One Hand Help Needed.

[falnovice]

Well now. Looks like I am going to be out of work for the next few weeks with a hand injury. Fortunately my employer is very supportive.
This would seem like a good time to work up my one hand pistol skills. My right (dominate) hand is fine, but I have to admit i really haven't done much with one hand shooting. Just a couple of mags here and there. But now I would like to get serrious about it.
Any training materials or suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Pax Jordana]

go rent 'way of the gun'.

One handed shooting isn't gonna be your problem, run a few more boxes through the gun and you'll have that. It's one handed reloading/clearing that's gonna be a pain.

Though hand injuries are many and varied; you didn't say what kind. At bare minimum you could drop the mag then pin the gun to your belly with your stump, grab and reload with the good hand.. Just think it through, you'll find a way around it.

 

[David N]

In his book "Tactical Pistol Shooting" Erik Lawrence has a chapter on shooting while wounded. He mentions tricks like hooking the front sight on you shoe to rack the slide with your good hand. It's available from Gun Digest Books.

I always practice using both my L and R hands alone in case the other one is wounded.

If you really have to you can always change to a milder round until your other hand recovers.

 

[Hiaboo]

Hahaha stump.

In all seriousness though, that just sounds like trouble happening here. A bit more detail would be helpful here. (hand injury, pistol type) A revolver would be easier than a auto to manipulate with one hand.. An auto, maybe if you got a clamp or some sort and held it in there, or this would be a good excuse to get someone to come to the range with you to do the work for ya.. hah. Good luck with your recovery though.

 

[Snarlingiron]

It's not as hard as it sounds, but like anything else it requires practice. Since you still have your strong side hand, that and a good holster will get you going. I don't know where you are located, but a day or half day of private instruction with a competent instructor would be a really good thing. The biggest issue here is reloading magazines. Operating the pistol, dropping spent magazines and inserting new ones is not that difficult, and racking the slide, and stoppage drills aren't too difficult either. However, with that said, I would recommend that you get professional instruction on how to do these things safely.

 

[JamisJockey]

I've practiced it some, too. Its not the safest thing to do, so be very mindful and careful while practicing. You can use the meat of your thigh to rack the slide, by digging the front sight into it. The shoe trick is a good one, also, or your belt. Reloading will take placing the pistol somewhere, like under your off hand armpit, between your legs, or even back into the holster. Do a little reading or research on it and come up with the best strategy that works for you.

 

[btg3]

My son took a friend to the range for his first shoot since losing an arm. "Stump" couldn't reload his .38 revolver.

I've practiced one-hand with my M&P and much rather defend myself with that than a revolver if one-handed. There are some clips on youtube that demonstrate one-hand reloading.

 

[falnovice]

Ahhh.
Well the injury is bad Carpal Tunnel. So, other than pain and discomfort, I also have hardly any grip strength. Also, two fingers a quite numb too. Right now the hand is in a full splint to prevent movement until the tendons settle down. I would actually say that terrible pain would be easier to deal with. I can get through pain, suck it up. But numbness and weakness......well, no ammount of will seems to change these.
This really should not be a long term problem providing I take care of it right now.
But for now, time to make some lemonade out of these lemons.
Good time to do some one-hand training.