I compete in an informal Bullseye league. Because of shoulder problems, the other shooters allow me to shoot the league two handed. Today, I shot fifty rounds one-handed in the standard Bullseye style and am unable to raise my arm right now.
What I found is my shooting in the standard bullseye stance was pretty good (high 70s), but hurt like heck. When I shifted around so I could hold the gun one-handed without the pain (i.e. one-handed Weaver stance), my stability and shooting greatly suffered (sure, its fine for COM at 25 feet, but 10-ring at 25 yards is another issue, didn't break 65). At that point I was done and it will probably be a few days before I can try again.
My doc tells me that surgery and a couple months in a sling will solve the problem, but that's not going to happen.
So, will I be wasting my time trying to get good scores shooting a one-handed Weaver, or is there a good reason why one-handed Bullseye shooting is done in that postion?
What I found is my shooting in the standard bullseye stance was pretty good (high 70s), but hurt like heck. When I shifted around so I could hold the gun one-handed without the pain (i.e. one-handed Weaver stance), my stability and shooting greatly suffered (sure, its fine for COM at 25 feet, but 10-ring at 25 yards is another issue, didn't break 65). At that point I was done and it will probably be a few days before I can try again.
My doc tells me that surgery and a couple months in a sling will solve the problem, but that's not going to happen.
So, will I be wasting my time trying to get good scores shooting a one-handed Weaver, or is there a good reason why one-handed Bullseye shooting is done in that postion?