I don't even play tennis.

[High Desert Hunter]

Went to the local range this morning in hopes of bringing out the new cylinder in the Freedom Arms, unfortunately I have been battling tennis elbow for a month now. After about 10 rounds of 45 ACP through the Ruger Flattop, it was difficult to maintain a grip on the gun where the pain wasn't a distraction. So I switched to the FA in hopes of a little shooting before it got worse. I could get 2 or 3 shots off before it got hard to focus. Thankfully I brought the Marlin, so I ran the remainder of the 325s, 285s, and 250s through it. The 325s shot really well, but with no recoil pad at all, they let you know when they go off. With the 285s, I couldn't miss the 4" dinger at 57 yards, they were running at 1295ish, and they just shock me how accurate they are, loaded with Longshot. Washed some brass this afternoon, thought I had shot a lot more 44s, but I guess not.

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Dave

[Ysabel Kid]

Sorry about the tennis elbow, but it sounds like you made a good day of it anyway!

[jeepnik]

You do have two hands don't you. Time for some off hand, singlehanded practice.

[High Desert Hunter]

I do practice Southpaw on occasion, most of the loads yesterday were a little sporty for the "weak" hand only. Good suggestion though, I may someday need to rely on just the left.

Dave

[piller]

My off hand is not really as off for me as for some. I was born a Lefty, but was forced to only use my right hand for everything. The first time I shot Left handed, it was better than expected.

[jeepnik]

Puller, there are generations of folks like us. Perhaps we were the first "minorities".

Both my kids are lefties. I made darned sure their "teachers " didn't try to force them to be right handed. Surprisingly, the USMC didn't force them to shoot right handed. But truth be told they were already better off handed (right) shooters going in than most were with their dominant hand.