Temporarily left handed but I don’t want to stop training.
Looking for effective drills to do One-Handed.
Temporarily left handed but I don’t want to stop training.
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As one of my mentors once told me, “Everything you teach your right hand you HAVE TO teach your left.”.
Don’t over complicate it, just stick to the basics until you build up your confidence and then just go through your regular training drills with your left hand. You’ll find the your biggest problems will not really be dexterity, that will come pretty quick. BUT, mode of carry and drawing will be challenging without major adjustments or even new equipment.
And once you heal don’t forget this lesson and keep learning and training with both hands.
Hope your hand heals swiftly for you!
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That’s basically what I’m trying to do. I’ve always practiced with my support hand, but not exclusively.
I have gear that can be set up for support hand use, so I’m not worried about that, but, yeah, I did some holster draw from concealed dry fire yesterday and it was… Eye opening.
I really need to go back in time and remember what really work for me for trigger finger isolation.
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Try starting off easy with something like airsoft to get the feel, build some muscle memory, and get used to sighting the gun. I still practice with airsoft as it’s something I can do in the garage. Have several that are the same size, weight and feel of the real thing. Lots of fun and for the price of ammo, it’s something you can do at home, can’t beat for informational training.
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I’ll look into that. I didn’t realize that there were airsoft replicas that were that accurate as far as size weight and feel.
I know nothing about airsoft, and just assumed the quality would t be there.
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Sorry that happened. I smashed my dominate hand back in late 90’s. Learned how to shoot ambi.
Trust your eyes and turn your brain off.
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Again I’ll be quoting one of the smartest gunners I know. “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.” Speed is a byproduct of training, NOT the goal. Do everything really slowly and it will all fall into place soon enough.
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I still have over 3 second holster draws with my right hand. Right now I’m still focused on learning to place the dot in my line of sight instead of fishing for it, so, yeah, slow practice until I get there, then I will pick up the pace.
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The airsoft is slightly lighter, and obviously nowhere near the real guns recoil!
All the rest of the functionality is there.
I also have a replica FNX.45 tactical, and Glock19…
I don’t like the green gas charge of the FNX, and the accuracy of the Glock replica sucked… However the function of both would work for training.
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This is very cool.
Any recommendations for where to get decent quality airsoft stuff?
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There’s loads of online vendors,
I have mostly used;
Have also ordered from here;
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Sweet. Thanks!
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Uh oh. I hope the P320 isn’t super accurate. 
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Just don’t drop it! 
Of course, you can literally shoot yourself with an airsoft and only get a small welt!
So a drop would only be an issue if it hit you directly in the eye!
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So, if you don’t mind my asking,…
What did you do!?
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Nothing major. I’ve had carpal tunnel for a decade. They did my left wrist about 8 years ago, but at the time they denied my right. It finally got bad enough that insurance was willing to pay out.
They did this one endoscopically, so hopeful recovery time will be substantially better.
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Good luck with a speedy recovery!
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It’s always good to get the support hand (weak hand) single hand shooting in shape and training. Have a speedy recovery. Just like already said, start off slow and accurate aim repeatedly, speed always works itself in as you progress.
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This here is why I always practice at least one mag with support only every time I shoot.
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