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Disabled Shooting

Talyn

Talyn

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Disabled shooting is not an oxymoron. Many defensive firearms instructors have failed our elderly and disabled comrades. These potential students are not going to take a class where they have to complete an archaic FBI qualification course that requires people to shoot from kneeling at 25 yards.

Disabled Shooting

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When your young you are invincible, and flexible and learn all sorts of cool stuff that you find out, slowly usually and sometimes painfully, that you cannot do any more. Or, that you can do, just differently, modified, or simply not nearly as well.

Two hip replacements, arthritis in my hand, and oft dislocated left shoulder and back, all add up to I ain't the same as I was when I was 25 when I could run, shoot, crawl, climb, lift weights for hours, play hockey and all sorts of fun stuff, and that's an understatement.
 
Sld1959 said:
When your young you are invincible, and flexible and learn all sorts of cool stuff that you find out, slowly usually and sometimes painfully, that you cannot do any more. Or, that you can do, just differently, modified, or simply not nearly as well.

Two hip replacements, arthritis in my hand, and oft dislocated left shoulder and back, all add up to I ain't the same as I was when I was 25 when I could run, shoot, crawl, climb, lift weights for hours, play hockey and all sorts of fun stuff, and that's an understatement.
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I just had about a 2-week span where two handed shooting was really not an option, nor was wearing a belt that would support a heavy handgun, mags, blowout kit, tacos, Twinkies…the whole chandelier of gear.

So an Airweight .22mag J-frame it was…
 
I've dealt with this issue. My wife had arthritis in her hands. It reached a point where she could no longer handle the recoil of her .38 Special. It just hurt too much to shoot it.
We found the answer for her at a gun show in the form of a 2" S&W Model 30-1 in .32 S&W Long. I tinkered with the innards a bit to get the smoothest, lightest trigger pull possible, but still be 100% reliable. She loved that little gun. She could easily handle the recoil of the .32 and she shot it quite well. :love:
No, it ain't no powerhouse, but its a damn sight better than harsh language. ;)
 
deal with it ever range day
both hands are done after a few hundred rounds, to much nerve damage and surgeries
i shoot the rifle in the prone position, as my knees simply will no tolerate the kneeling shoot position,
but would not trade one range day for happiness it gives me.


now i do have a nice .22 plinking rifle that uses a rest and i can fire that puppy all day.
 
I have several ailments that cause pain in more places than I like to admit. However after not really doing anything since 2005 , due to becoming disabled , I no longer have any core strength. This means that my upper body is swaying back and forth when standing and I have to try and compensate for the movement.

I can still put shots on target at 15 yards but not in a nice , tight group like I used to. If I am sitting down I don't have to compensate for upper body movement and can still get those tight groups.

It is disheartening but I still love going to the range.
 
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