Adapted firearms for the disabled?

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John G

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I was wondering if anyoone has info on adapted firearms, accessories, or other related topics for the physically disabled? This topic is of great interest for personal reasons. Thanks for your help.

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Where the choice is between only violence and
cowardice, I would advise violence."
— Mohandas Gandhi
www.acs.brockport.edu/~jg5708/gunclub.htm
 
Don't know of any websites but over the years I've seen electronic pressure pads used for triggers for those who have no fingers, a stock adaptor for a man with only one arm, wheelchair rifle rests, custom-designed stocks, offset scope mounts, etc.
A good gunsmith should be able to rig most anything needed or at least know someone who could.
I believe the NRA also has a disable shooters program, but I don't know any of the particulars.
 
Every year I help to run a shooting booth for disabled children. These are children with moderate to serious muscular problems and poor to sightless vision. We use Daisy single pump BB rifles with a laser attached to the barrel. The spotter can help to guide the rifle to the target and also control any erratic and unsafe movements that even the wheelchair kids create at times. Safety glasses are still important even for the sightless due to the fragile construction of eyes. Machine rests were difficult to construct do to the differences in wheelchairs. Using sound to guide a shooter to a target failed due to the noise level of the Jamboree. Adjustments for the laser were not made because we didn't know of the severity of the next shooter so only the spotter knew where to hold off for a good shot. I don't know if this is the type of information you requested but I thought this was important enough for other people to learn of our trials and errors.
 
I tracked this down this morning. Shooting and Fishing Rigs for the Disabled contains additional links and addresses.
http://residents.bowhunting.net/DisabledHunters/

I'll check with the team at work that makes most of the adaptive equipment recommendations for our client's job-related stuff. It consists of a rehabilitation engineer, 2 occupational therapists and a systems engineer. No doubt they have run across more links.

Unfortunately, I'll be out of town until week after next. John
 
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