The .308 Winchester kicks like a mule

So anticipating what amounts to someone kicking me in the shoulder every time I pull the trigger, shooting the .308 Winchester gets me down....cause it makes me look like a bad shot.  :(

(This is a composite of 3 separate days of shooting the 308, the shots in yellow are from today...easily a dead dear...but nowhere near competition shooting)

The funny thing is (and probably quite revealing), back during the winter, my 308 groups were substantially better...probably due to all the padding I had with the winter jacket, and sweater.

Time to man up, and shoot that bad boy until I'm not skittish about pulling the trigger...and maybe I'll start shooting the 308 like I do the 17.


Now my shooting with the 17HMR....pretty good today.

At 100 yards, 4 of the 5 shots in this group were smaller than my thumbnail....I can't argue with that.  Even this group was pretty good...