Are you prepared to shoot weak handed?

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Yessir and currently would have to as I've been laid up with a herniated disc right side of my neck compressing my radial nerve. When I'm not in excruciating pain, the right arm and hand is not totally functional. I'm not a crack shot with my weak hand skill, but at SD distances ( bad breath close for sure) I'm reasonably secure that I'd be good enough. I also throw knives and tomohawks and taught myself to throw and stick them weak/off handed as well. It feels awkward as heck, but with practice it can be done.
 
Definitely, I practice every day and single handed my support hand is almost as accurate as my strong hand.
 
Nope. Got in a bad auto accident years ago and can't straighten out my left arm. It's very difficult for me to lift a pistol up and use the sights. I was in a match series once and was doing very well until they announced they were going to mix things up and require you to shoot a series weak-handed. It was not pretty.
 
I am pretty fortunate that my SR9C is ambidextrous.
I have also learned that my recovery time after recoil is much worse with the .45acp and the .357 than a 9mm....and it's awful with a 9mm.
I cant find a cheap one handed opening pocketknife with a lefty clip.
You lefties.....bless your hearts....got it rough!
 
Chuck R. said:
Yes I'm actually half decent at it.

A couple years ago I took an injured shooters class. 1st half was all medical, tourniquets and packing wounds. 2nd half was range work, one handed manipulations, remedial action, and shooting with both handguns and carbines. It was one of the better classes I've taken, well worth the time and effort. Handgun was relatively easy, carbine was another story altogether.
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^^^ This! It’s not just about the shooting.

Whether it’s weak hand or strong hand only, have you ever tried to clear a Type I malfunction in your semi-auto pistol one handed? Most of us don’t think about it, but you could lose the use of one hand for a variety of reasons so it’s a good drill to practice (using Snap Caps!). The same thing with drawing from concealment, reloading with a magazine or speed loader. Take a look at equipment placement on your body and see if you can reach any/all of it with either hand. It may be an eye opener!
 
Armored farmer said:
Yeah, make no mistake...it is. And during covid b.s. I'm the adjuster and agent too. Nationwide doesn't want to send anyone out.....

Oh... and a big storm blew through last night and wrecked my new deer hunting castle......
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Finished it Monday....wind got it Wednesday.
Broke windows and a $220 door.
I'm tired of taking pics of things laying on their sides!
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Dang Farmer, Maybe someone trying to tell you something. Glad you are OK. Look at the bright side. At least your were not in the Deer Stand when it went over.
 
MI2600 said:
OK, I will display my ignorance. I am left-handed and have always (even in the service) shot left handed. When switching to one's weak hand do you also have to switch eyes?
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I do but I'm sure I'm very much an oddity. First my eyes are nearly co-dominant and second I started shooting lefty at a young age with longguns.
 
I am not good weak handed. I am going to try to work on dry fire left handed this week. Try live fire after a week of that & see if that improves things. My M&P 2.0 Compact does have an ambidextrous slide stop. If I were without the use of my strong hand I would have to round up a left handed holster though.

Armored Farmer-saying a prayer for your quick recovery both physically & financially.
 
I'm really compromised weak-handed. Cut my left thumb, index and middle fingers with a table saw better than a decade ago. The index couldn't be saved, the thumb is shorter and my middle finger tendons, joint and feeling are irregular. I haven't tried magnums, but can do .38's. Slow and deliberate, and at 10 yards I have accuracy like I do at 25 strong handed, but I practice.
 
Armored farmer said:
.....and a door on an outbuilding at my parents blew in....could been worse, my combine is in there!
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It is my opinion that the midwest has one of the harshest climates, COLD in the winter, HOT in the summer, floods and some of the most violent storms. Dealing with what mother nature hands out to make a living is no easy feat. Real glad you're physically sound.
 
I grew up when kids played cowboys and Indians and toy holsters were right handed. So, even though I’m left handed, I ‘shot’ right handed.

That carried over to when I started shooting real guns, which was a 1911 with a safety for right handed folks. After a couple of decades, I decided to stop shooting right handed and start shooting left handed. I am left eye dominant. Took a bit for my brain to recompile. I shoot Steel Challenge left handed.

So can I shoot weak handed? Yep. Totally. Just not totally sure which side that is. Especially now with red dot optics, both eyes wide open....
 
Glad you’re ok, @Armored farmer !

I’ve always been largely ambidextrous, but I’ve also had a lot of injuries over the years which have taken one hand/arm or the other out of the picture for a while. I don’t have a dominant eye, so swapping is either easy or annoying, depending upon position.

In competition, I shoot almost exclusively right handed, so my right hand is better practiced, in general. To compensate, I practice with my carry pistols predominantly LEFT handed. Always ready. Two is one, one is none, even when it comes to my hands.
 
Decades of working in QC labs has enabled me to do many things with my left hand. I can't write or "wipe" with it but there is a lot I can do, even after losing half of my thumb in a table saw accident.
Many times, when hunting, I would have to switch angles and shoot "lefty" to catch a tree rat coming from my other side. :)
 
Right handed but can shoot fairly well lefty, or I could. Won a trap club shoot off a few times lefty, showing off. Outgrown that. I used to do a lot of lefty practice with my handguns but that old s.o.b. Arthur Ritis has about ruined my left hand. Need shots again in the knuckles but only go to the grocery and range and farm for now. Never practiced drawing lefty. Better start, semi auto only as I can't shoot the 442 or 638 left handed.
 
I was born left-handed, but right-armed. Trigger manipulation tends to be a lefty thing, while some other aspects of gun handling are a righty thing. Which is my “strong” hand? Well, for several practical and tactical reasons, I defaulted to right hip carry, but, yes, I have had some lefty holsters, almost from the beginning.

When I attended a police academy, late 1983 to early 1984, I had to learn DA sixgunning. Having decided to carry on the right hip, most of my DA trigger training was done right-handed. Big-Bore-Magnumitis as a young buck developed into right thumb and wrist Arthur-itis in middle age, so my right hand is no longer the stronger one, but I continue to carry “primary” at 0300, partly so my stronger left hand can run the slide. Inserting a fresh magazine is also facilitated when I do it with my left hand.

FWIW, being left-eye-dominant, I generally shoot long guns lefty. The butt-stock does not clash with my holstered handgun, on the right hip, which is nice.
 
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