spacecoast
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In the five years I've been shooting Bullseye (NRA Outdoor Conventional Pistol), I've gradually improved into a mid-Expert level shooter. Just to give you and idea of where I am, the last three matches have averaged a little over 830 with my Hi-Standard Supermatic Trophy using a LSP aluminum wrapped barrel and red dot, shooting CCI SV ammo.
My shoulder issues started several years ago and got much worse about 6 months ago. It got to the point where I could still shoot one-handed by turning my body, but a two-handed isosceles shooting position was quite painful if I raised the sights up to eye level. The cause of the pain was typical mid-life rotator cuff tears caused by bone spurs (a common ailment). Last week I had two tears (supra-spinnatus and labrum) repaired and the spurs removed, so hopefully in a couple of months I will be able to strengthen the atrophied muscles and get back to right handed shooting, but for now the arm is immobilized while everything heals up.
I shot today's match left-handed using my trusty 6" K-22 revolver with iron sights, since the grips on my HS are right-handed only. I was worried that I wouldn't even be able to hit the paper consistently, but my slow fire scores averaged 68, timed fire 84 and rapid fire 82 using Federal Auto-Match ammo, for an aggregate score of 702. The highlight was a timed fire 94 with 3 Xs in the first round of the timed fire match.
Shooting Bullseye or any accuracy-focused match with your weak hand really focuses you on fundamentals, and I highly recommend it even if you don't have a compelling medical reason to do so. I would say the greatest challenge for me was trigger control... there just wasn't a lot of "feel" for when the trigger would break in slow fire.
My shoulder issues started several years ago and got much worse about 6 months ago. It got to the point where I could still shoot one-handed by turning my body, but a two-handed isosceles shooting position was quite painful if I raised the sights up to eye level. The cause of the pain was typical mid-life rotator cuff tears caused by bone spurs (a common ailment). Last week I had two tears (supra-spinnatus and labrum) repaired and the spurs removed, so hopefully in a couple of months I will be able to strengthen the atrophied muscles and get back to right handed shooting, but for now the arm is immobilized while everything heals up.
I shot today's match left-handed using my trusty 6" K-22 revolver with iron sights, since the grips on my HS are right-handed only. I was worried that I wouldn't even be able to hit the paper consistently, but my slow fire scores averaged 68, timed fire 84 and rapid fire 82 using Federal Auto-Match ammo, for an aggregate score of 702. The highlight was a timed fire 94 with 3 Xs in the first round of the timed fire match.
Shooting Bullseye or any accuracy-focused match with your weak hand really focuses you on fundamentals, and I highly recommend it even if you don't have a compelling medical reason to do so. I would say the greatest challenge for me was trigger control... there just wasn't a lot of "feel" for when the trigger would break in slow fire.
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