Revolvers, a venerated option

PRM · Oct 15, 2020

Riomouse911 said:
Man, I came close to that scenario about 20 years ago trimming a huge silver maple at my first house. Dang 12" limb kicked back and in an instant smashed my hand between the butt of the branch, the upper chainsaw handle and the scaffolding I was using (Thinking I was safer on it than a ladder ). I came close to some real damage, got lucky that the chainsaw handle broke in half before my hand did. I'm sorry to hear about your fall, torn muscles like yours are miserably painful when they happen.

I hope you recover quickly and are 100% soon!

Stay safe.

defjon said:
I went through something similar in 2008 or so, you will heal and get stronger but it will take time and there is no way to rush it, patience is the name of the game.

PT will suck and hurt like hell, but keep it up, it pays dividends.

I too went from a double stack 9mm to a revolver during this period. I could do a one handed Rack, even get mags loaded etc.

However, it was much simpler dropping six rounds into a cylinder and closing it again. I had a lot of fun shooting left handed only for the better part of a year.

After all the surgeries and the cast finally came off, my right arm/dominant hand came out looking like a tiny emaciated t-rex arm!

Lots of fun building it back at the gym, still clearly remember the DAY I was able to lift the same size barbell I was slinging prior to being hurt.

Good to have a revolver around just in case, in my experience.

My old model 586 no dash and Taurus model 85 saw me through. Foolishly sold both of those at some point. Ah well.

PRM · Oct 15, 2020

"After all the surgeries and the cast finally came off, my right arm/dominant hand came out looking like a tiny emaciated t-rex arm"

It does take it's toll. I'm learning patients, something I"m not good at.

PRM · Oct 15, 2020

Riomouse911 said:
Man, I came close to that scenario about 20 years ago trimming a huge silver maple at my first house. Dang 12" limb kicked back and in an instant smashed my hand between the butt of the branch, the upper chainsaw handle and the scaffolding I was using (Thinking I was safer on it than a ladder ). I came close to some real damage, got lucky that the chainsaw handle broke in half before my hand did. I'm sorry to hear about your fall, torn muscles like yours are miserably painful when they happen.

I hope you recover quickly and are 100% soon!

Stay safe.

I expected it to be a slow go. Coming along great. I've been extremely blessed. I had zero pain from the injury. Just some muscle spasms as it rolled up the arm. More annoying than painful. I had no bruising. The doctor said my surgery was a bad one, the muscle and tendon had rolled way up high in the arm. Again, I had zero post surgery pain. Now, fast forward to week 8 post surgery, what has given me the most pain and dysfunction is my wrist and hand. Therapist says it's all connected. My wrist seems to be getting better, but when I first get up in the mornings, it takes a couple of minutes before I can get my fingers working like they should. I guess that's more from it being in a fixed position for so long and surgery trauma. Oh well, counting my blessing on this one.

Riomouse911 · Oct 15, 2020

PRM said:
I expected it to be a slow go. Coming along great. I've been extremely blessed. I had zero pain from the injury. Just some muscle spasms as it rolled up the arm. More annoying than painful. I had no bruising. The doctor said my surgery was a bad one, the muscle and tendon had rolled way up high in the arm. Again, I had zero post surgery pain. Now, fast forward to week 8 post surgery, what has given me the most pain and dysfunction is my wrist and hand. Therapist says it's all connected. My wrist seems to be getting better, but when I first get up in the mornings, it takes a couple of minutes before I can get my fingers working like they should. I guess that's more from it being in a fixed position for so long and surgery trauma. Oh well, counting my blessing on this one.

It’ll pass soon and you’ll be back to 100pct before you know it :thumbup:

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Good luck with pt, and stay safe.

Pat Riot · Oct 15, 2020

Definitely do all of your PT and then some. Whatever reasonable (affordable) gear they have you use at PT, buy for home use and use it. Believe me, you will not regret it.

Kleanbore · Oct 16, 2020

Best of luck.

I have been unable to rack a slide on a couple of occasions. I'v carried a double action revolver.

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