Some good advice here.
Your right about your brain not fearing the .22.
When a specific rifle has hurt you you must find a way to get comfortable with that rifle.
I would buy and load a bunch of 1/2 jacketed Hornady 100gr bullets and seat them over a super lite practice load. I would only shoot a few at a time (then go pick up the .22) until your nervous system gets more comfortable.
It is important to recognize that recoil is cumulative. Relatively speaking 40 reduced loads will have the same physiological effect as 10 full power loads (or there a bouts).
Point is....During your recuperation do not shoot too much. Give your brain time to recuperate and enjoy the process.
Commit to practice and follow your own process. Give your brain success candy (three rounds then I get to put the gun down) and it will relish shooting.
Visualize and Focus on trigger control and site alignment....Don't think of or visualize recoil....Ever!
Dry firing daily works very well for me...try it.
Visualize the shooting process as you dry fire (never the recoil part). The dry fire trigger release should come as a complete surprise. After the trigger breaks follow thru... I count to 3 (slowly) before I move.
Ignore accuracy at this time....Worry about that later as right now it causes more stress on your brain.
Good luck!
Your right about your brain not fearing the .22.
When a specific rifle has hurt you you must find a way to get comfortable with that rifle.
I would buy and load a bunch of 1/2 jacketed Hornady 100gr bullets and seat them over a super lite practice load. I would only shoot a few at a time (then go pick up the .22) until your nervous system gets more comfortable.
It is important to recognize that recoil is cumulative. Relatively speaking 40 reduced loads will have the same physiological effect as 10 full power loads (or there a bouts).
Point is....During your recuperation do not shoot too much. Give your brain time to recuperate and enjoy the process.
Commit to practice and follow your own process. Give your brain success candy (three rounds then I get to put the gun down) and it will relish shooting.
Visualize and Focus on trigger control and site alignment....Don't think of or visualize recoil....Ever!
Dry firing daily works very well for me...try it.
Visualize the shooting process as you dry fire (never the recoil part). The dry fire trigger release should come as a complete surprise. After the trigger breaks follow thru... I count to 3 (slowly) before I move.
Ignore accuracy at this time....Worry about that later as right now it causes more stress on your brain.
Good luck!
