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Larry,
Subconsciously, while out hunting with the dog, I have found that I will switch the gun to my left hand, without even realizing it. I play a mental game where I put a glove on my left hand, which helps me to remember to keep my gun over on the right.
When you said the “entire process feels really awkward”, you said a mouthful. It never feels natural, even when I connect on the bird.
Best,
Ted
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God I hope I never have to switch to right hand shooting. I'm not sure I could wipe my butt right handed.
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It's funny how this left hand/right hand thing is. I am right eye dominant and right handed. I do everything right handed ...... I mean everything. A good friend and pool shooting buddy of mine is right handed, almost entirely. The one thing he does left handed is shoot pool. He said when he was a very young child he had a mentor who was left handed and taught him to shoot pool ......... left handed. He is excellent, and beats me more often than not.
My Grandad taught me to cast a reel and rod when I was about eight years old. We fished thousands of hours together for bluegill,shellcrackers, redbreast, crappie, bass, and jackfish. When we fished for bass he used a Pflueger Supreme bait casting reel. When I "came of age" and got my first bait-caster, a Pfluger Supreme, he made me learn to cast left handed so that my reel would already be in my left hand to crank the handles with my right.
It seems to me that we can teach ourselves to use our "off hand" for any task we choose, without any loss of efficiency or accuracy, but it takes considerable time to ingrain the muscle memory.
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Stan,
If you learn as a kid, it will be much, much easier. 50 years of muscle memory is a force to be reckoned with.
Pleased as punch to shoot my old double so well. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I was so disappointed with my performance with them the past year. Finding the pieces, like using a bit heavier double, lightening up my loads, practicing my mount, and being rewarded with a much improved score on a trap round is a beautiful thing.
Had a real nice offer on that old Halifax, glad I turned it down.
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Ted
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Ted, keep at it - it's an inspiring story of not giving up and perseverance. As I mentioned before, doing physical therapy exercises specifically targeting my left shoulder and back, I found I could swing a golf club left handed. Sometimes working on the muscles will help the muscle memory as Stanton suggested. And Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël. Gene
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Thanks, Gene. Blessed Christmas to you and your kin.
Best,
Ted
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