at 4, 11 and about a hundred pounds. She will shoot my 30-40krag, 303 british, 6.5 jap, and 30-30 but after 5-6 shots you can see where she's not liking it anymore.

I loaded up some reduced recoil 30-30 loads with reddot for her the last time we went to the range and I handed her a bag of 100 and expected here to shoot a few and maybe go back to her 22. I was wrong. In the time I shot 11 rounds of my 6.5 jap and uncased my sks she shot off 90 rounds. There was no complaining there till she somehow found a stock winchester round and it surprised her.
 
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My 150's over 46 grains of H4350 don't kick too bad. I can get off a lot more shots than with the 174 surplus. They shot well at 70 yards maybe upping a grain will make it a bit better. I just know I can shoot better than what I shot out there on that truck hood. I don't know what that was, but it wasn't me. I shoot better standing at 50 yards that I did out there. I honestly think it was just the rest or not being able to get a consistent POA. Still don't like my dad making fun of me because of it, though.
 
Mo,
Go back & look through all those PMs.
We discussed the CZ, we discussed the .223.

You want iron sights in a rifle size more suited to learning & your own size, in a cheaper caliber with less recoil, that would be just as good a choice now as it was during all those conversations then.
Denis
 
The problem here was the truck and the sand bags.
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Just a thought- Check the Dollar stores for the rubberized rugs... the ones that are about 16"x24" or so with the carpet on one side and the no-slippum rubber stuff on the back. I used to keep one in my truck (has since disappeared), but they keep stuff from sliding around and they're handy for all sorts of stuff to have either in a vehicle or a range bag. They're even cool to have on hand if you need to change a flat in your good sunday clothes (done that).
 
Or something. :)

Been telling you all along there are better choices for YOU to learn with than the two military surplus rifles you chose.
Denis
 
You can hardly buy a modern rifle that won't put 3 shots under an inch at 100 and 5-10 shots under 1.5 inches.

The best thing you could spend money on, IMO, would be a package deal like this.

All the boom of a center-fire, without the recoil.

I'm not saying you DO flinch but I can tell you that almost everyone I've ever met denies flinching with high-recoil firearms and about 90% of them do. You can tell, because when the gun says "CLICK!" when they're expecting "BOOoom!", they jump like they got struck by lightning.

If your dad is picking on you about it, tell him politely that's it's not very nice and to please stop. It's pretty low for a dad to do that.
 
I'll have to think a bit more about the rifle I want. Have to take funds into account as well. Oooor, I could use my .260 Remington 700. That one doesn't kick. My dad already reloads for it. Needs a scope and sling swivels though. I don't know. Like I said have to think more on it.
 
A fantastic way to work on trigger control would be to load up any of these guns with Trail Boss powder. It gets you about 2/3rd or so the velocity of "Real" loads. It's a hoot.
 
Brian,
During multiple (and I mean multiple :) ) PM discussions, Mo has adamantly stuck to iron sights, which restricts alternatives greatly nowdays & led to either the CZ or a Savage as candidates in modern rifles at decent quality levels, both in .223.

I have not tried to insist on the CZ, it's just one of two I'm aware of that met size, weight, caliber, and iron sight considerations he was looking at for a bit.

While he does tend to blow with the wind in terms of wants, he keeps coming back to his surplus rifles & so far has not wanted glass, on anything.

Obviously, if he can alter that to include scopes, it opens up the field considerably.
He just hasn't wanted to.
Denis
 
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