JohnnyOrygun
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Hi All,
This thread could really be in shotguns too, but mainly what I am interested in is rifles. So here goes, I need to have my left shoulder replaced. While its not my main shooting shoulder, as I am right handed, I am curious if anyone has had experience with shoulder replacement and shooting? I will probably have to have my right shoulder done in a number of years, I have arthritis in it now... but with my weird medical condition (acromegaly if anyone wants to Google it) I am most likely looking at the right shoulder at some point in time... already had both hips replaced and I am only 40 :banghead::banghead:
Acromegaly is also known as gigantism, but in my case it hit in late puberty so I am not 7' tall, just have really big bones... I am heavy too, but in my case... I am do have large bones and actually gland problems too, since to treat the acromegaly, they used radiation and that destroyed my pituitary gland.... life is fun without a pituitary gland, not.
Anyhow enough of my medical experiences, any info on shooting and shoulder replacement? Currently I a 30-06 is my largest rifle caliber and I do have a 12ga shotgun. I don't really like heavy magnum rifles... I like to shoot and getting repeatedly whacked hard by magnum calibers isn't my idea of fun.
Thanks
John
This thread could really be in shotguns too, but mainly what I am interested in is rifles. So here goes, I need to have my left shoulder replaced. While its not my main shooting shoulder, as I am right handed, I am curious if anyone has had experience with shoulder replacement and shooting? I will probably have to have my right shoulder done in a number of years, I have arthritis in it now... but with my weird medical condition (acromegaly if anyone wants to Google it) I am most likely looking at the right shoulder at some point in time... already had both hips replaced and I am only 40 :banghead::banghead:
Acromegaly is also known as gigantism, but in my case it hit in late puberty so I am not 7' tall, just have really big bones... I am heavy too, but in my case... I am do have large bones and actually gland problems too, since to treat the acromegaly, they used radiation and that destroyed my pituitary gland.... life is fun without a pituitary gland, not.
Anyhow enough of my medical experiences, any info on shooting and shoulder replacement? Currently I a 30-06 is my largest rifle caliber and I do have a 12ga shotgun. I don't really like heavy magnum rifles... I like to shoot and getting repeatedly whacked hard by magnum calibers isn't my idea of fun.
Thanks
John