Yyikes!! got the shakes at the range yesterday.

[CarbineKid]

I took my new Ruger p-345 to the range yesterday, and put a few hundread rounds thru it. The gun worked great, and I was having fun fun fun. About 3/4 of the way thru shooting, my left arm started to shake(I shoot left). I decided to take a break thinking that it was a fluke or something. When I resumed shooting my arm started to shake again. I finishing up my last box of ammo, packed up and went home. My arm was fine after that. I never had any issues with my arm and Im in good health. I'm thinking maybe it was a fatigue?? Anyone have this happen to them before???

 

[krang]

Sounds like muscle fatigue to me but I'm no Dr. Occasionally I get that after hammering nails all day. The P345 wears me out after a 200rds and I usually pull out the 9mm if I want to shoot more. The P345 is a great gun, recoil isn't too bad. Good luck.

 

[psyopspec]

Muscle fatigue most likely. It can be more likely to occur if your blood sugar is out of whack (didn't eat that day, ate only Kool-Aid that day), or if you're dehydrated.

 

[kikilee]

Get it checked out. Could also be the symptoms of something serious. I am NOT a doctor and I am not trying to raise red flags. Better safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention, ect.....................

 

[PowderBurn]

What kikilee said. Chances are great that it's absolutely nothing to worry about. But it's a good excuse to get a checkup. You'll feel much better once you do. After seeing the doc, if it happens again you won't have to panic.

Best.

 

[roscoe]

My hand starts to shake from fatigue if I put more than a couple of hundred rounds through a revolver or Kel Tec P11. Less so from autos with easier triggers. Probably nothing to worry about.

You should try just squeezing a big hunk of metal at arms length for a while and see if your arm starts to shake. It's fatigue, I'll bet.

 

[Rabid Rabbit]

I had the same problem, but my right arm would shake at the desk. Turned out I was resting my head on the arm when I slept and was compressing the nerve. When the musscles got tired, the arm would shake. Once I stopped sleeping on my arm the problem went away in a month.

 

[stans]

There are many potential causes including advancing age. As we age, our muscles tend to atrophy and if you don't exercise regularly, atrophy can happen quickly.

 

[CarbineKid]

Thanks for the info guys. Its been a few days and Im perfectly fine. I believe it probably was muscle fatigue. I just stepped up in caliber form a 38 to a 45, and Im guessing I wasnt up to the amount of round through it. At 30 I still think Im immortal(joking), but a check up couldn't hurt.
Thanks again

 

[DWS1117]

It would be wise to take the advice already given and get it checked out by a doc. It may very well be nothing. I am only 33 and 3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I just finished attending a diabetes class today. There was a young man of 26 in the class that was also type 2 diabetic.

As psyopspec said, blood suger being out of whack can cause any number if issues.

Are you an active person? Do you exercise anything besides your trigger finger on a regular basis? What kind of diet do you maintain? Does your family have a history of diabetes or other disease?

Good luck.

 

[Japle]

Blocked carotid?

The same thing happened to me last spring. My doctor sent me for a carotid ultrasound and they found that my left carotid was pretty well blocked.
I had it cleaned out a few weeks later and couldn't believe the difference in my shooting. I'm right handed and the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body.
Anyhow, I'm back to shooting little tiny groups and have started IDPA competition.

See your doctor!!

John
Cape Canaveral

 

[ezypikns]

Also Not a Doc.....

but please get it checked out. Things going wrong with the left arm could be something serious. They say the first major warning of a heart attack/stroke is death.

 

[3rdpig]

I have the same problem occasionally when shooting and I find that 3 or 4 shots of Wild Turkey steadies my nerves.

 

[mack69]

Re:

Could be any, all or combination of things mentioned. Too much caffeine, sugar, not enough sleep, not enough to eat or something much more serious. See a doc just to be safe....hope it's nothing....mack

 

[srv656s]

Same thing happens to me, and I figured out why.

I found that if I shoot my handguns for a long time, my arms would begin to shake. I tried to pin it down, and eventually realized it happened because I was straining and pushing cartridges into the magazines when I reloaded the mags. If I switch hands more often when reloading, or simply don't reload the mags at the range, then I don't get the shakes.

Shawn

 

[goon]

I have had this happen to me before after long shooting sessions. I think it is just fatigue. It often amounts to just a waste of ammo when you shoot to the point that this happens, so I have learned to keep the amount I shoot to just the right amout for me.

 

[junke]

Im not doctor but i play one with my wife Your problem is you have not been shooting enough and your muscles are out of shape. Shame on you

 

[BerettaNut92]

Caffeine?

 

[Pilot]

Do you have an exercise program? Do you suffer from high blood pressure? If your answers are no and yes, you may want to change that.

 

[denfoote]

DWS1117 beat me to it!!

 

[Ukraine Train]

I had that problem, I started gripping my gun more on the sides than front/back and that fixed it.

 

[medmo]

Also, dehydration. Make sure that you are putting down some water and/or sports drink, (sport drinks not made by Starbucks or Stolle, I mean Gatorade), during long sessions.

 

[popeye]

If you're a typical male you haven't been to a croaker in a looooong time. After my discharge following the War of the Northern Aggression, I didn't go for about 30 yrs.. If the doc says "your blood pressure is a little high" avoid meds. and try to get more exercise, moderate your alcohol intake and loose weight if you have to. Doctors are medication happy. At 30 you're at the crossroads, like it or not.