So I broke my right hand, which is my dominant hand. It's a Bennett's fracture, the break is in the base of the first metacarpal bone where it meets the cmc joint, basically the break is in the joint where the thumb meets the wrist. I had to undergo hand surgery where they installed k wires (pins basically) to hold the bones in alignment as it heals. I have 5-6 more weeks before the cast comes off and they remove the pins, then probably a couple more weeks of healing, then I'll have to do physical therapy to re-strengthen the hand. As of now I'm not allowed to use the hand at all, not even any of the fingers, nothing. Just doing everyday tasks has been quite a challenge. I may or may not ever gain 100% function in this hand again. So needless to say I'm not too happy about it.
A few days after I got my cast, I was looking at some of my pistols and I decided to do some dry fire practice with my left hand, and it became quickly apparent that my weak handed shooting ability was sorely lacking. I couldn't decide which eye I wanted to use, my trigger pull was abysmal, jerking the sights well out of alignment with the target, and I had no idea how to rack a round into the chamber with one hand. Then I got to thinking, if I was in a firefight and lost the use of my right hand I would be up shit creek. I think sometimes we don't realise how much we take things for granted until we lose them. I was starting to get pretty dang good at shooting, I never expected to break my hand, now all of a sudden I can't shoot worth a darn. I'm toying with the idea of going out to my favorite shooting spot and doing some weak handed live fire practice this weekend, see if I can hit anything.
So my question is how often do you guys train one handed and weak handed shooting? What techniques do you use for weak handed loading and shooting?
I've seen a couple weak handed shooting training videos, but they were few and far between, it seems to me that this may be an overlooked area of training by a lot of people.
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